Dear Abby - You're a Hack
I read "Dear Abby" everyday, mostly to feel good about my life and the happiness I have enjoyed. I have noticed a pattern forming in all of her columns. Her standard advice is: talk to a trusted teacher or clergyman.All wrong. Most of these people turn to a newspaper column for advice because they can't or don't know a trusted individual that they can turn to for help. And some of these stories are pretty sad. Like today's, a young girl is being sexual harassed and possibly photographed by her stepfather. And Abby only goes to say she needs to talk to a teacher.
Yeah, and the cops, this guy is a freak and is probably abusing her baby sister too because she can't fight back. This world is a fucked up place and Abby is completely out of touch. What these poor individuals need to do, as a rule, is call the cops and the hospital and find out the services they can get after experiencing some of the stuff I have read about in that column.
And stop writing Abby, that's just encouraging her.
posted by HelloBettyLou @ 10:09 AM
3 Comments:
In defense of dear old Abbey, she has most certainly been at this a long, long time. She is likely at an age where examining faith and the potential peril of one's soul may be a priority. Perhaps she is just trying to rack up some 'god points'
It is of course also possible that she is simply a very shrewd self promoter. Let's be honest, these days the teachers and clergy are hardly amassing a reputation for chastity, purity, or even good judgment when it comes to working with children. Perhaps Abbey just wants to keep the pipeline full.
Dear Abby is written by Abby's daughter, not the original Abby. She should know better.
I guess she's not as wise as my hero - dr laura ; )
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