feel the hate

The New York Times recently reported on a new "reality" TV show where ordinary people vent about a particular manufactured celebrity whom they don't like and then are shanghaied into a confrontation with that actual faux celebrity. The program purports to "teach lessons about hate."

Professional narcissists scheduled to appear as "celebrities" include "reality" flotsam like self-pornographer Kim Kardashian, chronic leach Levi Johnston, and media whore Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.

What I found particularly offensive about the writeup is when the show's producers equate trampled faux celebrities' egos with bullied and victimized children. They all but say that if people stop trashing the likes of Heidi and Spencer Pratt, teenagers will stop picking on introverted classmates.

According to one producer, the show provides "an important anti-bullying, anti-hate message."

Give me a break. These reality "stars" have reached a new low by exploiting someone else's pain for their own self-aggrandizement and perpetual media pimping. Shame on them and shame on the CW for peddling this ilk.

There's a vast difference between contempt for some talent-impaired media whore who never met a microphone she didn't like and venomous hate cruelly targeting a troubled child in deep pain.

When you throw yourself on the public and constantly promote yourself without shame, you have to expect not everyone will adore you nor hang on your every insignificant word. So boo fucking hoo if your fragile little over-inflated ego is hurt. You are not a victim. You are a self-inflicted catastrophe.

I hope the show is a resounding flop.