"The View": Week of 03/28/16

[backformore]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-carolina-transgender-tweet_us_56f3f787e4b04c4c3761652b

The above link is the response to people like CCB getting in a tizzy about transgender people using restrooms.

If the link doesn't work, it's a very masculine looking transgender man, saying in north Carolina it's the law that I share a restroom with your wife.

 

 

ETA:   here it is: James P Sheffield
‏@JayShef 
@PatMcCroryNC It's now the law for me to share a restroom with your wife. #HB2 #trans #NorthCarolina #shameonNC

 

It's a perfect illustration of what the N Carolina law wants to dictate - that the man in the photo above, because he was born female, should use the ladies restroom, and could be arrested for using the men's bathroom. 

So how does that make women and children feel safer? 

Edited March 29, 2016 by backformore

[Buckeye71034]

Did anyone find it all interesting that Jedediah who is essentially coming for Candace's job, agreed with Michelle about both transgender and the Ted Cruz hypocrisy and didnt even really look to be with Candace on that. Interesting...

[bannana]

Did anyone find it all interesting that Jedediah who is essentially coming for Candace's job, agreed with Michelle about both transgender and the Ted Cruz hypocrisy and didnt even really look to be with Candace on that. Interesting...

Yeah, I don't get how CCB keeps this job.  She hasn't been there and when she is, like today, she is so awkward.  I think she is gone.  

[NextIteration]

Did anyone find it all interesting that Jedediah who is essentially coming for Candace's job, agreed with Michelle about both transgender and the Ted Cruz hypocrisy and didnt even really look to be with Candace on that. Interesting...

 

Once she pronounced that she's a conservative-Leaning Libertarian - no.  Some of this type are socially conservative as well, but not all of them.

[ginger90]

The whole restroom "issue" is sad and funny, to me. I am a female who, back in the day, has used the men's room at baseball games, bars and I'm sure other places. They are normally less crowded and quicker to use when one really has to go, lol. Who is going to pose as the restroom police? What will be the criteria be, and am I going to be arrested???

Scaring children? Please there's too many other things in this world to be classified as scary, for goodness sakes.

[backformore]

The whole restroom "issue" is sad and funny, to me. I am a female who, back in the day, has used the men's room at baseball games, bars and I'm sure other places. They are normally less crowded and quicker to use when one really has to go, lol. Who is going to pose as the restroom police? What will be the criteria be, and am I going to be arrested???

Scaring children? Please there's too many other things in this world to be classified as scary, for goodness sakes.

Yeah, the scary stereotype is like  big bad drag queens going into the women's restroom to expose themselves to little girls.  But there haven't been any reports of this happening.

 

There was a post recently that there have been more republican senators arrested for misconduct in bathrooms than transgender people.  Maybe that's what Raven was trying to call attention to.  

Edited March 29, 2016 by backformore

[merriebreeze]

Just awful . . . Raven's giggling! My ears can't take it anymore. I don't know what's worse, Whoopi's "moderating" if you can call it that or Raven's obnoxious giggle.. 

[rcc]

Joy is off this week making a movie (must be that Woody Allen movie). Does that mean Whoopi will be moderating on Friday! I tuned in to see Paula and Candace work out with special guest Raven. Miss Whoopi was out back eating Wise potato chips. LOL

[Bronzedog]

What I took away from the exercise segment is that although they pretend that they're friends, there's no chemistry between any of these women. There's some kind of disconnect. Also, for always reminding us of how young she is, Raven doesn't seem to be in very good shape.

I've never liked George Lopez but it was weird that Paula interrupted him to say Mitt Romney had just told the same joke.

[rcc]

What I took away from the exercise segment is that although they pretend that they're friends, there's no chemistry between any of these women. There's some kind of disconnect. Also, for always reminding us of how young she is, Raven doesn't seem to be in very good shape.

I've never liked George Lopez but it was weird that Paula interrupted him to say Mitt Romney had just told the same joke.

When Joy is the moderator there is a connection there. Whoopi spends her time with that bitch face and looking at the audience with the same face when someone else is talking. She is the reason there is no chemistry on that panel. Her hateful demeanor ruins this show.

 

I don't think Paula and CCB are best friends but they are friends and colleagues.

[Dahlia]

The whole restroom "issue" is sad and funny, to me. I am a female who, back in the day, has used the men's room at baseball games, bars and I'm sure other places. They are normally less crowded and quicker to use when one really has to go, lol. Who is going to pose as the restroom police? What will be the criteria be, and am I going to be arrested???

Scaring children? Please there's too many other things in this world to be classified as scary, for goodness sakes.

I've done the same most of my adult life. Wth is the big deal?

[Tunia]

George Lopez?  EH!  I really dislike when guests come on with their canned shtick that they're going to deliver, no matter what.

[Apprentice79]

I've done the same most of my adult life. Wth is the big deal?

It is their way of masking their hatred of transgender people under the guise of protecting the children..Children need to be protected from those who intend to do them harm..The religious right's intolerance of others is incongruous to Christ's teaching about loving your neighbor as you love yourself...

[ari333]

Three things made me the most cray (among other things)

 

Paula" 36 people lost their lives in Brussels  " No, they were murdered.

 

WHoops: "A gentleman hijacked a plane..." 

 

And Paula is  ah-skeered to face east. Oh dear god. PLEASE

ETA Make that four things. CCB being afraid to empty her mind. That ship has sailed

Edited March 29, 2016 by ari333

[Kenz]

 

 

 

 

 

And Paula is  ah-skeered to face east. Oh dear god. PLEASE

 

ETA Make that four things. CCB being afraid to empty her mind. That ship has sailed

Thanks ari333, I really laughed at that! Why are these devout Christians so insecure? I never realized that yoga would be so threatening to Christianity.

Edited March 29, 2016 by Kenz

[GHScorpiosRule]

Thanks ari333, I really laughed at that! Why are these devout Christians so insecure? I never realized that yoga would be so threatening to Christianity.

I wonder if that means Paula is in favor of the school district in California CALiFORNiA(!!) banning yoga and the word Namaste (which is a Hindi word that means "Greetings/Hello" which I know because I'm Indian! Has nothing to do with Hinduism!) for their young'ns.

[KLovestoShop]

Why are they so afraid of exposing their kids to other beliefs?  Yoga is NOT religious, for chrisss sake.   I've traveled all over the world, experiencing many belief systems, and it's been a fantastic education.  I've prayed at the Schwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar, at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, at the Vatican, and at the National Cathedral in Washington.  I'm not a freak because of that, but more understanding of many faiths.  

 

There's currently a court order in the UK which states that a non-Muslim man, divorced from a Muslim woman, and father to a 9 year old boy, cannot take his son to any Christian institution because it would insult Muslims.  Both parents have joint custody, but in this politically correct world, even judges are ruling that you can't insult one faith against another by exposing a child to different religions.  Bullshit.  CCB's kids aren't going to be tainted if they know about other belief systems.  

 

Why does Raven have to look like she's employed by Ringling Brothers Circus as a crystal ball reader?  Her hair just reminds me of one of those old time circus freaks.

[Vinyasa]

 

Why are they so afraid of exposing their kids to other beliefs?  Yoga is NOT religious, for chrisss sake

I've been doing yoga for a long time and consider it exercise. They don't need to get all lathered up about it. Calm down!

 

And pigs will fly before Paula gets a tattoo. What was that all about?

[whydoiwatchtv]

I don't have a school-age child anymore but I was cringing with the yoga/CCB/Paula discussion. You can't frippen stretch and exercise because the bible? Huh? If you do, where's the prayer in school? Omg. Does that mean karate, tai kwon do, kung fu, tai chi, etc. all off limits now? You might accidentally slip out a foreign word! CCB seems like a nice person that's not filled with hate but I just can't hear someone equate every single thing on earth as it relates to jesus. She doesn't have any views, just unicorn farts and lollipops and jesus. Child rearing? Jesus. Plane hijacking? Jesus. Sex? Jesus. Pop culture? Jesus. Trans people? Jesus. If that's her only answer, please go somewhere else! Paula bugged me too but she is starting to bug me all the time.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Three things made me the most cray (among other things)

 

Paula" 36 people lost their lives in Brussels  " No, they were murdered.

 

WHoops: "A gentleman hijacked a plane..." 

 

And Paula is  ah-skeered to face east. Oh dear god. PLEASE

ETA Make that four things. CCB being afraid to empty her mind. That ship has sailed

 

CRACKED.ME.UP!

[Haleth]

Thanks ari333, I really laughed at that! Why are these devout Christians so insecure? I never realized that yoga would be so threatening to Christianity.

Reminds me that not too long ago there was a thing going around FB warning Christians that coloring books featuring mandalas are the work of the devil.  Seriously.  Christians are being told that they are a gateway to damnation.  Coloring books.

[ari333]

I wonder if that means Paula is in favor of the school district in California CALiFORNiA(!!) banning yoga and the word Namaste (which is a Hindi word that means "Greetings/Hello" which I know because I'm Indian! Has nothing to do with Hinduism!) for their young'ns.

 

I know, right? Just like "Allah" means God in Arabic. It is not a whole different God.

 

We're all more alike than we are different. But Paula and CCB seem to want to stress the differences bc differences and other cultures, beliefs  and other skin colors are so dang scary!

[Miss Slay]

Stop the Presses: This is the first time (in a very long time) that they've used all the co-hosts listed in the opening.

 

No- subs. Amazing.

[Vinyasa]

 

Stop the Presses: This is the first time (in a very long time) that they've used all the co-hosts listed in the opening.

 

No- subs. Amazing.

Shocking, isn't it?

[GHScorpiosRule]

Stop the Presses: This is the first time (in a very long time) that they've used all the co-hosts listed in the opening.

No- subs. Amazing.

Joy too? I only ask because someone up thread said she was out all this week. If so, then not all of them were there.

[backformore]

Reminds me that not too long ago there was a thing going around FB warning Christians that coloring books featuring mandalas are the work of the devil.  Seriously.  Christians are being told that they are a gateway to damnation.  Coloring books.

Yep.  and there was a HUGE outcry at my kids' school when a parent found out that a teacher was using the last ten minutes of the day to reward the kids by reading aloud to them -   from a book about black magic and devil worship. 

 

Yeah, Harry Potter.  Before it was a big deal, before anyone had heard of it, my son was exposed to that evilness by  a second grade teacher.  parents objected, because there was some Christian outcry against it, much like the current BS about yoga.   The teacher  had to stop reading the book, and more than one second-grader was reduced to tears because they needed to find out how the story ended.   I went out that same day and bought the book so I could finish reading it to my son.  I figured any book that would hold the attention of my hyperactive kid, had to be a great book. 

 

I still credit that teacher, and JK Rowling, with getting my son interested in reading.  

[Vinyasa]

 

Joy too? I only ask because someone up thread said she was out all this week. If so, then not all of them were there.

Joy wasn't there.

 

No Sunny, no airhead Sara Haines, no Jedi! This was the close as they have come to using the co-host they hired.

[ari333]

Paula and CCB were talking as if kids being exposed to another culture or belief is the same as exposure to some horrible disease. BRILLIANT.

[merriebreeze]

Here's a warning - they better not let Drumpf phone it in. If so, I hope Miss Whoopi walks off.

Edited March 29, 2016 by merriebreeze

[Miss Slay]

Joy too? I only ask because someone up thread said she was out all this week. If so, then not all of them were there.

 

That's not what I said. Joy wasn't there.

 

I was saying this is the first time they've used all the panelists without using a guest co-host (Sunny, Jed,Sarah). The three of them usually are there and 3/6 of the panelist are used. They couldn't possibly use everyone because it's a 5 personal panel with 6 co-hosts.

[Tosia]

Yoga, facing east, saying "Namaste", are religious ?

I think the insecurity or fear is all part of the phony conservative-as-victim-of-the-big-bad-liberals who also hate Christmas.

I would so FLOVE if someone on the panel said that there are many different versions of the Bible, cuz I NEVER heard/read that bit abt not clearing your mind. CRAZY!

Edited March 29, 2016 by Tosia

[Apprentice79]

I know, right? Just like "Allah" means God in Arabic. It is not a whole different God.

 

We're all more alike than we are different. But Paula and CCB seem to want to stress the differences bc differences and other cultures, beliefs  and other skin colors are so dang scary!

I am not a fan of Raven, but she was on point for calling out Paula and Candace on their paranoia about other religions. Learning about other religions should be an effective tool to teach your children about human beings having a religious nature, regardless of the religion they adhere to. In fact, it should strengthen your faith and not diminish it...The show is so different without Joy. She elevates the show with her presence, her humor and her intelligence. Whereas , Whoopie is just a sourpuss. She downgrades the show with her arrogance and nastiness. 

Edited March 29, 2016 by Apprentice79

[Haleth]

I am not a fan of Raven, but she was on point for calling out Paula and Candace on their paranoia about other religions. Learning about other religions should be an effective tool to teach your children about human beings having a religious nature, regardless of the religion they adhere to. In fact, it should strengthen your faith and not diminish it...

YES!!!

[Vinyasa]

 

.The show is so different without Joy. She elevates the show with her presence, her humor and her intelligence.

Joy makes this show. Her lame jokes can drive me crazy but she doesn't seem to make them as much now.

 

She is fantastic at 73! She is selling her age.

[geekburger]

Paula and CCB lost me at the Yoga conversation.

Even still it was Whoopi who came odd the most impatient, judge mental and confusing.

[backformore]

Paula and CCB were spouting the knee-jerk Christian conservative crap about religion in school. Prayer in school is good, even if it means having atheist, Jewish, Muslim kids say Christian prayers. If the "liberals" won't mandate prayer in school, then anything that might hint at another belief system needs to be banned.

Yoga? Really? It's a great way to help kids slow down and focus. Some schools do "brain breaks", stretching, walking, meditation. Yoga is the same kind of thing. A tool to help kids focus. But, some people are upset that it's not prayer. And it isn't. There is nothing anti- Christian about it. Looking inward just means making yourself aware of your breathing, your mind and body.

It's crazy that anyone would object. But the basis for the objection is pretty much "if we can't have Christian prayer in school, then you can't have anything that is at all related to any other belief system.."

[SanDiegoInExile]

Bloody hell!! First off, Michelle is back...never a good thing. "I went to a brunch with a bunch of Jewish people." Okay...we get it...YOU'RE JEWISH!! How many bloody times must you bring that up? And why do you keep doing it? It seems to come up in every single conversation she starts. .....IRRELEVANT! 

 

They were discussing EASTER.  It was probably the one time it was appropriate, if not mildly funny.  Nice to see that bigotry still lives in 2016.

[maggiemae]

I think that is an important issue on this show - except for Joy. So many others won't take the time to even try to understand another's religion but only accept THEIR view and live in bubbles.

[SanDiegoInExile]

Surprise, surprise CCB doesn't understand the humor in a Funny or Die piece. And who believes she truly wants to understand the whole transgender "thing"?

 

I'm a gay lefty and I have to agree with CCB on this one.  That video wasn't really "Funny" at all. Usually the Funny or Die videos are much better. (It might have been better had all the activities shown be shown in REVERSE, maybe?) Sadly, the whole discussion was the typical ViewJumble.  The law that was raced through the duly-elected rightwing NC legislature and hastily signed by the equally rightwing governor is entirely different than the one that ended up being vetoed by the GA governor.  CCB made a decent point that mocking the entire state isn't productive.

 

Shockingly, Jebidamnnearadbidracoonabibidia made the most sense.  Plus, I think a lot of folks have issues with the transgender :thing:  Caitlin Jenner is the first time that many Americans have ever had to even think about the topic.  And plenty of parents, gay icon Cher included, didn't get it until facing it in her own life with her own child.  Maybe we will get a segment on the show with medical professionals and personal stories for CCB to :learn:

 

As for states passing laws restricting human rights, the publicity from NC likely helped derail GA.  Meanwhile, if anything, this past week will teach the folks of North Carolina that they have to vote in every election and not only when it's trendy.

 

ETA:  Meanwhile, NC has blown up. The attorney general has announced he won't defend the law in court and the Governor went on a twitter rant on Tuesday wildly trying to defend the law.

Did they mention that the Thigh Gap jewelry was NOT a real thing? 

 

Yes, they mentioned that at least a half dozen times during the 4 minutes of discussion.

Edited March 30, 2016 by SanDiegoInExile

[SanDiegoInExile]

..... Why are these devout Christians so insecure? I never realized that yoga would be so threatening to Christianity.....

 

This was the only point that Raven has made in weeks that actually made sense.  Even a broken clock is right twice a day......

 

ETA: I really loved Raven's Rainbow Hair.

[merriebreeze]

Whoopi pausing so dramatically when commenting to Naomi - Spit it out already, Whoopi You're not that profound.

[Medicine Crow]

Whoopi pausing so dramatically when commenting to Naomi - Spit it out already, Whoopi You're not that profound.

I don't think she was pausing for emphasis as much as not being able to find her (unscripted) words.  The Whoopster ain't so great with the English language unless she's talking about body parts or cussing when she's angry.

[ari333]

Paula and CCB were spouting the knee-jerk Christian conservative crap about religion in school. Prayer in school is good, even if it means having atheist, Jewish, Muslim kids say Christian prayers. If the "liberals" won't mandate prayer in school, then anything that might hint at another belief system needs to be banned.

Yoga? Really? It's a great way to help kids slow down and focus. Some schools do "brain breaks", stretching, walking, meditation. Yoga is the same kind of thing. A tool to help kids focus. But, some people are upset that it's not prayer. And it isn't. There is nothing anti- Christian about it. Looking inward just means making yourself aware of your breathing, your mind and body.

It's crazy that anyone would object. But the basis for the objection is pretty much "if we can't have Christian prayer in school, then you can't have anything that is at all related to any other belief system.."

 

YES ! Or heaven forbid anything that has roots in any other culture [/the devil]

[Morbs]

I was just ghosted so I started sending him .gifs from Fatal Attraction.  It's rude as fuck I think, and immature so I don't know why Michelle prefers it.  I'd rather a standard "I'm not looking for a relationship" or "I got back together with an ex" lie.

[Jpxfactor]

Michelle ..shut the f up and get off my tv...can't stand her.

[susieq147]

I

was just ghosted so I started sending him .gifs from Fatal Attraction.  It's rude as fuck I think, and immature so I don't know why Michelle prefers it.  I'd rather a standard "I'm not looking for a relationship" or "I got back together with an ex" lie.

 

 

 

Who knew there was an actual word for it. Like you Morbs I simply said they were people who were just rude as fuck.  I hate when someone just stops replying to messages.  It's immature and shows a lack of character.  Be an adult and explain why you no longer want to continue communication.  I simply do not buy the explanation the "ghost" doesn't want to hurt someone's feelings. Bullshit. They just don't want a confrontation.

[ari333]

What small animal was on Raven's head?

 

CCB's extensions are multiplying.

 

No Joy BOO.

[bannana]

WTF was CCB wearing today?  She looked horrible.

 

I like that Michelle continues to display her contempt for Drumpf while the others, including Raven, seem to defend him and are pretending he's not a complete asshole.

[backformore]

WTF was CCB wearing today?  She looked horrible.

 

I hate that style, where it looks like her top is falling down.

 

Raven looks like she has a skein of multi-color yarn pinned on top of her head.

[Tosia]

She does.