Jon & Kate + 8: Kate Supporters Are a Strange Breed

An Answer to the Many Comments Received About My Original Article

When I first sat down to write my original article about Jon and Kate Gosselin's TLC show Jon & Kate + 8 back in January, (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/506701/should_jon_kate_plus_8_be_taken_off.html ) I never thought it would receive the attention and the public outcry that it received. I took a beating for voicing my negative opinion of Jon & Kate + 8, more specifically Kate, but I don't regret a single word of what I said. I've finally gotten around to reading some of the comments on the original article, and it left me wondering where all of the people with common sense are in the world!

Thanks to this unbeknownst experiment in human nature and online psychology, I've drawn a number of conclusions about the type of person that supports Kate. Apparently, for Kate fans, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The following are some of my more amusing observations - consider this an extended answer to the hundreds of comments I received on my other article.

1. People assume I actually watch this show regularly. More accurately, they assume I sit there stewing and throwing popcorn at the TV out of anger at Kate. I've been told many times how I have no life and that I shouldn't watch the show if it aggravated me so much.

Now, here's the funny part. I don't watch the show. I've only seen it a couple times in passing and I've refused to watch it for a long time. My husband and I agreed that it is like watching a train wreck, and those are never fun.

After I wrote the article I was done with the whole topic, that is until hundreds of people (with lives, obviously) felt compelled to ruffle their feathers, stick out their cyber-chests and leave perfectly "sane" comments on my article. The irony here is thick.

2. People assume by my opinions that I'm "sanctimonious" or otherwise arrogant and that I'm a perfect wife and mother.