You know the dad from seventh heaven? The reverend everyone looked up to? Yes him, apparently he is a pedophile. Meanwhile Dr Cliff Huxtable from the Cosby show, well recent reports point towards him raping at least 13 women.
Okay not the good doctor and reverend per say as they are both just TV characters… far worse. The actors charged with portraying these characters, Bill Cosby and Stephen Collins they are the ones having accusations flung at them.
It saddens me, I remember watching these shows growing up and looking up to these men.
The quintessential father figures who you could always rely on have been shoved off their pedestals and I for one feel let down.
I’m not naïve, I understand that they are just people, fallible people, but this isn’t some little shoplifting case or a isolated public indecency incident where no one got hurt, this is real. This is protect your children, real.
When Chris Brown beat up Rihanna people were appalled and promptly boycotted his music (until his next single or so). The thing is rappers and hip hop artists aren’t exactly known for supporting women’s rights. They respect their moms who get shout outs at awards shows, but every other female reference is related to getting drunk and shaking it. So it’s not a big stretch that they would disrespect women on a grander scale, yes it’s not all hip hop artists – there are a few good guys out there – but it’s quite a few and it’s not right.
The shock comes from people like Cosby and Collins , people we have come to expect the moral high ground from.
The shock is so much you find yourself looking for anyway that this is a mistake. The thing is, Collins is said to have confessed (leaked audio and allegations from ex wife) and there is not much mistaking a confession.
As for Cosby maybe it was all just a misunderstanding. Maybe it’s thirteen individual, detailed, heartbreaking misunderstandings. It’s pretty “he said” , “she said” at the moment but let’s be honest the “shes” are outweighing the “hes”.
I guess this is a lesson to us all to be our own moral high ground. Be the role models our kids desperately need and to maybe not trust quite as easily.
And as far as TV father’s go, in my book, Tim Allen is quite literally … The last man standing
I think they are guilty as sin. In my opinion the more you are pressured to portray yourself as "good" the more repression occurs and it has to pop out somewhere. Not that that is an excuse, but I am always suspect of people who are too up tight.
oooh I do get you!!! it always happens hey, the people you least expect. I believe it too. don't want to because I just always want to believe the good, but hey the evidence is the evidence.