Growing up my parents and their friends did a lot of home improvement and decorating projects. It was how people increased the value of their homes with sweat equity.
It seems like most of the homeowners, sellers, and buyers on HGTV are idiots. Its like they seek out people that don’t know what a 2×4 is or how to look up home sales on the internet. I live in Denver and I know the view they give of Denver is unrealistic, so I assume the same is true of the other places they show. There is a lot of Denver where a really nice home can be purchased for less then $300,000, I don’t see them on hgtv.
The gay agenda is pushed well past real America. 4 to 10 percent of Americans are gay, yet it seems like some of the shows on HTGV feature gay couples 1/4 to 1/3 times. No one is surprised to see a larger percentage of gay designers on the coasts, but they must almost be seeking out gay homeowners on purpose to get so many.
I watch hgtv for the content, they have great ideas. Unfortunately it won’t matter if they loose contact with America. I know a lot of people that used to watch it a lot more than they do now. They say its becoming more about gayness than home improvment or decorating. It is so obviously pushing an agenda that it detracts from the shows. They want to see more about real estate and decorating than to hear two guys talk about enjoying the soaker tub.
The color splash guy is great though! Good ideas and results. The only thing that is unrealistic is that few people could paint a picture like he does to go with the design, but then thats his trade mark.
Dont worry about the designers, but try to get more normal American homeowners. We want to see ourselves in the customer, not just gay couples and people with a millon dollars to spend.
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Wow. Well, obviously that came from a typical heterosexual. Pushing the ‘gay agenda’? Really? So, I’m wondering how you would feel if you all of a sudden started seeing a large percentage of African-Americans or Asians being featured: Would that detract from ‘real America’? Or does your ignorant comment only apply to homosexuals? And what is so different from the show that features two men and their home vs. a man and a woman and their home? Is the way they renovate too faggoty? Is it ok when a woman chooses to renovate her bedroom while her husband looks on, but if it’s a gay man or lesbian, then it’s way too radical and different and all of a sudden you’re feeling like your hetero lifestyle is threatened or lost? Maybe the reason you’re seeing more gay homeowners is because they also enjoy making their homes beautiful and they probably figure they have just as much right to be seen as everyone else. And maybe the gays have more style than the heteros. Who’s to say.
m-e on December 22nd, 2009 at 4:20 am | Link
HGTV is as phony as they come. It is 100% scripted, just like a play. I usd to love it, but now every show is like a template.
As far as queers go, God bless them. (I am str8) I feel so encouraged and heartened when I see, for example, two guys who love and care for one another, in the process of buying, say, their first home. I believe my favorite episode was two gay guys who moved from San Diego to Denver… the dominant one (cant remember er their names now, sorry) was naturally whimsical and funny (not that he knew it, which made it all the better), while the passive one - I believe he had a Spanish name - seemed so docile and loving.
I wish for real that I could know those two gents and hug them. I wish more people could be like them - especially straight prudes.
I thought we were supposed to love one another. If so, they were doing just that. I wish more heterosexual couples could be as loving.
I wholeheartedly agree with your observation that HGTV is pushing a gay agenda. I suppose the constant shoving it down our throats will brainwash us into believing that it is a normal and accepted lifestyle. “No” says I.
I’m sitting here watching HGTV as I type this. “Designed to Sell” just went off… 30 minutes of male gay couple. Now “My House Is Worth What?” is on, leading off with Paul & Donald… another 10 minutes of male gay couple. Ah, now we get a refreshing break with Ray & Maureen, 10 minutes of heterosexual couple. Last is Chris (female) & Todd, another 10 minutes of heterosexual couple.
So, in one hour HGTV has managed to devote 67% of their programming to homosexuals. I’m betting that trend will continue all day long… but I won’t know, I’m changing the channel. Maybe I’ll go to the hardware store and look at tools, then come home and wash my truck… shake off some of this queerness that HGTV has subjected me to.
As for homosexuals, if they must continue their deviant lifestyle, then take it back in the closet.
HGTV is not only pushing a gay agenda, they are inundating us with homosexuality.
str8 m8 on January 17th, 2010 at 10:35 am | Link
The “straight” agenda is pushed everywhere, 24/7. I hate nobody. I am straight, I;m glad people of any sex can find someone to love and take care of. Their sex lives are none of anyone’s business!
“Straight” agenda? Since when is normal an agenda?
…and you’re right, their sex lives are none of anyone’s business, so why brandish it in front of the camera at any given opportunity?
str8 m8 on January 24th, 2010 at 9:43 pm | Link
Yes, there does seem to be a “straight agenda.” When one lifestyle is alleged to be preferable over another and there is a strong desire to not even acknowledge the other lifestyle, then there is an agenda present.
Stephen on February 18th, 2010 at 11:04 am | Link
Straight is not an agenda, nor is it a lifestyle. It is the benchmark of what is normal and correct.
nunyabiz on February 18th, 2010 at 11:45 am | Link
Humans are meant to procreate,thats why we have men and women. Whether you are religious or not, that fact does not change. Gay people can live however they want and live whatever “lifestyle” they want, but they should really understand that what they do is not normal. Normal being the abvious FACT that nature or God’s(you choose) designed us humans to procreate. If you dont believe me just look around and see how every lifeform on earth has acted for millions of years. I dont think we got this far with homosexual activity, and if homosexuality is working against procreation, gee I wonder what that makes it?, a flaw maybe?
msek on February 26th, 2010 at 11:59 am | Link
Inasmuch as any of us are “meant” to do anything, I’m hoping it’s more than just to procreate and fill the world up with (sometimes painfully ignorant and intolerant) humans (msek, I’m pretty sure we’ve populated the Earth and established our biblical dominance over the place, in the best way there is: by wrecking it). I must have missed the HGTV shows where people discussed their sexual orientation or engaged in homosexual behavior right there on camera, but I’m glad we have a bunch of you out there really keeping an eye out for this kind of thing, seeking it everywhere, and decrying loudly how it’s wrong and you aren’t gay no way.
The only thing gays have an “agenda” for is to be treated as equals. They’re no different than any other group, be it African Americans, straight people, or nerds- they aren’t one single-minded group that all thinks together to form an agenda. They aren’t trying to force anything on you any more than you are trying to force your straightness on others by being a heterosexual couple looking for a house or whatever it is you’re getting your panties in a bunch over.
As far as heterosexuality being what nature intended… You obviously have no idea what actually goes on in nature. Homosexuality has been a well-documented occurrence in the wild. So, being straight, by nature, isn’t any more “normal” or “correct” than being gay.
And you know what the ironic thing is? Every gay person I’ve ever met has been more loving and accepting than any homophobe I’ve met, not to mention smarter.
David on March 16th, 2010 at 9:25 pm | Link