This was one of my favorite episodes, next to the first episode in Season One when Sarah visited that family in Louisiana. Sarah went on a date with a conservative Republican; Washington DC Consultant Doug Heye. And guess what? Doug isn't a misogynist white supremacist seeking control over women's bodies! Amazing!
I can only guess the shock and bewilderment of I Love You America's general audience when they learn Doug believes in climate change or doesn't support children taken from their families and kept in cages .Maybe one of Sarah's liberal viewers woke up to the idea that "MAGA" isn't about returning to slavery, but reclaiming the days when kids played outside without supervision (without tracking), rode their bikes without helmets and came home when it was pitch black out. Maybe (hopefully) this single episode popped the liberal bubble of just one person. It was certainly an eye-opener for a conservative Republican like Doug Heye to learn that the "hat-knitting" liberal Sarah would sit and listen to him talk about his values.
I enjoyed her interview with Shaka Senghor, author of the 2016 memoir 'Writing My Wrongs'. His frank discussion of his time in prison and how he turned his life around was incredibly inspiring. In the summer of 1991, Senghor shot and killed a man, to wit he spent 19 years in prisons , 7 of which were in solitary confinement. He was released from prison in 2010. Since then Senghor has become a college lecturer and director's fellow of the MIT Media Lab. He also teaches a class as part of the Atonement Project, a partnership between himself, the University of Michigan and the MIT Media Lab. He is a leading voice in criminal justice reform. A person who can stand there confidently and tell you that your worst deeds do not define you.
Unfortunately these 2 episodes are far and between, as 'I Love You, America' predominantly caters to a liberal audience. Catering to the liberalocracy seems to be the vibe in a majority of talk shows & tv series available today. I can't see how catering to half the country would fare better than creating something everyone could watch.
I can only guess the shock and bewilderment of I Love You America's general audience when they learn Doug believes in climate change or doesn't support children taken from their families and kept in cages .Maybe one of Sarah's liberal viewers woke up to the idea that "MAGA" isn't about returning to slavery, but reclaiming the days when kids played outside without supervision (without tracking), rode their bikes without helmets and came home when it was pitch black out. Maybe (hopefully) this single episode popped the liberal bubble of just one person. It was certainly an eye-opener for a conservative Republican like Doug Heye to learn that the "hat-knitting" liberal Sarah would sit and listen to him talk about his values.
I enjoyed her interview with Shaka Senghor, author of the 2016 memoir 'Writing My Wrongs'. His frank discussion of his time in prison and how he turned his life around was incredibly inspiring. In the summer of 1991, Senghor shot and killed a man, to wit he spent 19 years in prisons , 7 of which were in solitary confinement. He was released from prison in 2010. Since then Senghor has become a college lecturer and director's fellow of the MIT Media Lab. He also teaches a class as part of the Atonement Project, a partnership between himself, the University of Michigan and the MIT Media Lab. He is a leading voice in criminal justice reform. A person who can stand there confidently and tell you that your worst deeds do not define you.
Unfortunately these 2 episodes are far and between, as 'I Love You, America' predominantly caters to a liberal audience. Catering to the liberalocracy seems to be the vibe in a majority of talk shows & tv series available today. I can't see how catering to half the country would fare better than creating something everyone could watch.