BB8, Big Brother: ED & Daniele Use Race Baiting for PoV

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Commentary by Cindy Rutolo Dietrich
September 9, 2007

It's been a stressful week. But now it really stinks. It's getting uglier by the minute. Daniele won the PoV. But it's why and how that counts. I don't even know where to begin.

How about with...

The panic.
The fear.
The manipulation.
The tears.
The bravado.
The lies.
The despair.
The prayers.

The exuberance of a daughter hugging her dad. Him, swinging her joyously right off of the ground. The heartbreaking three way hug that Jess, Eric and Jameka had, on Jessica's way out of the door.
 

Or, how about here, with Race Baiting.

According to Wikipedia, the term 'race baiting' includes" "the use of any language or actions for the purpose of exploiting actual or perceived weaknesses in persons who can be identified as members of certain groups, or to reinforce a group's perceived victimhood, in order to do them some sort of harm, or to manipulate their behavior, can be contained within the concept of "race baiting."

"See also: hate speech, fighting words, race card."

See, Evel, as we speak, is still relishing this feat. He's storming victoriously through the Big Brother house screaming about Daniele's victory and his lies about Zach.

I knew he was planning to tell Jameka that Zach's a racist. I just was hoping that he wouldn't. That he wouldn't sink that low.

But he did.

Yes, Daniele and ED's latest evil plan did indeed include race baiting. They discussed falsely accusing Zach of being a racist. ED mentioned telling Jameka some things right before the PoV. Like that Zach used the term 'that's mighty white of you.' I've always thought that the person using that term was not a racist. That it meant the other person, to whom it was said, was being elitist, or condescending. He also discussed telling Zach to stop using the N-word. Not that he ever had, or would. Just to mess with their heads.
 

But now he's screaming at Zach. Telling him the world now knows he's a racist.

ED sadly believes his own lies.

And don't think for one minute that the fact that this was race baiting was lost on ED. He said he just doesn't care. He planned this very carefully. He said they're at the end of the game. He thinks everything's fair.

But why stop there?

Daniele said to also call Zach a pervert and a 'panty muncher' and "anything, and everything to ruin his job and his reputation." Then they laughed cruelly, about all the disgusting things they wish, and hope will befall anyone who dares cross them at all. Yes, they have sunk that low.

That all happened before the PoV.....

Until now, this has been a long, boring, but interesting week. Poor Jessica was evicted. I was sad to see her go. I can't say the same about Eric though I felt his eviction was an example of instant karma. I was moved however, by his tears for Jessica. But only because I was happy to see any kind of genuine emotion. It's become a rare commodity on this show. Of course he also didn't exactly leave empty handed. He was evicted $40,000.00 richer. Plus, he appears to be in love.

Pity about that, for Jess that is. Alone in the jury house, she might have had time to reflect. Time to realize the profound way Eric's manipulations affected her game. Without Eric's constant influence I believe she would have started to see the truth. Maybe started to think for, and trust herself again.

Instead, Eric's eviction put them right back together again. He'll now have days and days to keep that connection. He'll be able to massage Jessica's opinion of him, and his moves in the house.

 

Jameka had an unbelievably stressful week. It's only getting worse as time goes on. She was nominated twice. Spared. Spun. Left alone, friendless in the house. Then, Zach came into his own. Decided to reclaim his thrown. Together they planned a last minute coup d'etat. Unfortunately they've failed.

Zach and Jameka spent most of Saturday prepping and praying. All of them were prepping. and fretting and endlessly waiting for this crucial PoV contest to commence. They were wound up tighter than a corkscrew. Everyone was on edge.

Meanwhile, the Donato's continue to duck, stab and attack anyone in their way, especially the weak. They continue to bob and weave a web of lies and deceit. So this week was no surprise. It was filled with more vicious, backstabbing, slanderous, scandalous, allegations and lies. The garbage that flies out of the mouths of these too, are enough to make a saint blind.

Their latest plan, race baiting Jameka, and the pervert, panty munching barbs for Zach make me wonder; is there no place too low for the deadly double DD's to go? I seriously have my doubts. But more so, before the PoV, about Daniele than her dad. Daniele said herself that she thinks she's getting meaner every day that she stays in that house.
 

I really couldn't agree with her more.

She was so much prettier when she didn't talk. She's a textbook example of don't judge a book by it's cover. God, I wish she'd stop the hate talk. Her tongue's so vicious. It's so sharp. It constantly bites. She's so young. But she's also so bitter she sometimes sounds very old. Daniele's become the queen of mean in the Big Brother house.

ED is what he is. He can be coarse, crude, cruel, and rude. But he's shown us his soft underbelly too. I really do like ED when ED is kind. Unfortunately he's usually too busy screwing with his opponents' minds. Right now he's messing with mine.

But every once in a while ED let us see, his heart. I just wish that he hadn't done the same thing so often with his cruelty.

So, while Daniele seemed to get meaner, Zach suddenly grew strong. It was like he finally found the strength to go on.

"I'll do you proud." Zach said aloud. He seemed visibly moved and rejuvenated by his HoH letter from home. He found out he has supporters and his spirits were buoyed. Perhaps that's why he suddenly seemed to have found his place in the house and the game at this late hour.

His father told him to finish with.....

His father told him to finish with honor. "That's the plan," he seemed to be telling his Father. "Finish honorably. That's what I'll do. "Zach then went on to propose a coup d'etat with Jameka, the one I feared has now failed.

Before the PoV, though I he really had bounced back. He seemed like a much sure, and stronger Zach. A Zach ready to play the game. A Zach ready to take his power back from the vampires sucking away like bats. This was a brand new kind of Zach; one who couldn't and wouldn't be controlled. Oh yeah, and he really wanted to see Daniele gone.

When Daniele realized that she had lost control over Zach she went to whine to her dad about that. After all, she just couldn't believe it! How dare Zach not listen to her? How dare he win a second HoH? How dare Zach stand up to her and her dad. Doesn't he realize that they're the reason he is still there. Doesn't he realize that they're the reason he breathes air. How dare he decide to reclaim his power? Doesn't he realize that only she and her dad have the right to plot, plan, play, and hold power? Doesn't he see that only they should win?
 

She was just so frustrated with him! No one understands. It's so hard. It's so unfair. So she pouted and whined, then whined some more. 'If I hold my breath until I'm blue on the floor, will you then do what I want you to do?" That appears to be Daniele's main strategy to get her way. It usually works too, at least with her dad.

Daniele spent a considerable amount of time and energy trying to inflame and conflate her dad's anger towards Zach. She tried to get her dad angry enough to provoke a fight of some kind the night before the PoV. Because now of course it, whatever it is, is all Zach's fault.

He's the new 'it'. He's no longer a toy. Zach's become an enemy, someone to destroy. ED's been a blunt tool for his daughter to wield throughout this game. So every time she pouts and whines, it works to her advantage. ED can't stand to see her upset. She usually is though. Plus, she unfortunately doesn't seem to have a compassionate bone, at least not for anyone else in that household.

Eventually Daniele succeeded. She usually does. She worked ED up into a good enough lather to pursue a new avenue of deceit, lies and shame. That's when ED planned to play the race baiting game.

By very early Saturday morning, ED was all puffed up. He warned live feed watchers to watch and take notes. (I always do.) Because "today will be a good day for internet viewers. This is the day I'm gonna call Zach out as a, (falsely, I might add,) racist S.O.B."

 

ED then claimed to even have quotes to back up his slanderous allegations But he also admitted earlier, that this is all just a plan. It was a plan to upset and throw Jameka and Zach off of their game before the veto competition.

And now he's ranting and raving throughout the house.

So, what does BB think about these decisions? What do they say about all of this hate talk?

Nothing. Nada. Not a thing.

Early Saturday morning, ED also told those listening, that "they re encouraging me to stir it up."

Silence is a kind of decision. Their silence has been deafening. Now it sounded like they were edging him on. They were giving ED a big, thumbs up. I hope that I'm wrong. Because it really seems as though BB doesn't seem to care at all about what they say or do!

Will nothing stop the deadly double DD duo from using anything and everything to get to the top?

It's just all low blows. Anything to disparage and slander. Nothing's too low.

Early in the show, Jameka shared a gentle confession. She told Amber she was so excited because she'd never lived with, nor had any white friends before. I loved her enthusiasm. It felt so pure. And now to have them exploit and destroy a part of that as part of their 'game' just feels mean spirited and cruel. It's self serving and Jameka is undeserving of such tactics.

But, hey, It's just a game. It's just a game. It's not personal. It's just a game.

How many times have we heard that?

As Daniele would say:

"OKaaay".

Please, give me a break!

How can such vile allegations about being racist, a pervert, or anything else, NOT be personal?

You can tell someone as often as you like that this isn't personal, that it's just a game. But the truth is that it is intensely personal. How could it be anything else?

That's what's wrong with this claim that it's just a game. This may be a game. But it's not Monopoly. We're humans. Humans are wired to love, to trust, to bond. But reality shows, right from the start, stabbed at the very heart of what makes us, us. They take that instinct to bond, love and trust, and turn it inside out and upside down.

I've always felt they could just as easily reward better behavior, rather than the worst. Just flip things around, put things in reverse. Use that need to bond for good.

I know that no one is all good, or, all bad. ED & Daniele both probably have good hearts.

But the ends do not justify the means.

Nothing justifies being this mean!

So considering some of the horrible tactics, and even worse, violently atrocious things that have been said, and alleged, it would have been nice to have one of the two 'nicer' people left in the end.

I'd love to see one of the good guys win.

That would be my kind of karma.

You can contact Cindy at: rovingreporter@webtv.net.