>Well it just seemed you didn't
>understand why someone could vote
>because they were a fan
>rather than because of whatever
>non-popularity based criteria the production
>staff invents.

Now that's funny!

>I just think brainwashing implies the
>person asking for the votes
>has more control over the
>minions than they really do.
> Most of the minions
>are a bit too fickle
>to be suffering from real
>brainwashing and any avoidance of
>anyone with a different viewpoint
>is voluntary.

You obviously have a more optimistic opinion of the average viewer than I do. I know you are busy recapping the show for the ECST but do you ever read the tweets that CBS posts during the show? It shows the intellectual level of those viewers that waste time voting for MVP, nominees and have-not menus.

Why do these hamsters even have fans? I mean, I can understand someone finding Rachel amusing, even finding her good looking but going as far as becoming a fan? I guess it's a symptom of this messed up society where people like Bieber, Minaj and Kardashian are huge stars.

There are a lot of idiots in the masses that feed on pop culture as if it was the nec plus ultra. It doesn't take much to convince idiots to do what you want them to do.

>Now that you are a rabid
>fantarding minion doesn't imply intelligence,
>but it doesn't mean the
>source of the irrational devotion
>is deliberately forcing the minions
>to be in their rabid
>fantarding groupie group rather than
>someone else's rabid fantarding groupie
>group.

Really? Rachel would freak out if her minions tweeted that they wanted Elissa out of the house. I'm sure she told her fans: "If you like me, vote for Elissa."