ABC's 'The Real O'Neals' Pretends That Catholic School is Mean to Gays

Dylan Gwynn | March 15, 2016
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Take note of the flag in the middle of the display just over the principal’s shoulder. Kind of an odd flag to have as your centerpiece in this supposedly hostile Catholic environment, right?

**WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE**

Vice Principal: Kenny, you've put us in quite a pickle. Is it bad to say putting a pickle in something to someone like you? Don't answer that.

Kenny: Um, how is this gonna go down?

Vice Principal: Well, you did use one of the banned words, which include but are not limited to ass, bitch, butt-head, douche, slut, slut-shamer, slut-bag... Slut basket...

Kenny: -- okay, are you sure you should be reading these out loud to me?

Vice Principal: Probably not. So, what to do with you. On one hand, you're the bully, but on the other hand, you're the victim, so I guess they're just gonna cancel each other out. That's a wash. Just get back to class.

Really, really harsh treatment at the hands of those Catholics. Good training for the harsh scrutiny he will receive at Catholic colleges like Notre Dame, where they recently took the extremely homophobic step of creating an LGBT student organization.

In the final analysis, this show is really bad.

It’s literally the mere tale of a gay Irish kid in Chicago going through life as if everything and everyone is completely obsessed with him. Which, wouldn’t be the first show about a self-obsessed teenager. But it’s not even funny. Which is also unforgiveable.

Trust me, it’s too late for me. But you can save yourselves. Don’t watch. I’ll do it for you.