Solipsism
Solipsism Defined
1. The theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist; extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.
If you hadn't heard, Virginia Tiny Mokgobo, a South African was arrested and charged with indecent assault and soliciting underage girls to perform indecent acts after complaints from 20 girls at the Johannesburg school built and funded by Oprah Winfrey. Allegedly, this woman sexually assaulted several girls over a four-month period. Oprah Winfrey was characteristically grief-stricken.
An emotional Oprah Winfrey said Monday she had been "shaken to the core" by sexual abuse claims at her elite girls' school in South Africa, calling the episode one of the most devastating of her life.
"This has been one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating experience of my life," the US talk show queen told journalists in Johannesburg via a live satellite link up to Chicago.
"When I heard the news I spent about a half hour crying, moving from room to room in my house. I was so stunned I couldn't wrap my mind around it."
Really, Oprah? It's one of the most "devastating" experiences in your life? Hey, you solipsistic bitch, it wasn't you that was sexually assaulted, here. There were 15-20 girls who legitimately did suffer the most devastating experience of their life, and it's not your fucking place to make this all about you. Come on, lady -- instead of weeping yourself silly and wallowing in your own self-pity, why don't you do something besides throw money and crocodile tears at the situation -- hop on a plane and fly to South Africa so you can comfort these girls, girls who you put in a position to be assaulted.
Jesus. It all has to be about you, doesn't it, Oprah? Because the world worships at the altar of Oprah! Why don't you get a grip on reality, lady. The earth's axis doesn't revolve around you, you self-absorbed narcissist. Get a clue, why don't you? And stop making the suffering of others about you. You've got a serious goddamn case of "Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! Syndrome" and I think you need a football square in the nose.
Umm... she did get on a plane and fly there to comfort them, no? And - though I don't know if this was the noblest/smartest/best thing to do and I am by no means on Team Oprah - she gave all the girls cell phones, to call her any time, or something like that.
That may all be well with the cell phones and cash but clearly this is more about Oprah's divine pain and how after all that happened to her she would never allow this to occur.
Funny thing is given how tightly Momma O screened the girls before they were admitted you'd think that the screenings for employees would be just as through.
Wasnt Oprah sexually abused as a young girl? If true, that kind of makes her self-absorbed horror a little more understandable.
Otherwise, yeah, Solipsistic City - the Oprah Winfrey Academy for Girls? Gimme a break.
I know this is a superficial comment in comparison to the other comments, and the post itself, but doesn't it look like Oprah has a weird foundation mask in that picture? I can't imagine waring that much makeup.