GCP Really Do Exist

One of my guilty pleasures is watching Desperate Housewives on ABC on Sunday evenings. I know, it's smut and I shouldn't be filling my mind with it. I'll confess my sin right now. This past Sunday, there was a new show that followed, GCB. In my naivite, I watched it. It wasn't until after the wretched thing that I looked online and found out what the initials stand for - Good Christian B----(rhymes with itches). The show itself was amusing enough, not too different from the gals on Wysterian Lane, just set in Texas instead of the Midwest. The main difference was their motivation for lying, cheating, stealing and dirty-dealing was they were doing it in the name of Jesus!
I realize I am beginning to rant like he-who-shall-not-be-named-conservative-radio-personality, but I simply must cry foul at this characterization of Christian on nation TV during prime time. It's just wrong! If the show were Good Muslim B's or Good Buddhist B's or Good Jewish B's, there'd be a lawsuit somewhere. Yet, somehow we Christians are fair game. Dana Carvey's Church Lady was funny and close enough to reality to be an actual parody. This show is such a ludicrous charicature that it's disgusting. It plays on how many non-Christians already view us as hypocritical, judgmental, and unsympathetic to real life issues (which isn't true of the majority of Christians I've known).
Christians have been persecuted since the crucifixion of Christ himself. From being stoned to death like Stephen to being thrown into the Coliseum with hungry lions for the Romans' entertainment, it has been rough for Christians through the ages. So, a little potty humor on TV is nothing in comparison. Still, I am severely disappointed. I am disappointed in my fellow Americans who increasingly find put-downs and sarcasm entertaining. It seems that the more condescending and destructive the dialog is, the more popular the sitcom or dramedy. No wonder our children are smart-mouthed by the time they can talk. No wonder our politicians sling more than mud these days. No wonder we become more and more hardened to the insults and foul mouths that surround us daily.
What happened to common courtesy? What happened to manners? What happened to the "Golden Rule?" Why are we allowing ourselves to be constantly bombarded with this level of conflict?
I usually tie my remarks back to the Bible. I usually try to redeem the story for the cause of Christ. I feel it is my responsibility as a minister of the Gospel to grab every chance to speak a good word for Jesus. So here it is: But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-9 That's pretty clear. Is it loving to diss another? Is it loving to question their character? Is it loving to put them down? to speak ill of them? to make fun of them? Where is the LOVE?