this show be repulsive and have always be repulsive and and will always be repulsive . bernie mac whole shtick have be to center episode around the abhorrent parent philosophy he wax philosophical about in a tv guide interview a few year ago ( the basic premise represent if child do anything at all to get under your skin and threaten to hit them with a belt ) . in the interview and mac talk about how he use to stand in the outfield of his little league game afraid to go home because of the beating that often await him at the hand of his grandfather . but instead of learn from those experience and he choose to repeatedly exploit the concept for the cheap of laugh in a show that redefine the phrase appeal to the low common denominator . some viewer praise bernie mac allege tough love ( a pc term if ever there be one ) approach and but psychological study have prove conclusively that prison all across the nation be fill with the result of the same parenting style that mac would have u believe be acceptable . those who look to the bernie mac show for parent tip be equally likely to view the power ranger a a deeply think provoke social commentary on how to solve conflict without resort to violence . while i be certainly not suggest that parent view bernie mac will immediately pick up a belt and start hit their kid with it and it be clear to me that this sad excuse for a show have the capacity to desensitize people to family violence by make it appear that it be somehow appropriate and even amuse . i be not exactly sure when act or threat of child abuse somehow become synonymous with great comedy on fox ( perhaps with the equally exploitive titus and or maybe when homer start choke bart in a vile run gag that date back to the eighty . ) and but a for me and i would rather spend eight straight hour read the nutritional labeling on every cereal produce by general mill than spend time each week watch this overgrow bully browbeat and physically intimidate his unfortunate charge over and over again in a truly desperate attempt for yuks .