We Love You, We Hate You — “Despite the ill will of Barney haters everywhere, the saccharine purple dinosaur’s popularity is undiminished — and that’s not a bad thing…” Dallas Observer I hasten to add that the opinion expressed is not that of the editor of FmH, who had the misfortune of raising two children of susceptible ages during the peak popularity of Barney. The article suggests that the visceral revulsion most adults feel toward Barney is attributable to our cynicism in the face of the ‘image of genuine goodness’ he presents to guileless children. Oh boy, does this miss the point! My horror at watching children’s rapt attention to the show relates to the fear they are being irrevocably indoctrinated into the superficial, plastic, stiff, forced nature of the good-timey ambiance the show thrives upon…