I have no patience for someone criticizing Paula Deen, or anyone else, for making "unhealthy" food, or for telling me what to eat. Mind your own business, I am an adult. There are dozens of cooking shows in the U.S.; each one has its own niche. And we can choose to watch or not. That's what makes America great.

I also have no patience for those who say that she somehow has a responsibility, due to her popularity, or the demographics of her audience, or the time she is on, or whatever, to lecture her audience to eat tempeh and soybeans. This is the type of totalitarian thinking that contradicts principles of free will and free markets.

That said, I am not a big fan of Deen's on-air personality nor her recipes, though I certainly enjoy that type of food sometimes.