"Gay Marriage Answer Cost Me Miss Usa Crown" Free speech issue?
#49
Posted 23 December 2009 - 09:55 AM
While I despise Perez Hilton... and believe me, I really REALLY do. He really did a service by exposing her bigotry to an entire nation.
What role Miss America serves is not clear to me, but I'm more than confident that she does not represent the ideals of the changing American face.
While it pisses me off that Perez Hilton represents Gay America he is also the one that people [unfortunately] hear and see.
What role Miss America serves is not clear to me, but I'm more than confident that she does not represent the ideals of the changing American face.
While it pisses me off that Perez Hilton represents Gay America he is also the one that people [unfortunately] hear and see.

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#50
Posted 23 December 2009 - 12:39 PM
ChildofPandora, on 23 December 2009 - 11:55 AM, said:
While it pisses me off that Perez Hilton represents Gay America he is also the one that people [unfortunately] hear and see.
I feel the same way every time some media outlet sticks a camera in Rev. Al Sharpton's face:

Whenever the opinion of any minority group is sought on some national point of discussion, the media always looks for clowns like this first. Not a very subtle way of undermining dissent from mainstream ideology, is it?
- Heretic
"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."
— George Ball, American politician
— George Ball, American politician
#51
Posted 23 December 2009 - 02:15 PM
I really don't pay attention to Perez Hilton, but Al Sharpton is always shoved in my face. You can't go a week in the NY-Metro area without turning on the news and seeing his ugly mug up there.
Sharpton may, once in a while, have a worth-while message to share, but I tune him out simply because he's a loud-mouth media whore.
Sharpton may, once in a while, have a worth-while message to share, but I tune him out simply because he's a loud-mouth media whore.
#52
Posted 27 December 2009 - 03:59 PM
cybele13, on 23 December 2009 - 02:15 PM, said:
I really don't pay attention to Perez Hilton, but Al Sharpton is always shoved in my face. You can't go a week in the NY-Metro area without turning on the news and seeing his ugly mug up there.
Sharpton may, once in a while, have a worth-while message to share, but I tune him out simply because he's a loud-mouth media whore.
Sharpton may, once in a while, have a worth-while message to share, but I tune him out simply because he's a loud-mouth media whore.
I feel the same about Quanell X down here. Every damn time something happens HE always makes it something about race!
I'd rather label myself than have a million other people do it for me. ~ Pathogen
#53
Posted 30 January 2010 - 06:50 PM
And I have to ask, in 2010, do we still really need Miss America?
Yes, I'm a thick, average looking, smart lesbian, but really do we?
When a person, such as Ms. Prejean, expresses an opinion that indicates someone else is lesser, especially as the law is applied, s/he should face the consequences of such a statement.
People should feel free to say stupid sh1t, but when it hits them in the face later, don't come crying to me. Particularly on this topic where MY ACTUAL LIFE, not just a fleeting firing of brain chemicals called an opinion, is at stake.
Yes, I'm a thick, average looking, smart lesbian, but really do we?
When a person, such as Ms. Prejean, expresses an opinion that indicates someone else is lesser, especially as the law is applied, s/he should face the consequences of such a statement.
People should feel free to say stupid sh1t, but when it hits them in the face later, don't come crying to me. Particularly on this topic where MY ACTUAL LIFE, not just a fleeting firing of brain chemicals called an opinion, is at stake.
#54
Posted 30 January 2010 - 07:21 PM
dye, on 30 January 2010 - 08:50 PM, said:
And I have to ask, in 2010, do we still really need Miss America?
Yes, I'm a thick, average looking, smart lesbian, but really do we?
Yes, I'm a thick, average looking, smart lesbian, but really do we?
Based on the recent television ratings (3.5 million viewers for the 2010 pageant, versus 26.7 million viewers in 1991), more and more people think we don't.
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When a person, such as Ms. Prejean, expresses an opinion that indicates someone else is lesser, especially as the law is applied, s/he should face the consequences of such a statement.
People should feel free to say stupid sh1t, but when it hits them in the face later, don't come crying to me. Particularly on this topic where MY ACTUAL LIFE, not just a fleeting firing of brain chemicals called an opinion, is at stake.
People should feel free to say stupid sh1t, but when it hits them in the face later, don't come crying to me. Particularly on this topic where MY ACTUAL LIFE, not just a fleeting firing of brain chemicals called an opinion, is at stake.
This is the thing people forget when they decide that they can exercise their Constitutional right to free speech: negative reaction to what a person has to say is also protected free speech. The right to express an opinion does not mean that people have to like or tolerate what you have to say. Prejean wasn't being "persecuted" for her personal values; most people simply had nothing but scorn for her brand of narrow-minded bigotry.
- Heretic
"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."
— George Ball, American politician
— George Ball, American politician

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