Not surprisingly, I'm a bit peeved at all this, but not for the reasons you think. Let's look at some of the juicier points in this controversy.
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She gave a homophobic answer to Hilton's question regarding her view on legalizing same-sex marriages.
That doesn't bother me, despite the fact that I'm 100% in disagreement with her. It's actually kinda refreshing to hear an honest answer to the questions in these contests.
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Perez Hilton says she ought to give answers that "unite America", not divide it.
Sorry, Perez. If that's the case, then the Miss USA contest should have stayed with the bimbo questions that Beauty Pageants usually ask. You know, "Do you like puppy dogs?" or "Are you in favor of happiness?" If you ask controversial questions, you have to expect controversial answers.
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She claims she's a Bible-thumping Christian and yet she posed for that photo above.
Okay, so she's a self-righteous hypocrite. If that was a capital offense, our churches would be empty. The photo(s) will almost certainly cost her her Miss California title. They may also cost her endorsement jobs from Moral-Majority-type organizations such as NOM. Or not. Heck, Bristol "octamom has nothing on me" Palin is doing the talk circuit advocating abstinence right now. Fundies will forgive a lot if your politics are right-wing.
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She's lying when she says she was 17 when that photo was taken.
Yeah, more on that in a bit. She seems to be vacillating between claiming she was naive and claiming that she's a model, and models do those sort of photo shoots. Let's face it, all that finishing 2nd Place in a Beauty Contest gets you is $10 from Monopoly's Community Chest. Carrie is yesterday's news. She needs jobs and she needs money. Do you think the Miss California title is going to supply either one?
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The Miss California USA officials paid for Carrie's Boob-Job.
Now we finally come to what irks me. Apparently, the Miss California "wardrobe department" paid a call to Carrie after the contest, and suggested she was a bit ...um... "lacking" in certain areas. So they bought her a boob-job. You can read about that here. Should pageant funds really be spent in things like this? I know it's all phony anyway, but shouldn't the winner be judged on what she is and not on what an extreme makeover might do for her? Is this how pathetic these contests have become?
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And yeah, that photo above definitely is a post-operation one. She certainly isn't "lacking" there. Seveteen and naive, my a$$.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Carrie Prejean
Meet Carrie Prejean. Aka, Miss California (for the moment); aka Runner-Up Miss USA; aka Homophobic Tart who drew the wrath of Perez Hilton (who the heck is he, anyway?) by coming out against same-sex marriages in the recent Miss USA contest. In the unlikely event that you've missed all this hoopla, here's a link.
Not surprisingly, I'm a bit peeved at all this, but not for the reasons you think. Let's look at some of the juicier points in this controversy.
.
She gave a homophobic answer to Hilton's question regarding her view on legalizing same-sex marriages.
That doesn't bother me, despite the fact that I'm 100% in disagreement with her. It's actually kinda refreshing to hear an honest answer to the questions in these contests.
.
Perez Hilton says she ought to give answers that "unite America", not divide it.
Sorry, Perez. If that's the case, then the Miss USA contest should have stayed with the bimbo questions that Beauty Pageants usually ask. You know, "Do you like puppy dogs?" or "Are you in favor of happiness?" If you ask controversial questions, you have to expect controversial answers.
.
She claims she's a Bible-thumping Christian and yet she posed for that photo above.
Okay, so she's a self-righteous hypocrite. If that was a capital offense, our churches would be empty. The photo(s) will almost certainly cost her her Miss California title. They may also cost her endorsement jobs from Moral-Majority-type organizations such as NOM. Or not. Heck, Bristol "octamom has nothing on me" Palin is doing the talk circuit advocating abstinence right now. Fundies will forgive a lot if your politics are right-wing.
.
She's lying when she says she was 17 when that photo was taken.
Yeah, more on that in a bit. She seems to be vacillating between claiming she was naive and claiming that she's a model, and models do those sort of photo shoots. Let's face it, all that finishing 2nd Place in a Beauty Contest gets you is $10 from Monopoly's Community Chest. Carrie is yesterday's news. She needs jobs and she needs money. Do you think the Miss California title is going to supply either one?
.
The Miss California USA officials paid for Carrie's Boob-Job.
Now we finally come to what irks me. Apparently, the Miss California "wardrobe department" paid a call to Carrie after the contest, and suggested she was a bit ...um... "lacking" in certain areas. So they bought her a boob-job. You can read about that here. Should pageant funds really be spent in things like this? I know it's all phony anyway, but shouldn't the winner be judged on what she is and not on what an extreme makeover might do for her? Is this how pathetic these contests have become?
.
And yeah, that photo above definitely is a post-operation one. She certainly isn't "lacking" there. Seveteen and naive, my a$$.
Not surprisingly, I'm a bit peeved at all this, but not for the reasons you think. Let's look at some of the juicier points in this controversy.
.
She gave a homophobic answer to Hilton's question regarding her view on legalizing same-sex marriages.
That doesn't bother me, despite the fact that I'm 100% in disagreement with her. It's actually kinda refreshing to hear an honest answer to the questions in these contests.
.
Perez Hilton says she ought to give answers that "unite America", not divide it.
Sorry, Perez. If that's the case, then the Miss USA contest should have stayed with the bimbo questions that Beauty Pageants usually ask. You know, "Do you like puppy dogs?" or "Are you in favor of happiness?" If you ask controversial questions, you have to expect controversial answers.
.
She claims she's a Bible-thumping Christian and yet she posed for that photo above.
Okay, so she's a self-righteous hypocrite. If that was a capital offense, our churches would be empty. The photo(s) will almost certainly cost her her Miss California title. They may also cost her endorsement jobs from Moral-Majority-type organizations such as NOM. Or not. Heck, Bristol "octamom has nothing on me" Palin is doing the talk circuit advocating abstinence right now. Fundies will forgive a lot if your politics are right-wing.
.
She's lying when she says she was 17 when that photo was taken.
Yeah, more on that in a bit. She seems to be vacillating between claiming she was naive and claiming that she's a model, and models do those sort of photo shoots. Let's face it, all that finishing 2nd Place in a Beauty Contest gets you is $10 from Monopoly's Community Chest. Carrie is yesterday's news. She needs jobs and she needs money. Do you think the Miss California title is going to supply either one?
.
The Miss California USA officials paid for Carrie's Boob-Job.
Now we finally come to what irks me. Apparently, the Miss California "wardrobe department" paid a call to Carrie after the contest, and suggested she was a bit ...um... "lacking" in certain areas. So they bought her a boob-job. You can read about that here. Should pageant funds really be spent in things like this? I know it's all phony anyway, but shouldn't the winner be judged on what she is and not on what an extreme makeover might do for her? Is this how pathetic these contests have become?
.
And yeah, that photo above definitely is a post-operation one. She certainly isn't "lacking" there. Seveteen and naive, my a$$.
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Oddly enough, I have a friend who is a very liberal LDS model who has posed for photos not quite this racy, but not much better off. Despite what her church says, she's not against homosexuality (at least she claims not to be) and for awhile was against prop 8, until she became convinced that prop 8 was a freedom of religion issue, and that if it passed, LDS temple workers would be arrested for not performing same sex marraiges. She cited a case where a pastor in Sweden was arrested for hate speech against gays. I tried to point out the utter ridiculousness but in the end we had to agree to disagree on the subject.
it's mind-numbing how widespread that lie is. the MSNBC.com article on the Maine vote today took care to point put that it did NOT require religious organizations to okay same-sex marriages.
i think that's a big difference between dittoheads and progressives. i'd hate to have to resort to blatant lying to justify my position on something. for a dittohead, however, it's a common and justifiable tactic.
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