So, yesterday I wrote a post about an incident at the Miss USA pageant and specifically one contestant, Miss California. This morning I find out that the questioner in--ahem--question, Perez Hilton, called Miss California a dumb bitch. And now I am really sorry I ever weighed in on this.
My Civil Procedure professor last term constantly stressed the importance of combining issues in court. Less issues equals less time and expense all around and results in a net reduction of judicial costs all around. That is the best analogy I can come up with to explain why I feel I shouldn't have commented on a slice of Americana. Instead of commenting on this little incident, maybe I should save my outrage against those with more power to oppress the disinfranchised. Like, say, Rush Limbaugh or Rick Santorem (when he was still around) or Sarah Palin (when she was still around.)
By calling Miss California a bigot, I was refering to her attitudes on gay marriage. I was not in any way implying she is stupid, dumb or that all women are dumb. But Perez Hilton was. So that is that. I should have saved my resources and blogged about something a bit less demeaning all around.
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