Hello, interweb. I’m climbing up on my soapbox for a much-needed rant.
There are few things I care about less right now than whether Miss California gets to keep her crown. I have a job to find, an apartment to clean, and menopause to go through. But Carrie Prejean pissed me off enough today that I need to speak out.
No, I’m not bothered about her views on gay marriage; she’s entitled to them. I’m also not annoyed or offended by her semi-nude pictures. (I’m more surprised when these women don’t take off their clothes every chance they get. They are drop-dead gorgeous.)
What has pissed me off today is Miss Prejean’s statement during her press conference with Donald Trump. (By the way, the only thing I might care about less than all of this is anything that Trump does.) She suggests that her right to freedom of speech has been threatened.
4:22 into the video: “On April 19, on that stage, I exercised my freedom of speech and I was punished for doing so. This should NOT happen in America. It undermines the constitutional rights for which my grandfather fought for. ” [sic]
Nope, sorry. This is exactly what happens in America, and it in no way threatens the constitutional right to freedom of speech. The constitution protects her right to speak out against gay marriage. But it also protects the right of Perez Hilton and any other critics to speak out against Prejean. It does not protect her right to be liked for what she says. There is no such right. She has the right to speak her opinion; you have the right to judge her for what she says. That’s the beauty (or folly, if you want) of our Bill of Rights. That’s what Grandpa fought for.
Prejean can be as pissed off as she wants at the “media storm” against which she rails. But she should not be pissed off that someone exercised their right to speak out against her.
(Steps off soapbox.)
I thought that you were going to get all in her business for ending her sentence with a preposition
Comment by annaandtroy — May 17, 2009 @ 7:40 am |