Yes, Carrie Prejean pissed off Perez Hilton.

Yup, it finally happened live on national TV. The thing I have been hearing from countless radical feminists that they wanted a beauty pageant contestant who spoke her mind instead of mouthing the mindless “world peace” platitudes we all expect.

And they are crucifying her for it: led by Perez Hilton, a man who’s main claim to fame is drawing semen on celebrity photos so he can get around copyright laws. Truly he is an ethical voice of reason. We do have to give the little guy credit though he knows how to make use of his 15 minutes of fame to make a grab for another 15 minutes. When he was inexplicably given a spot as a judge at the Miss USA contest he did what he had to do.

He laid a trap in a bid to cause controversy.

Earlier tonight I had a discussion with someone close to me and I felt at the time that Perez had probably asked the question in good faith and was surprised by the answer: now I believe otherwise. In the words of his fellow judge he was secretive:

“Interestingly, of the 5 judges who asked questions, Perez was the only one who had written his own question…& when I asked him what his question was, he would not reveal it, telling me he wanted to keep it secret, but that it had been approved by Paula Shugart & the producers.” Alicia

As it turns out there is a good chance that Miss California would not have won anyway but certainly she was doomed as hell the moment she answered that question honestly. This was certainly the wrong place to expect to be able to speak freely on this topic. The more we learn, in fact, the more it becomes clear that this young lady knew had to know exactly what she was risking with her honesty.

To be clear, I fully understand that these questions matter and that is one of the reasons they get asked: so that the judges can decide who they think would be a good representative and role model. Certainly no judge should feel compelled to support a contestant who holds a view they feel is a bad one in that regard. If Carrie had simply lost the pageant we wouldn’t be having this blog post. I also completely understand that folks of good conscience can be upset by her response, and how it might make them feel like there is a long way to go in the name of tolerance and the struggle for full acceptance of gays in our world.

What I object to is the entirely overblown outrage. The hands clutching the chests “oh my, how could this have ever happened to us? if we had only known she was a Nazi we would have shot her at birth” kind of crap. That sort of rhetoric and the over-reaction is what takes a difference of opinion (good) well into an attempt to crush dissent and create an atmosphere where to step outside the groupthink will not be tolerated (bad). Alicia (who herself is desperately searching for relevance in a world that only really started caring about her when she got in a bitch fest with Holly Madison) is leading the whoa is me brigade.

“Personally, I was STUNNED on several levels. First, how could this young woman NOT know her audience and judges? Let’s not forget that the person asking the question is an openly gay man, at least 2 people on the judges panel are openly gay. Another judge has a sister in a gay marriage. Her very own state pageant director, KEITH LEWIS is an openly gay man who has been a very generous benefactor of hers…in many ways. Did I mention I was STUNNED” Alicia

I can imagine she was: how dare someone stand proud in their beliefs? I mean, that’s not right: weren’t all those people suppose to vaporize once Obama got elected? Obama who by the way Perez Hilton supported in the last election and who has also expressed less than complete support for gay marriage. Then again, who expects consistency from monsieur Hilton?

Poor Alicia in her feigned naiveté then goes on to wonder if maybe there is a god after all who reached down personally and saved us from a potential nightmare. To think how close we came as a nation to the yawning abyss of intolerance. I mean, if a beauty queen dares speak out with her real opinions the next thing you know just about anyone might think they can speak there mind: and we sure as hell can’t let that happen.

“It has occurred to me that the all-knowing power of the Universe took over the final 15 minutes of the Miss USA telecast. What were the odds that Perez Hilton, an openly gay man, who insisted on writing his own question, would have his name randomly selected by Miss California? Thank goodness, or thank the universe for this occurrence…how horrible if Miss California USA’s lack of good judgement had not been disclosed until it was too late?” Alicia

Gee what are the odds? It almost smells like a set up? I mean what with the vast majority of the staff obviously deeply politically involved in this issue and an attention hound like Perez at the focal point, what are the odds?

Oh please: let’s be honest. These assholes set this girl up from the get-go. They really nailed her good right? Ooops. Wrong.

What they did was overplay their hand. The manipulation is so transparent, the faux outrage so moronic and Perez Hilton suck a mincing toady that there is a pretty amusing backlash. At its core, this country still believes int he idea of freedom of thought and freedom of speech. After years of hearing from these same fools that politics have no place in these pageants we see now who is dragging it all right back in.

I want to be clear I completely support the gay marriages. If I had my way the government would get the hell out of the whole mess and simply allow for civil unions and leave the word marriage up for grabs by whatever religions want to bother with it. I want this to happen, and I support it as a concept.

I am, however, much more repulsed and dismayed by these politically correct vultures (Perez Hilton and the others) who have dragged out all sorts of stupid hyperbole to try and convince us that daring to hold a differing opinion on this issue makes this girl evil or dangerous. She is neither. She is certainly braver than Perez Hilton, Alicia and many others who simply cannot fathom looking into those cameras and fully knowing what was at stake sucking it up and being flat out honest. They cannot fathom it because they never did it and wouldn’t know how. I would prefer many many more like her who disagree with me than an arbitrary number of vicious, shameful Perez Hiltons: at least Carrie understands what it means to show some spine.

Other reactions have been amusing: for now lets just a quote from Perez’s nominal peers in the celeb blogger camp. Granted, the folks who run The Blemish don’t have the talent required to hand draw a massive peni
s onto a picture of Madonna, but they seem to do OK anyway.

“Of course, Perez Hilton, the judge who asked the question during competition, was there via Skype to bitch and moan over what Prejean said because if you don’t agree with Perez Hilton, then you are wrong. In either case, who cares if people of the same sex marry each other. It’s not going to affect me in any way. What is going to affect me is having to listen to Perez be a whiny bitch because in his world, it’s whoever screams the loudest that wins. And I sure as hell don’t want to hear that little piggy squeal while I’m trying to surf for porn.” The Blemish (bolding is mine)

Amusing

And to all the girls out there looking for a message in all this mess here is the one Perez and friends want you to take away. Always answer the question the way the judges want you two, or they will attack you personally like the scum you so clearly are. And smile big!