It is not so much that Hilton called Miss California names and threatened violence. It is that the outcry would be devastating had Miss California or anyone else reacted to Perez in such a personal manner. Looking at the whole situation, I have to wonder who has the stronger conviction.
While I want to be angry with Hilton and those that support a radical, quasi-violent lifestyle (where threats of violence and degradation is used against those that do not comply with their point of view), I find I am more angry with the ones that are either too scared or too weak to do anything about this kind of abusive behavior. I have to wonder why such a double standard is allowed to exist in a country founded on freedoms of life and liberty. Hilton abused these fundamental freedoms.
It is a shame no one has come out in defense of Miss California in the same fashion Hilton would likely have received had he been on the receiving end of Miss California’s abusive rant. The point we are all overlooking is that this is about how we treat one another.
I am thankful Miss California had the courage to not only take a stand, but that she also did not retaliate in a fashion that would be demeaning, arrogant, or condescending. A pity Hilton is not paying attention to that.
Article comments
1 - rocket boy
I think it's funny! Miss California should have called Hilton a fag and a sausage puffer to his face. That would have been hilarious! And I think calling people names is definately appropriate! You go blonde bimbo! You go to hell stupid gay man.