Ahh, foot in mouth syndrome
Jul. 11th, 2008 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brightrosefoxhttp://thepeacearch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8079&page=2
This entire "Kathie Lee Gifford insults pagans" thing just amuses the hell out of me.
I have to agree with the poster Midnight Rider, in the above thread:
"Some people take it for what it is. Some people go out of their way to be insulted. Crying havoc every time someone makes an off-coloured joke or what you deem as an insult makes you look silly. Bottom line, I feel secure enough in my belief system not to have to justify it by calling for the head or job of someone I perceive as having insulted that belief system."
The woman made a prejudiced comment on live TV, made an insincere apology, probably does think pagans are "bad and nasty" regardless. So what? It happens. People think and say all sorts of things, in private, in public. This just happened to be very public. People will throw insults around like peanuts; there are members of every belief system who will hate members of other belief systems, etc etc etc and so on forever. Holding hands and singing "Kumbaya" and "Get Together" while signing petitions isn't going to make it better any time soon. Me? I'm going to shrug and say, "Well, she's not very educated on the subject, isn't she? I feel sorry for her." And I'm going to turn away. She probably got a million letters and emails saying how horrible she is. Someone is always going to write a letter or an email. It's what people do. And that's fine. But the hysteria is becoming hilarious.
In conclusion: Let's get over it and get on with it.
This entire "Kathie Lee Gifford insults pagans" thing just amuses the hell out of me.
I have to agree with the poster Midnight Rider, in the above thread:
"Some people take it for what it is. Some people go out of their way to be insulted. Crying havoc every time someone makes an off-coloured joke or what you deem as an insult makes you look silly. Bottom line, I feel secure enough in my belief system not to have to justify it by calling for the head or job of someone I perceive as having insulted that belief system."
The woman made a prejudiced comment on live TV, made an insincere apology, probably does think pagans are "bad and nasty" regardless. So what? It happens. People think and say all sorts of things, in private, in public. This just happened to be very public. People will throw insults around like peanuts; there are members of every belief system who will hate members of other belief systems, etc etc etc and so on forever. Holding hands and singing "Kumbaya" and "Get Together" while signing petitions isn't going to make it better any time soon. Me? I'm going to shrug and say, "Well, she's not very educated on the subject, isn't she? I feel sorry for her." And I'm going to turn away. She probably got a million letters and emails saying how horrible she is. Someone is always going to write a letter or an email. It's what people do. And that's fine. But the hysteria is becoming hilarious.
In conclusion: Let's get over it and get on with it.
