I too had been deliberately ignoring this made up controversy but The Daily Show did such a good piece on it I thought I’d finally post something. I support marriage equality, but hearing a model who’s being judged on the appearance of her plastic body admit that she doesn’t think the same way I do doesn’t get me angry. Actually, it’s pretty reassuring when someone like that disagrees with you. What does get me angry is the fact that anyone would make her relevant in the first place. The very concept of such a contest angers me, as do self-described liberals who legitimize that contest by allowing it to have any power over them. Why not ask Flavor Flav his opinion on budget cuts and then feign outrage over his answers too?

Perhaps Democratic bloggers are creating enemies because they don’t think they have any real battles left now that they’re in the majority, but transforming this bimbo from a passing thought in the mind of a sweaty teenage boy into a Focus on the Family spokesperson is counterproductive. This girl was not an advocate. She had no power until large segments of the Left and gay community gave it to her. Additionally, if you’re for freedom of speech then you’re for it specifically for statements you find repulsive. Not only have these idiots given her more airtime for her views on this topic, but the rabid way they’ve done it makes the rest of us who actually do care about equality look like petty fascists. Way to go.