Perez Hilton needs to just go away already.

Internet celebrity gossip blogger/shtick-gay Perez Hilton has somehow found fame himself. Most recently he was a judge at the Miss USA pageant when this went down:



Note the crowds reaction.

The two have been on numerous talk shows since then.

Matt Lauer asked Perez why he thinks that the girls should pander to the Judges, rather than give their honest answer. Perez responded: "I want someone to be politically savvy...and that means saying things that will make everyone feel welcome... for example, you know she’s a Christian, but ... I don’t want her talking about Jesus-Jesus-Jesus because that’s offensive to all of the Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, Atheist Americans... it’s about balance.... unfortunately she was not the perfect Miss USA."

In other various interviews he has reiterated over and over that she "doesn't represent america" and that "it's the first time a contestant has ever been booed at a Miss USA pageant."

Here's the video he posted immediately afterward. Sadly, it does not end with a cruise missile flying in through the window.



I'm really getting sick of these kind of people. He has some modicum of a point in that generally contestants stick with lame non-answers as to not step on any toes, but one could just as well argue that that's what makes the whole process pointless and lame. However, in regards to her answer "alienating" people, the opposite answer would have rubbed just as many people the wrong way.

You can agree or disagree all you want, or lament the state of things in America, but the fact remains her position does indeed "represent america" just as much, if not slightly more, than the answer Perez was apparently hoping for. (I have a feeling that were her answer "I think the federal government should step in and legalize it nationwide" he would have considered that a great answer, even though that's the opposite of what he says her non-positioned answer should have been.)

It's also preposterous to repeat over and over that she was "booed." There may have been some smattering of jeers, but he flogs this point like she was booed of the stage in tears. People cheered when Perez mentioned Vermont legalizing Gay Marriage, and just as many people cheered her response.

I'm sick of the Sesame Street notion that people have to constantly watch their tongue in legitimate matters of opinion, lest they offend someone. If you're a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or Atheist you might not be thrilled with someone professing their views to you, but if you are actually offended by it, that speaks to a larger problem on your part.

The people that say her answer was just like of she said something along the lines of, "It's great that we live in a country where you can choose in certain states, but in my family I was raised to beleive that only White people should be allowed to vote." are idiots. First and foremost, that's just different, plain and simple. Secondly, gay marriage is a legitimate debate right now and her answer is being evaluated right now.