tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post3271253507833830703..comments2024-03-15T17:03:45.018-07:00Comments on Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Vermin Perez Hilton v Miss CaliforniaTHE STRIP PODCASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-20717968530233257842009-05-02T20:30:00.000-07:002009-05-02T20:30:00.000-07:00But Anon, when was the last time the left-wing did...But Anon, when was the last time the left-wing did the same? You know, people like Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Michael Moore, many of the Kos Kids, etc. Either way, not accurate analogies, left or right. <br /><br />You see, we expect ideologues to say outrageous things, even when they claim to be average, everyday citizens. But we don't (or shouldn't) expect members of identity groups who portend to be the face of their group to act in the same way and get rewarded for it. That's why people still find professional sports players who drive drunk or drugged and slap around their wives or girlfriends to be a little less worthy of adulation than those who don't, even when they are winning on the field.<br /><br />Mario Perez is like the obnoxious twink at a house party. He says outrageous things about people who can't (or can't be bothered to) defend themselves and everyone laughs and snickers a bit. Then he goes a bit farther, and a bit farther, and then he starts throwing around terms like "old farts" and "bitter queens" to some of the party guests and now it's personal. But it's also too late. He leaves the party before he gets thrown out and starts blabbing to anyone who will listen that the people at the party are just a bunch of squares and aging has-beens. He turns it around so that he's really "the cool one" and everyone else who doesn't like him is just jealous or not part of the in-crowd, et cetera. By this time, he's able to sucker in a few more people who have heard of his reputation as a witty party guest, but not his unpleasant dark side. And so the charm game begins anew.<br /><br />Or to use the rodent analogy, Mario Perez was kind of cute when he was young, with those innocent eyes & all. But now he's all grown up into a big rat, chewing up favorite things and urinating and defecating everywhere. He's also got a nest built up where it's hard to get to and destroy. So he keeps doing what he was meant to do---and still, there are people who blame the people who left their things in the way and didn't put out a bunch of litter boxes so he'd have a natural place to relieve himself and didn't give him his favorite food and so forth. Mostly because he's not goring their ox and throws out a few canards that they latch on to and can convince themselves that because he says them, he's really one of us---when the reality he's in his own class and not a very respectable one.<br /><br />Even this past week, the silence by the people who could put him out of his misery was deafening, outside of the blogosphere. One can only assume that they are all hoping that he will be their future witty party guest. If only someone had called him on his escapades a couple of years ago when he was plagiarizing copy from big media companies and making outrageous (and often false) claims about celebrities and getting legally served for same at his then real job at the coffee house, maybe he wouldn't be the embarrassment he is today and his apologists wouldn't have to waste time defending him and could instead defend things that really matter.<br /><br />Now all we can really hope for is that he will tick off The Donahld to the point where he truly does become <I>persona non grata</I> and finally runs out the clock on his overtime fifteen minutes of fame.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092891057297413527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-61487480956157100042009-05-02T09:26:00.000-07:002009-05-02T09:26:00.000-07:00Gee, I dunno, pedegars. Steve's doing his best wit...Gee, I dunno, pedegars. Steve's doing his best with posts like this, but I can't recall a time when a significant right-wing figure "too out its trash" either -- thinking of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Phyllis Shlafly, Glenn Beck, etc. I'm amused that you don't see the parallel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-87815099267309438262009-05-02T03:42:00.000-07:002009-05-02T03:42:00.000-07:00The sad thing is that these types of questions are...The sad thing is that these types of questions are asked at all in what is essentially a human heifer show.<br />And Mario Perez is the last person who should be asking any question about same-gender marriage. (Considering, like, you know, he's been in a stable relationship for most of his life.)<br /><br />Why is it in the 21st century the LGBTQXYZ community is not only incapable of taking out its trash, but feels the need to put it on a pedestal so that it can spew forth its waste for the rest of the world to see?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092891057297413527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-89382549516272145752009-04-26T20:54:00.000-07:002009-04-26T20:54:00.000-07:00I did not understand the praying for steve freiss ...I did not understand the praying for steve freiss comment? Anyway the whole thing was forgotton in a day. Miss USA pagent is not that big a deal. This chick is no anita bryant. The trumpmeister loves perez.<br /><br />robrobertw477https://www.blogger.com/profile/07002101375290117489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-27301572791287299542009-04-25T19:24:00.000-07:002009-04-25T19:24:00.000-07:00Steve, well said.
SGSteve, well said. <br /><br />SGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-28593035735432825372009-04-25T12:53:00.000-07:002009-04-25T12:53:00.000-07:00Freeclench: I think that was why I was uncomfortab...Freeclench: I think that was why I was uncomfortable with Alicia's answer, too. I obviously want to be able to marry. But I don't think we win any converts by making people who disagree with us feel intimidated or victimized.<br /><br />Philip: It's not the PH asked this question that bothered me so much as that he attacked her so viciously afterward because he knew it would be good for him to have a feud like this. He didn't care much about its impact on the broader debate over marriage equality. That's how he rolls.<br /><br />Shaun: Oh, was it Miss SC, not Miss NC? See how easy it is to forget amid all this?THE STRIP PODCASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-16929071015503192002009-04-25T11:48:00.000-07:002009-04-25T11:48:00.000-07:00A perfectly logical question?!? In a Miss USA page...A perfectly logical question?!? In a Miss USA pageant? C'mon, did we learn nothing from Miss South Carolina? A Miss USA pageant is the last place we should expect cogent political commentary. The question was a gotcha at best and an attempt to turn the spotlight on the 'judge' at worst.<br /><br />The only good thing about it is that this whole tabloid drama attention away from this year's Miss South Carolina, my home state's Miss Arizona, who, when asked if the USA should have universal health care, said: "I think this is an issue of integrity regardless of which end of the political spectrum that I stand on. I've been raised in a family to know right from wrong, and politics, whether or not you fall in the middle, the left or the right, it's an issue of integrity, whatever your opinion is and I say that with the upmost conviction."<br /><br />Logical indeed.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628399008124942157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-33701359671026697502009-04-25T11:43:00.000-07:002009-04-25T11:43:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628399008124942157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-49261419888162226152009-04-25T08:24:00.000-07:002009-04-25T08:24:00.000-07:00The facts remain that Perez asked a perfectly logi...The facts remain that Perez asked a perfectly logical question to someone representing the state of California,regardless of why he asked it was great that he did ask her<br />and obviously you have a reason for your ax grinding but if people really wanted this story to vanish would they be blogging about it<br />wasn't it really just another excuse for you to rip the man apartPhiliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782834851707319366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-71725014938168500432009-04-25T07:38:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:38:00.000-07:00I didn't see the whole show so I don't know what q...I didn't see the whole show so I don't know what questions the other contestants got or how they answered. All I know was that the first reaction I had to the response was "Miss Teen South Carolina all over again!" <br /><br />I don't agree with any of what that chick had to say but even if she gave a more politically correct response, she was still very inarticulate. <br /><br />Why is a glorified bikini contest making the contestants answer questions like this anyway? I guess The Donald is basking in the free publicity.leo21https://www.blogger.com/profile/02945935300580231471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-76502853511088555962009-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:00your blog is feel good<B>your blog is feel good</B>♥♥♥♥♥ Jennifer™® ♥♥♥♥♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/15369583052701337325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-45288635062461489022009-04-25T07:03:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:03:00.000-07:00No more PH pleade.
I enjoy your blog.No more PH pleade.<br /><br />I enjoy your blog.H.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985020213976356036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-35320770950120619732009-04-25T04:33:00.000-07:002009-04-25T04:33:00.000-07:00So what I'm hearing is that there's absolutely no ...So what I'm hearing is that there's absolutely no way she could have given an honest, substantial, direct answer to the question without "lacking social grace." <br /><br />That is to say, we liberals demand figureheads censor themselves: because there is no room in our society for a Miss America who does anything other than toe the party line. Of *our* party.<br /><br />Ideological bullying and censorship are ideological bullying and censorship: more insidious when perpetrated for a just cause. Because they taint the cause.<br /><br />FreeClench<br />http://freeclench.blogspot.comfreeclenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130666364543052844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-82327833662107450332009-04-25T03:27:00.000-07:002009-04-25T03:27:00.000-07:00Miss California had expressed her views and what s...Miss California had expressed her views and what she believes in and this should be taken sportingly by Perez Hilton. Instead he went overboard and created all this controversy. Read more here http://www.gossipcrunch.com/2009/04/miss-california-true-champ-perez-hilton-biggest-dumb-bitch/GossipCrunchhttp://www.gossipcrunch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-1656560713573976362009-04-24T20:59:00.000-07:002009-04-24T20:59:00.000-07:00Well put Steve and have to agree. Shameless self ...Well put Steve and have to agree. Shameless self promotion that Perez Hilton is known for is all this has been. And it hurts the cause and those in support of the issue, to have to watch a neanderthal like Mr. Hilton pollute the argument.Jinxhttp://lifeandtimesincleveland.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-59729652344466352842009-04-24T20:15:00.000-07:002009-04-24T20:15:00.000-07:00I hope the phrase "the vermin Perez Hilton" catche...I hope the phrase "the vermin Perez Hilton" catches on if only for its accuracy. Perhaps an AP or New York Times style guide that requires its use. The guy, I mean, the vermin Perez Hilton has zero class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-6690756661748382892009-04-24T19:12:00.000-07:002009-04-24T19:12:00.000-07:00I second that.I second that.SM Kovalinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137642942538595560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-2930914863939642402009-04-24T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:58:00.000-07:00And nicely done to YOU, sir. Thanks for the best c...And nicely done to YOU, sir. Thanks for the best commentary I've seen on this whole sordid mess. PH is gross.Gregory K in Vegasnoreply@blogger.com