Ahh, foot in mouth syndrome

[brightlotusmoon]

http://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.

Comments

[gwynethfar.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, now illiterate, overreacting Pagans are claiming that we own cake eating, too? Is there nothing that hasn't been OMG OURZ SINCE BEFORE TEH EVOL XTIANS STEALED IT?

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

*snerk* I love watching people overreact to everything.

[gwynethfar.livejournal.com]

I posted it to sf_drama, right after Selfactivated pulled the OMG I'M BIPOLAR card on page 12.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Yep.
That's some heavy batshit if I ever saw it.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I think I shall add that sf_drama post to my Memories. I love the "Yay, we invented cake!" comments.

[todabrilla.livejournal.com]

Well, that is a much more mature and serene attitude than that taken by some others. Did you hear about the Catholic uproar over a student who took a eucharist from a Mass? The histrionics over the incident are amazing.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=912931E6387D06E86603288C86CA66A1?contentId=6932236&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

http://www.wftv.com/news/16798008/detail.html

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Wow, that had me laughing out loud. People need to get a grip.

[winterxjasmine.livejournal.com]

I didn't even hear about this.

Something tells me that if she had gone after Christianity, this would have had more coverage.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Neither did I, until today. But the uproar is just fascinating. People keep digging themselves into deeper holes, trying to express their outrage and injury.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

If anything, it makes me feel sorry for the woman for harboring such ill will. I don't know what pagans ever did to her to foster such enmity, but the longer she holds onto it the worse it's going to be for her.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

That's how I feel about anyone who makes that kind of remark about others, groups or individuals. I mean, for serious, let it go.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

There would have been cries for her head on a stake, I think. Barbecued.

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

While I think what she said was idiotic, uninformed and inappropriate, it's Kathie Lee Gifford. Everyone knows she has no idea what she's talking about. A politely worded "please choose words more carefully next time," note would have sufficed in this case and the hysterics over it are definitely over the top.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The woman is not known for her intelligence or tact. And most people would have realized this. I'd hoped.