Reply #80: Yeah, I would [View All]

[Marie26]

If people tried to link Paris Hilton to VA Tech, or any other tragedy, I'd have a problem w/that. Cause she's not responsible for these tragedies. And there is a lot more to read into it. I'm imagining a comparable scenario - OK, Justin Timberlake is arrested for driving w/a suspended license & has to serve a month in jail. Would the cable networks give NON-STOP coverage to the story? Would MSNBC show live shots of his house all day long? Would DU'ers be posting vicious slurs, violent imagery, & hate about Justin Timberlake? Somehow, I don't think so, and he's a much bigger celebrity. There's something else going on here, and I think it has to do w/misogyny. I think there's a connection between the pure hate that Jessica Lynch got & the pure hatred Paris Hilton gets. I think women are often the appointed scapegoats for people's rage. And I think that sucks.