I'm going to agree with you on the "She's ugly!" posts. Those are just silly. I admit to chuckling over the one where they compared her to Kathy Bates' character in "Misery" but some other stuff has been more mean-spirited. I liken it to comedians and memes making fun of fat politicians. Like Chris Christie gets picked on a lot for being fat, and I think that's just lazy, because there are so many things on his platform to criticize, rather than his weight. Or Seth Meyers making fun of Newt Gingrich for being fat. Really, this is one of the most morally reprehensible human beings in the country and your first thought is to go for the fat joke?
On the other hand, I pretty much completely disagree with you about not pointing out Davis's hypocrisy around defining marriage.
*I see people dissecting her life, suggesting that because she has been married and divorced multiple times it is hypocritical of her to treat marriage as something special. But I've been divorced and remarried, and I don't think that has damaged either my ability or my right to define my own opinion of marriage as an institution.*
That's not why I criticized her (publicly on my FB page) for being married multiple times. I think that pointing out that she's not following Biblical injunctions about marriage (i.e. if you've been divorced, you're committing adultery if you re-marry) is totally legitimate. It shows that she's not protesting same-sex marriage licenses out of some consistent, principled religious conviction but more that she's having an atavistic "Homosexuality is ICKY!" kind of reaction. Sure, we're all hypocrites at time, but she's choosing to be a gigantic hypocrite in the public eye.
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On the other hand, I pretty much completely disagree with you about not pointing out Davis's hypocrisy around defining marriage.
*I see people dissecting her life, suggesting that because she has been married and divorced multiple times it is hypocritical of her to treat marriage as something special. But I've been divorced and remarried, and I don't think that has damaged either my ability or my right to define my own opinion of marriage as an institution.*
That's not why I criticized her (publicly on my FB page) for being married multiple times. I think that pointing out that she's not following Biblical injunctions about marriage (i.e. if you've been divorced, you're committing adultery if you re-marry) is totally legitimate. It shows that she's not protesting same-sex marriage licenses out of some consistent, principled religious conviction but more that she's having an atavistic "Homosexuality is ICKY!" kind of reaction. Sure, we're all hypocrites at time, but she's choosing to be a gigantic hypocrite in the public eye.