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Dan Savage and Carrie Prejean

Dogs for Romney_TX Chair Wrote: May 03, 2012 12:16 PM
I've got an IDEA. What if they gave a student journalistic conference where they discuss better writing techniques. What if they discussed how to use powerful word images so that stories would be more interesting to readers? What if they discussed how to construct stories to different target audiences, or how to improve the appearance of their publications? You think anybody would be interested?

A few years ago, beauty queen Carrie Prejean innocently answered a question about gay marriage with a polite 'no.' She was viciously personally attacked by Miss USA pageant judge Perez Hilton, who posted a video of himself cursing at her.

Prejean was eventually stripped of her crown, and as for Perez Hilton? 'I'd love to have him back,' pageant owner Donald Trump once said. 'I mean, I'd love to have him back' -- although he didn't actually do it.

That was a seminal moment for American culture wars. Nobody could protect Prejean, while Hilton suffered no visible consequences for his grotesque...

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