Have we come to the point where we are supposed to care about ONLY what a person thinks, how they act, what they talk about, all that INSIDEY stuff? Has political correctness come so far that every member of society must ignore la muy bonita chica regardless of how intelligent or not she is, or that we are forced to listen to a, shall we say, Skeletor-Face?
Have we become so focused on saying it doesnt matter if you are pretty that now, given the choice between a fairly attractive small town, lutheran-based college gal, and a swamp thing, are we to instigate a conversation with the troll, simply so as to not pick beauty over the beast?
We have reached the point of Affirmative Action for the ugly. For so long, the buttafaced have been marginalized, outcast, and shunned (SHUN THE NON-BELIEVER, SSSSHHHHHUUUUUNNNNNUUUHHHHHH!!!!) and now to "correct a wrong" we are to do the same for the attractive? I am not saying that every person in this society needs to pick the lesser (attractive) of two evils. I am simply pointing out that this society as a whole says it is WRONG for one person to think someone is attractive, and that quality is enough to set them higher than someone else. To that end, why DO brains matter more? Why can't a fairly equal mix of both be viewed as better than a great lack of both?
All I want is to be able to say "No thank you, I do not want to buy cookies from you becuase I would rather buy them from her. She is more attractive, and I would get MUCH more physical enjoyment out of talking to slash oggling her". Is anything drastically wrong with that? I mean, I am sure it is the same for women. Most likely...
But when an entire blog is formulated JUST becuase I feel that a compliment is in order, attacking how someone wants to viewed as smart, there is a problem.
We have begun to associate being attractive with not being intelligent, unable to accomplish some goal, and just plain out lesser than others. So we reward those who are ugly (or close to it) by giving them extra benefits, and criticising those who view attractiveness as better. All this will lead to is pretty people being discriminated against for the sake of equality.
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P.S. I was absolutely serious in this entire blog. I really do hold attractive people over lesser attractive, HOWEVER!!! This blog can also be satiring the entire Affirmative Action process.... just change the words ugly for African American, and attractive for Caucasian..... NOT SAYING THAT BLACKS ARE UGLY OR THAT WHITES ARE ATTRACTIVE!!! Merely that this is how ridiculous Affirmative Action is.............
P.P.S. That Brittany Ann girl is hot. I think she was alluding to a boyfriend though, so that kinda sucks 
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You might think this but I am not the most attractive person; however I do have a good head on my shoulders. I have gotten so far in life so far that a good head on my shoulders is all you really need. I ran against the hottest, most popular girl and the biggest jock in school for Student Government President. I am happily to say that I won the election. All because I have a good head on my shoulers. Looks do matter, yeah for shallow people. There a lot of shallow people in this world but why do looks matter? I do not care what people think of me and I am very proud to say that.
PS: ProgressiveU.org is not a dating site.
satire deary.... satire.
Do I think that our country takes political correctiveness and "equality for everyone" too far? YES.
I think thought thatwhat your looking at needs to be taken into the perspective of what you're looking for. Is it wrong to want to look good and to admire beautiful qualities, no. But you can make all you're assumptions off of that. Say you go into a job interview. What are they going to look at is you're resume, qualifications, WHO IS BEST FOR THE JOB, which, in most cases, does not mean they want the prettiest face. When they see the applicant in person, they want to see someone who is well put-together, not neccisarily beautiful. I know you were leaning this more towards how it refers to race and what-not, but you did base it on a comment about whether a girl is "hott" or not. If she was in a beauty pagent, the hott meter totally applies to how you judge her. But in real life, in circumstances where you want the best person for the job, you need more qualities than how good e person looks.
I guess what I am ultimately trying to say here is that you need to realize where, when and what for you are judging people. Just because someone is beautiful doesnt automatically make them a better person, but also doesnt mean that they're aren't either.
Im using the judgement and criteria of this girl is only like an hour away from me, and I would so make out with her. so in that criteria, looks matter.
Not to say that her looks mean she isnt smart. or that smarts arent important.
Her blog itself shows intelligence!
Also, I kinda have the goal of setting people off. I get a little kick out of either pissing people off, or questioning them, or just doing something they see as wrong. It makes them argue it, and tell my WHY I am wrong. Most the time I know I am wrong, but it much more fun than just sittin around AGREEING with everybody.
So to sum up. She is pretty. I would enjoy meeting her. I love that people are upset by this. And I love that people are actually thinking about WHY it upsets them.
Your comment does not upset me at all; however, the blog that this is a response to kind of gets under my skin.
What happened to being humble?
I think confidence is important, but when people argue for their own looks it kind of frustrates me.
I'm not going to say whether I'm "pretty" or "ugly." Those who really care will figure it out for themselves. I think everyone who is commenting about this kind of stuff is being to... I don't know... self righteous?
Yes, good looking people have every right to be confident. But shouldn't they themselves realize that not everyone is judging for their beauty? Just as "ugly" people should realize that not everyone is judging them for their "ugliness"?
You have every right to say what you said and think what you think. But don't let others get big heads from it
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http://progressiveu.org/003838-the-girl-who-cried-rape-or-in-this-case-d...
i LOVED the response to that blog!
IT WAS AWESOME!
course, thats cuz im gonna interpret it as a "thank you" but hey, its all gravy! Plus, she obviously wasnt THAT upset, otherwise why did she post the bigger picture???
Yeah, her response was fine, and the thank you was cute.
I just hate when a thousand other people comment to hers saying "yeah I'm cute too so blah blah blah."
She had a point; some of the people who commented did not and they just seemed like a cry for... not attention... but for self-justification maybe.
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http://progressiveu.org/003838-the-girl-who-cried-rape-or-in-this-case-d...
are we talkin about specifically the people (pinkpanthr) who were like "I know i get trated badly for being so gorgeous all the time!!!"?
cuz yeah, thats kinda wierd. and annoying.
Precisely. I hate to name names, but that's what I was talking about.
I hear it all the time, so I'm not speaking specifically of people on this site (although my frustration was brought to my attention by them), I notice it a lot in people around me, too.
It's like everyone is always fishing for a compliment.
"Do you like this top?" really means, "Tell me I look damn good in this or I'm going to go home and cut myself."
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http://progressiveu.org/003838-the-girl-who-cried-rape-or-in-this-case-d...
but yeah, in situations like that, you kinda almost wanna see if they really WILL go cut themselves....................
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but yeah, in situations like that, you kinda almost wanna see if they really WILL go cut themselves....................
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I'm sorry - I didn't mean to call you out! I've just been around so many people to say "Brittany, just sit there & smile, that is what you're here for" that I tend to get offended. At school, I am going to attack the next person who pats me on the head & says "Awe Brittany, don't worry about trying to be smart - you are pretty for a reason."
I appreciate compliments about my appearance! I just happen to like compliments about my mind as well!
eh... one of my comments or blogs or SUMTIN floatin around here today specifically says i was impressed with the intelligence you showed in that first blog....
not sure where it is now......
hmmm.... o well, back to speaking out against homosexuality!!!