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Originally Posted by PornMD
The answer: Not a good answer - not so much what she said but that it was a jumbled mess. Yes, a Miss USA winner should represent the whole country, and she should have tried to answer in a way that would be inclusive of all sides (which 90% of the time is merely going to be a non-answer). She didn't and it rightfully cost her the crown. But the way she gave her answer was close to the infamous Miss Teen North Carolina if I got that correctly.
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I disagree with pretty much all of that. I just watched her answer again for the 3rd time and I don't see where she didn't answer "rightfully" at all. In fact her answer was clearer and more concise than most of those given in such contests, most of them stumble and stutter and babble themselves into looking foolish. She didn't. Her answer was, barring a few slight stumbles, tactful enough (having included that she thinks it's great that Americans get to choose, thus tacitly acknowledging that she thinks it's right that each state gets to make a free choice about the issue), and she closed by giving her personal opinion on the issue, again not in a disrespectful way at all, merely clear and to the point. She was raised traditional and her answer was in line with that and true to her own family values, and frankly they're not wrong, just different than his. "She should represent the country"... well, inane point aside, believe it or not a lot of people feel the same way she does, so her answer was indicative of representing at least some people.
If that answer cost her the crown then it's because he didn't like the answer she gave and got pissy about it, and abused his power as a judge to enforce his agenda. "Agree with me or suffer my wrath" isn't the position any judge of such a contest should adopt.
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The question: Not a good question. Judges should not come to these competitions with agendas, and I don't think it was accident that he asked Miss California this question, i.e. contestant from a state that most recently re-banned gay marriage. He won't SAY this but you know he was hoping for a gung-ho "YES, Perez - EVERY state should vote on this issue, including our state of California because Prop 8 was a SHAM I tell you!" He didn't get it, so cue...
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Agreed in part. I don't see it as being such a bad question, but his reaction is the thing that's at fault here, definitely.
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Perez's reaction: The worst part of this debacle and proof he should have never been a judge. First he calls her a bitch, then apologizes only to go on TV and take back his apology and say he actually wanted to call her the C-word originally but held back. If that isn't a classless piece of shit, I don't know what is. He can dislike her response but to start namecalling is childish and more tactless than her answer ever was.
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Again, agreed in full. In my view the guy is overreacting like the agenda-having "agree with me or die" whiney bitch that he is.