Is Bristol Palin off limits?

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Homegirl has made her opinion of Obama's support for gay marriage known:

"Glee" is bad for America ... so says Bristol Palin ... who just took a shot at the show during an anti-gay marriage blog entry aimed at Barack Obama.

Palin makes it clear -- she believes Obama is a weak, pathetic, stupid man for allowing his daughters to influence his opinion on gay marriage.

In her blog entry, Palin writes, "While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads. In this case, it would’ve been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage."

The 21-year-old unwed mother continues, "As great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview."

"I guess we can be glad that Malia and Sasha aren’t younger, or perhaps today’s press conference might have been about appointing Dora the Explorer as Attorney General because of her success in stopping Swiper the Fox."

Then comes the shot at "Glee" ... as Palin continues, "Sometimes dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee."

Why are people so up in arms about Glee? Because it treats gay relationships as completely normal? Hate on Glee because the acting and the writing are shit, not because it helps kids who are questioning their sexuality feel as though they are normal. And I think this is pretty fucking rich coming from a girl who had a child out of wedlock. Yes, please tell me more about how sacred two-parent families are.

I don't know where this originated. I believe tmz wrote a story from her tweets. It was on my livejournal feed this morning.

[2curlydogs]

I saw this, wanted to post it, but decided it was too easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Or wolves from a helicopter.

[noodleoo]

Since when did Bristol Palin become an expert in *anything*?!? So sad to see someone so pathetic getting attention. This bothers me way more than it should because it is so sad.

[pixy0stix]

She's not off limits anymore, especially if she's touting her own opinions. She's not a bystander like she once was.

[ttt]

May 11, 2012 10:00:20 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

I saw this, wanted to post it, but decided it was too easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Or wolves from a helicopter.

Bwahahahaha

[jenhappy]

This sentence deserves an award:
The 21-year-old unwed mother continues, "As great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview."

[marie427]

May 11, 2012 10:04:51 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

She's not off limits anymore, especially if she's touting her own opinions. She's not a bystander like she once was.

Exactly. And her opinion on this sucks, and I'd bet that opinion will be a unity horse opinion here.

[copzgirl1171]

Isn't word on the street that she has been withholding visitation from Levi

[casmgn]

She truly is her mother's daughter.

[jessiespano]

May 11, 2012 10:06:43 GMT -5 @copzgirl1171 said:

Isn't word on the street that she has been withholding visitation from Levi

But fathers are a vital role of the family!! I wish she would go away. I don't understand why anyone cares what she says. She is definitely one of those "do as I say not as I do" people.

[iammalcolmx]

Nope when giving an opinion like that she should expect a response.

[Deleted]

Not off limits if she is going to make comments like that in any sort of public forum - twitter, a public blog, etc.

Sesame Street, really?

[Deleted]

May 11, 2012 9:55:52 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

Homegirl has made her opinion of Obama's support for gay marriage known:

While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads."

So technically, if it's a gay male couple and they have two dad's they are covered!

Bristol is such an idiot.

[Deleted]

Bristol Palin looks like shit lately.

I'm irrationally peeved that Yahoo used the headline Unwed Mother Bristol Palin.

I don't give a shit about Bristol Palin's opinion on anything, much less gay marriage and I'm not sure why anyone is giving her a platform. Yes, she opened her mouth but so did my neighbor down the street. That's no excuse to give her attention for it.

[emisi]

If you put yourself out there as an expert on something or get paid to spout off your opinions, you're not off-limits anymore. You opened yourself up to attack, you're not an innocent bystander anymore.

[Deleted]

May 11, 2012 10:06:07 GMT -5 jenhappy said:

This sentence deserves an award:
The 21-year-old unwed mother continues, "As great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview."