The Top Story: How did the media cover the alleged assault of an asshat?

A "violent crime"? The guy got punched in the face. This wasn't a stabbing or shooting or gang beating or anything, it was a guy who made a life out of being a complete douche to everyone being a douche to the wrong guy and getting punched in the face for it. The end.

Personally, I have never been to his website or seen any video of the guy (as everything he is and represents is, to be nice about it, not for me) but even from my limited knowledge of him it's kind of plainly clear the guy's a jerk. I think it's a little ridiculous this is even "news" in the first place.

Sometimes a jerk gets what he deserves. Some say violence serves no end. I disagree it provides us endless entertainment when someone actually get what a asshat deserves. A punch in the face. Boo Hoo. I can't feel sorry when someone goes out of his way to actually be a full on jerk. 

 

Who pays this jerk anyway!

 

After today, he will definately be pushed into the background. 

I am not surprized by the inappropriate response of the media.  But in this case would you expect anything more?  (Ok, in most cases would you expect anything more?)  The asshat (I cannot bring myself to type his its "name" any more) is a total asshat, a scumbag and a joke.

I can't condone violence against an asshat any more than I can condone violence against a true victim, but when you are an asshat and you act like an asshat and you refuse to stop yourself from instigating, then you're increasing exponentially the chance that violence may be perpetrated against you! He It should not be surprised that he it got punched.

Maybe, just maybe enough people will come forward to call the asshat on the carpet for his its repulsive behavior and he it will go away.  Would we even know who this asshat was if the "media" didn't reference and/or pay attention to him it? 

BTW, I loved the Funny or Die bit!

Thanks for letting me vent.

I'm not surprised by the media reaction. In some ways I feel he deserves to finally realize how little people care about him. He's a jerk.

BUT, he is right, no one deserves to be a victim of violence, or mocked for that, and I think anyone who says he deserved to be punched is pretty cruel.

He shouldn't have said that word, he deserved crap for that, but I take his apology as sincere.

Now can we move on? 

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I don't care how unPC it is some people in this world deserve a good thrashing and Perez Hilton most certainly is one of those people. He is a vile little weasle who represents just about every nasty stereotype mainstreme society throws at us. Even if I bought his rational for outing celebs..which I don't What he did to Dustin Lance Black was just awful.

Interesting that the article ends talking about Fox News.  I was telling someone tonight about the asshat debate with Perez on this site.  They had never heard of AE, and I described it as the Fox News of gay websites.  Just for the fact that there is a very "group think" mentality and all of the bloggers/editors on the site seem to have the same mind-set.  Would be nice to have some diversity.

If someone is continuously verbally baiting someone with hateful slurs intending to get a reaction [they were coming out of a bar, how drunk were all these people?] and ends up getting hit, how far are some people going to defend this behavior?

PH isn't a physical bully, he is a verbal one with absolutely no consideration for anyone else and no filter in venting whatever anger and hatred he has onto various celebrities and celebrities' children regardless of age. I don't see why that is ignored for those who defend him as a 'victim'.

Also, his apology, such as it is, had mentioned he plans on giving all the proceeds he wins from the lawsuit he is filing to The Matthew Shepard Foundation. They don't want it.

MatthewShepard.org

"... While we applaud Mr. Hilton's apology... we also feel compelled to point out that use of epithets can often lead to physical violence, as it appears it may have in this case..."

I feel like I'm the only person who is kind of disturbed by the fact that Asshat got slugged for calling a straight guy a "faggot." I just think there's a different dynamic involved when a straight person is called a faggot than there is when an actual gay person is called a faggot. When a gay person is called a fag, it's a slight against them and all other gay people. When a straight person is called a fag, it's...still a slight against gay people. I'm wary of a straight person who has such a violent reaction to being called a fag. After all, what the hell's wrong with being a fag? If you don't have a problem with gay people, why should you care so much about being called one?

Do you really think that when Will's manager punched Asshat, he was thinking, "HOW DARE YOU USE A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR, YOU CAD!"? Stranger things have happened, but all things considered, I can only assume that he was thinking what most straight guys think when they or someone they know is called a fag, which is "How dare you call my friend a homosexual, which I perceive as being gross/emasculating!"

To make a long story short (too late!), my point is that I'm bothered by all of the people who seem to think Will's manager was justified in getting so angry over the "faggot" comment. Am I missing something? Because in my opinion, both people involved come out looking like major asshats who are no friends to the gay community. I'm open to the idea that I am just too sensitive and/or overthinking this, though.

JUST GO AWAY???  This POS doesn't deserve coverage.