"In your satin tights, fighting for your rights..."

[hatman]

Happened upon a link to an interview with Lynda Carter.

(Yes, the subject line is an actual quote from the Wonder Woman theme song.)

Seems some people have (inexplicably) been comparing Sarah Palin to Wonder Woman. Here's what Lynda had to say about that:

Okay, last question. I'm sure you've seen all the comparisons in the media and among Republicans of Sarah Palin to Wonder Woman. How do you feel about that?

Don’t get me started. She’s the anti-Wonder Woman. She’s judgmental and dictatorial, telling people how they’ve got to live their lives. And a superior religious self-righteousness ... that’s just not what Wonder Woman is about. Hillary Clinton is a lot more like Wonder Woman than Mrs. Palin. She did it all, didn’t she?

No one has the right to dictate, particularly in this country, to force your own personal views upon the populace — religious views. I think that is suppressive, oppressive, and anti-American. We are the loyal opposition. That’s the whole point of this country: freedom of speech, personal rights, personal freedom. Nor would Wonder Woman be the person to tell people how to live their lives. Worry about your own life! Worry about your own family! Don't be telling me what I want to do with mine.

I like John McCain. But this woman — it's anathema to me what she stands for. I think America should be very afraid. Very afraid. Separation of church and state is the one thing the creators of the Constitution did agree on — that it wasn’t to be a religious government. People should feel free to speak their minds about religion but not dictate it or put it into law.

What I don’t understand, honestly, is how anyone can even begin to say they know the mind of God. Who do they think they are? I think that’s ridiculous. I know what God is in my life. Now I am sure that she’s not all just that. But it’s enough to me. It’s enough for me to have a visceral reaction. And it makes me mad.

People need to speak up. Doesn’t mean that I’m godless. Doesn’t mean that I am a murderer. What I hate is this demonization of everybody but one position. You’re un-American because you’re against the war. It’s such bullshit. Fear. It’s really such a finite way of thinking about God to think that your measley little mind can know the mind of God. It’s a very little God that way. I think that God’s bigger. I don’t presume to know his mind. Or her mind.

Comments

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Glad you're okay, then. More to the point... if I don't have anything to apologize for, then you certainly don't, either.

But yeah... there's been a lot of negativity, even from these two, both of whom have expressed feelings similar to yours. Problem is that negative ads are an effective tool. Too effective to leave unused with a presidential candidacy at stake. What's even worse these days are the internet smear campaigns, using the easy flow of viral information to spread rumors with little or no basis in fact.

Problem is, I don't see a good way to stop any of that. You can't exactly outlaw attack ads. And internet rumors are impossible to control. To this day, people believe that you swallow spiders in your sleep, a "fact" which was created for an experiment designed specifically to show how readily people will believe the most ridiculous things.

Anyway, there's wisdom in knowing when to say nothing. (It's an art I've yet to master...) All the same, don't underestimate yourself or your intelligence. Besides, the only way to improve is to go out and learn. To find out more about the issues and the workings of the system and all. To hone your ideas and views by debating them.

I'll admit that it's a topic that people can be very touchy about. (With good reason, IMO... it's the future of our country and a question of our ideals and beliefs about the issues that affect our lives.) But it's an important subject (for the same reasons).

So... happy to talk it over. I'd enjoy it. I'll respect your views, and as long as you respect mine, there'll be no reason to be offended.

But if you'd rather not, I'll try not to be too pushy. ;)