Kim Kardashian: Man, There's a Lot of Haters Out There

     I find the treatment of the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian particularly, pretty interesting. There is so much hate and bitterness towards her. As so many seem to want to insult her and denigrate her as much as possible, I see it as a sociological phenomenon.

     As the feminist Nancy Friday once said, women don't wish other women well. Recently there was a piece in the Enquirer where Oprah Winfrey was censoring Kardashian for visiting Haiti in support of the victims of the earthquake.

    Oprah was sure that it was just to repair her image that has been hurt by her very short marriage to Kris Humphries.

    I'm not in her head and don't know her motivations. I mean I don't necessarily think even if Oprah's right that makes her a horrible person. I guess what I don't get is why her marriage to Humphries gets people's knickers in such a twist to begin with.

    Her marriage was a bust, maybe she was wrong, but why would that make you angry at her? If she made a mistake it hurts her, yet many in the public seem to feel she has affronted them and now must pay penance.

     There are a number of different aspects of this hating on Kim thing. In part it is no doubt about a frustrated public who sees that the American Dream has become a nightmare where so many now live under reduced expectations.

     Maybe as it seems that there is little hope at a better life-as there once was, the American Dream only clearly was over with the recession of 2001-perhaps all that's left is the schadenfreude of seeing others fall. This can be understandable though I don't think it necessarily improves those who take their pleasure in this way.

     Having our moral fiber further degraded won't take back our society either. In the case of the Kardashians though I think it's pretty misdirected. If Eric Cantor slips on a banana peel I'll be laughing right along with the best of them. But I take no pleasure in seeing Kim Kardashian publicly humiliated.

    Here I even have the opportunity to quote Nietzsche, who said roughly, that we are all innocent, but women are doubly so, who can have oil and kindness enough for them? Ironic-he has a reputation of being a woman hater, yet I am able to go to him for this...

    I'm gonna give her a pass and I would urge you to consider doing the same. To give you and idea of the kind of bile out about her consider just a few representative comments:

   "For the lips of adulterous women drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edge sword. Proverbs 5:3-4"

   This quote is from "Justin" a self righteous male. I wonder if he's ever been unfaithful? On average 65 percent of married men cheat. Yet he's worried about adulterous women.

    Another self righteous guy is Juan:
  
     "What a fame/money whore.he has no talent. Her and her whole family, I mean getting famous off a stupid sex tape? That’s why she’s way too cocky. She’s a slightly over weight porn star. Now Humphries is going to go on his merry way and be successful continuing his basketball career, and the Kardashian bitch is going to be left in the dust like the pathetic thing she is. No typo."

      So yeah we want her to suffer, we want to torture her while he's on the side of angels.

      Still most of the nasty comments are from women, like Nicole:

     "She is a money hungry pig who will sell her very own personal time and honeymoon on a fake ass wedding that is tearing apart this little boy she married and he doesn’t know she is evil. Her first and only priority is money and making sure she is in the spotlight, regardless who is in the way or feelings that she may hurt along the way."

      Still don't get it. I do like her show and will continue to watch as long as it's on the air. I hope that she has reservoirs of strength to deal with people who have nothing better to do. Obviously these are people who despite what they say watch the show themselves.