<![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @GothamTomato: Re: A.L. -- exactly. of HER generation. and as long as HER generation is living and breathing enough to "remember" her (like you remember a brand like McDonalds, Crest or Tide and her friends are around to hire her --- her hackneyed one trick pony masquerading as a grey backdrop that peaked in 1987 or so is going to be around to haunt us all. She is the Larry King of photographers.

arirang

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> What year are we in? Seriously, this is not 1733. It's 2008 and these pictures are not at all provocative in anyway. She's not naked. Miley has nothing to be embarrassed about.

However, what Miley should have of put into consideration is the fact that half of this world is completely ignorant and waits for the next "scandal" because they have no life.

Although I'm not too much of a fan with the music and shows, I am aware of the disney image she's obtained. I believe it's still there. With or without these photos.

You all view a girl as: dress, lollipop, innocent. We all grow up sometime and now is Miley's time.

These pictures were meant to be artistic and they are. If you knew anything about anything; you'd realized that, too. These pictures show beauty and simplicity. The transformation of a child to a young women.

If any 15 year old girl had the chance to take this...They would take it.

Now get real.

cunttart

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> If she was acting on Gossip Girl she'd probably already be participating in billboard cleavage kissing.
That show bothers me more than the Miley photos. Those kids are supposed to be 16 and 17...sometimes when I watch the sex scenes I expect the police to barge in and confiscate my television.

BrangelinasFetuses

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Does anybody have an opinion here?

famousauthor

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: "argumentum ad hominem" Well, there's a mouthful. You're insufferably pedantic, and I will be happy when you piss off enough people around here that you are canned. In the meantime, I don't care anymore.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @plasticene: Noted. And, noted. ha!

WordSalad

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @the Librarian: Word. I remember seeing an episode of that show while visiting my parents (nieces were watching it) right before it blew up.

Imagine my surprise, er, chagrin.

digitalsmoothie

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Unfun: Actually, if you read the original posting carefully, a number do agree with me.

[See: Rosey, Tila & Annie -- oh my, they all have vaginas!]

Moreover, even some fellow Gawker commenters agree with me. These facts alone completely discredit your "No one seems to agree with you" statement. Also, it makes you look sort of desperate and clueless.

Why must you and your pals engage in this barrage of logical fallacies, though? Are your egos that frail that you must invent straw men?

As far as evidence of my position, several people on this thread, including YOU, have, evidently unwittingly, served as fine exemplars already.

And on the contrary, I welcome opinions divergent from my own.

What I don't welcome is argumentum ad hominem and folks who dredge up the past in some bizarre grab at positional advantage or false sympathy. That's just puerile.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Unfun: @BalknChain: Yes. Group hugs will keep the trolls under the bridges where they belong.

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @VirusWithShoes: I believe now we should link arms with Unfun and enjoy our Coke.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: I also think it's hilarious that you think you can outwit perhaps the wittiest person on here. You got nothing on Virus. Don't try.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: Dude, you lose. No one seems to agree with you. Sorry I don't have time to take a survey of everyone with a vagina to provide you with "empirical evidence." Seems there are quite a few women (and men) here who find the photograph unsettling. But do you have any of your own "empirical evidence" to accuse anyone who disagrees with you of "daddy issues?" You obviously have your own, if you can't stand opinions which diverge from yours.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @VirusWithShoes: I rose to your bait once, kiddo, but never again.

Translation: You've got nothing.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: I rose to your bait once, kiddo, but never again.

Enjoy your echo chamber. And continued trolling.

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @VirusWithShoes:
The fact that you contradict yourself in your first statement regarding this photograph, I can let fly.

Now there's a neat and obvious contradiction in a sentence. OK, I'll bite. Show me my contradiction.

And the thoughts of one Kathie Lee Gifford does not constitute empirical evidence...

True, but this is just a logical fallacy on your part. I never stated as much, Sparky. Stick to the actual narrative and you may actually score a point.

Fact - any photograph containing Billy Ray Cyrus with his arm draped around anything can be correctly described as creepy.

And once more my point is made. Thanks for playing, and please enjoy the lovely parting gifts.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: The fact that you contradict yourself in your first statement regarding this photograph, I can let fly. The fact that you're imprinting onto others when they disagree with your own contradiction, not so much.

Your point - whatever it wasn't in the first place - has not been made. And the thoughts of one Kathie Lee Gifford does not constitute empirical evidence, no matter how tortuous your original reasoning.

Fact - any photograph containing Billy Ray Cyrus with his arm draped around anything can be correctly described as creepy.

VirusWithShoes

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Word salad: that's tennessee, actually. worse

plasticene

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I think it's clear from the photo of them on the floor that these were taken on a cruise ship. And I think what happens on Carnival, stays on Carnival.

Seriously, the whole uproar to these photos is so creepy because they're actually quite tame. A girl showing her back to us should not be water cooler talk. I think the South Park guys were right; Miley is the new Britney, and this is our chance to start a decade-long attack on her. I'm only partially joking.

Steverino

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> This manufactured outrage may go over with the Walmart crowd, but not with anyone with a brain.

The reality is Annie Liebovitz is the most iconic photographer of her generation. Mylie Cyrus will be forgotten in a year (like her daddy in the creepy picture was).

Who needs who here? The Cyruses need Liebovitz - not the other way around.

GothamTomato

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Goober_Pea: Hi, welcome to the internet age! If Just Jared or Perez Hilton posts it, everyone who cares (including 10-14 year olds) is looking at it. No boundaries, for better or worse.

That said, they tend to be wiser about it than your average adult.

ObtuseIntolerant

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Unfun: I agree with you, as would most people with a vagina.

Any empirical evidence to support this statement?

I especially would not have wanted to do this at age 15, when my parents mortified me.

And thank you for making my point.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Somebody should actually watch Hannah Montana and see what a load of crap it is.

the Librarian

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Sarcastro: I'll take this challenge.

Suppose I argued that I didn't consider this photo "sexualized" to me, because I have boundaries about things like having sexual thoughts about 15-year-olds. In part from having worked with junior-high-school-aged students.

Then suppose I went on to say, okay, other folks who find the photo sexualized don't have the same boundaries I do. Which is fine. But it's worse than useless for me to get riled up about other folks' propensity for dirty thoughts -- if anyone should worry about that, it's the folks in the photo, and they seem to be reasonably capable of making the decisions that work for them, on this issue.

In conclusion, if I'm able to keep my thoughts from crossing an uncomfortable line, I'm satisfied that other folks can do it too -- but what point is there in my worrying whether they actually do it or not? I don't even read Vanity Fair.

skahammer

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Unfun: thank you

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I think she looks pretty. and she's not even that pretty in the first place. so... good job vanity fair.

no dakota fanning crotch shots though, okay?

arguablythemostfamous

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @BalknChain: I agree with you, as would most people with a vagina. I do not want to be leaning on my father, lying down, holding his hand with a bare midriff. I especially would not have wanted to do this at age 15, when my parents mortified me. There is something incredibly icky about that photo.

Unfun

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger:
I think dads should be the "Hey, pull my finger" type, not the "Let's pose dramatically while almost mashing body parts" type. But, maybe that's just me.


Spirit Fingers

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @if_i_only_had_a_heart: It's a holistic approach to view the person in their environment, ha!

WordSalad

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Sarcastro:

You think this is bad, you shoulda seen the contact sheet.

Chaim Gnadelstein

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Bell County: *giggles* Fabio?

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: Well, if that's the case, I better see what dad's up to Saturday night.

Sarcastro

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: @BalknChain: This is not particularly ambiguous. That is an archetypal romance novel cover pose, except for the absence of a ripped bodice.

Bell County

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: Let's agree to disagree then. At this point I'M making my skin crawl talking about it. Also my words referred to their pose, no Freudian oddities.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Wait, Miley who? Can someone explain this to me and why I, as someone over 14 years old, should care?

digitalsmoothie

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Sarcastro: Seriously.

@BalknChain: I find your commentary about 10x more disturbing than the photo, but I also support your right to express your viewpoint 110%.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Nic Fit: I think we are still missing the point. These people are reacher than most of us can ever dream to be!

Oh my achy-breaky heart.

contradicto

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Word salad: good point; affirmative action for white trash is an unmet need

if_i_only_had_a_heart

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Blame it on the mullet.

WordSalad

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: Repressed daddy issues?
If that means not crotch rubbing and tit-draping, then I'll repress away.


BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @TedSez: They photoshopped cleavage on that 6 year old.

monkeyhead

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @McCheeburger: Seriously?

The subjects of the above photo are not sexualized? The bare midriff, the pose, the fact that the daughter's 15 and draped over her father, the facial expressions?

Sarcastro

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I think everyone is missing the point: she is now the biggest star in the world. Whiskey Tango family + underage sex scandal + something imitating talent = American superstar.

Nic Fit

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Spirit Fingers: I did change it to dirty Joe Dirt. And, I have to say he IS a parody..of a person.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Please use some cultural sensitivity and recognize that they are from Missouri, land of hillbilly love.

WordSalad

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> "Somewhat gawky teenage girl and dad in posed photograph."

I submit that were the pair someone without Billy Ray's and Miley's baggage, this would be a completely benign image.

Some of the commentary over this issue suggests some folks may have barely repressed daddy issues or some other odd pathologies.

And to support my argument, the inestimably weird Kathie Lee Gifford also found this the most objectionable photo in the set.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @belltolls: ha!

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> "I loooooove my husbadaddy!"

Sarcastro

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @BalknChain: Joe Dirt was at least a parody. I'm charging Cyrus with clear depraved indifference.

Spirit Fingers

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Goober_Pea: If your children are too young to understand these pictures, then they are probably too young to be reading Vanity Fair and watching ET and CNN.

Goober_Pea

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @dado: Have you seen Billy Ray Cyrus' basement?

Bell County

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @contradicto: Everyone is entirely too close to everyone else's "stuff" in this pic.

Spirit Fingers

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Walt Disney turned in his grave, then climbed out and walked arm-in-arm with Goofey and Mickey Mouse down Main Street for the daily parade. Fireworks were seen in the background, and people returning to the parking lot were treated to a rendition of "It's a Small World After All..."

famousauthor

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @BalknChain: My girlfriend has held me like that and the meaning was clear: "stop touching my tits in public!"

HamptonShmampton

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I just feel sorry for the poor envelope that is always getting pushed.

belltolls

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> She's being used by everyone - does she even know who she is yet?? She doesn't even have a highschool diploma and we're supposed to hold her on some kind of celebrity pedistal. She will have a Speersesque breakdown when she realizes her ego and self-identity are held by those who control her contracts.

HamptonShmampton

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> hillbillies make a sexy...no?

jackvinyl

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Dado: Between this and the guy in Austria who counts among his grandchildren his children, I'll take this.

dado

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I'm looking forward to the video for Billy Ray and Miley's cover of Something Stupid.

Bell County

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Spirit Fingers: two words: Joe Dirt.
Feck! A dirty Joe Dirt.


BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> I would never ever in a bazillion years pose with my father like that. UGH!! This is the first I've seen that pic. No, no and no. Elbow to crotch, hand to hip arm draped over chest? Not normal, this looks like a "We just got engaged. Aren't we sexy together?" photo.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> The photo in itself is a good statement. If it offends you, well probably the highly publicized sexualization of tween idols offends you as well. As it should. The other half of the viewers just make fun of her (and/or her dad) for pushing it.

Itsjustcatnip

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> @Spirit Fingers: Eeeeeeew. He's giving her the reach around. That's one form of business in the front, party in the back that I DID NOT need to see.

contradicto

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Man, I'm so sick of this whole bag. Mylie Cyrus, her movies, her tv shows, her dad, her VF photos, her wig her whatever. Its the stupidest shit in the world, and it only gets bigger and stupider the more everyone furrows their brow over it.

JudgeFudge

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Yep, that's a little eww. Skin to skin with dad, erm…uncomfortable? And does he still have a mullet?! That's actually the bigger offense.

Spirit Fingers

]]> <![CDATA[The Miley Cyrus Reaction Roundup]]> Don't forget Slate: Whatever, it was still a zillion times less creepy than this Chinese Disney ad.

[www.slate.com]

TedSez

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