The bride-to-be, who only hours ago many feared was murdered by her fiancé, is very much alive. Reaction to this news, however, is running the gamut from sympathy to outrage. But, even though both extremes are perfectly understandable, one little fact about her “cold feet” odyssey incites more outrage than sympathy:
When she finally realized that she could not hack it as a fugitive bride, she called 911 and blamed Hispanics for her fake abduction.
That she may have had cold feet is excusable. After all, the hysterical pressures that attend the planning of most weddings these days are enough to drive anyone crazy. But blaming her flight from this madness on unsuspecting Hispanics is simply inexcusable!
The family spokesman claims that she has issues that no one else knew about: Another man? Another woman? Fear of big weddings (14 bridesmaids and over 600 guests)?
Whatever her “issues”, making that false claim about her abduction represents a willful deceit that only reinforces racial stereotypes. (Remember Susan Smith?) And, this alone should cause law enforcement officials to press criminal and civil charges against her to compensate for the cost of their wild goose chase and, more importantly, send the message that using racial minorities to excuse one’s own foolish (and criminal) behavior has real consequences.
As for those issues, enquiring minds would like to know…
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Anonymous says
This is truly a sad and pathetic story. You have more compassion for this woman than I can muster. How many people get married in any given year in the USA? Suffice to say A LOT. Is there pressure associated with a wedding and everything to follow? SURE. To the reasonable person, however, it’s hard to believe that a wedding (planning) was so traumatic that it required a cross-country “escape” as well as a fictitious race-baiting story. This past week alone is sufficient to demonstrate how prevalent racism is in 2005. Besides this story, there is the alleged incident by the baseball coach of the University of Oklahoma and the settlement of racial bias by Sodexho. But what is really striking about all of this is how colossally stupid or careless one has to be to be found guilty of such an offense in this day and age. The preponderance of true racial attitudes is buried underneath self-imposed political correctness. While ordinarily you need to keep a sharp eye and ear for the patterns of today’s racism, every now and then you get a lay up. Oh it’s a tough world.
Rage in NJ…..
Anonymous says
You obviously have a lot of rage NJ. You are probably a man too because only another woman can relate to what she must have been going through. Ok she did something stupid. But no one got hurt (like Susan Smith). Give her a break.
Anonymous says
That is the problem to many bleeding hearts, if it do’nt touch me it’s not so bad.