Susan Boyle - our critical culture

Susan Boyle

By now everyone has heard Susan Boyle sing. (Click above) I admit I have listened over and over. I just keep dragging the arrow back to (almost) the beginning to hear her sing again.

What has amazed me is the awful comments people feel free to write. I have scoured the net for articles about her. Everyone uses words like dowdy, frumpy, bushy eyebrows, peach fuzz face, ulgy dress, ulgy shoes.

Here is just one example - while talking about the Larry King show..

"I thought we'd never get to Boyle -- but then there she was, in all her un-tweezed glory. And wearing Wilma Flintstone beads, to boot! "
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Who have we become as people and what are we teaching our children?

I know the internet has given people a forum to say awful things with no accountability. But what does it say about we value as a people that "we" take the liberty to say awful, mean, hurtful things without blinking an eye?

I saw one article titled "What if Susan Boyle had not had a wonderful voice?"

What if? Was she then worthy of mocking and insults?

What if?

What we fail to recognize is the old adage that when you point a finger at someone there are four fingers pointing back at you.

Our subconscious is powerful!
It can't help but start sending questions to our hearts..

***What about me?
******I don't look like a model...
******I don't sing like a bird...
******I don't have the latest fashions...
******How would I be judged?
******Do I have any worth?

Could this be the reason for the verse...
Judge not lest you be judged?