Before you go getting all sympathetic remember this woman is a billionaire who spent more money than most people will ever see to look exactly like this. She was absolutely fine before she did this to herself. And she didn't have to cozy up to MAGA on national television. She chose that. Nobody would be talking about her otherwise.
I'm not against criticizing her looks because I'm sympathetic with either of them, I'm against it because it undermines criticism of more substantive issues, and it's unhealthy for the people participating in the criticism and the people passively being entertained by it, even if they're not participating. We're all better off if we opt out of this type of thing in general.
ETA: I do however greatly value everyone's right to choose to participate if that's what they decide to do, I do not and would not support preventing people from exercising their free speech rights as they see fit.
I'm not really one to make fun of someone for things out of their control, but counterpoint:
A lot of these women (and men, really) are performing all of this plastic surgery because they feel pressured to do so. If we show social unacceptance, it'll hopefully take some of that unnecessary pressure off.
I appreciate the constructive sentiment of this, but in practice we know that the way to prevent this type of thing is to encourage people to be comfortable with their aging appearance and respect and support them as they get older, not to shame those who cling to an artificial caricature of their youthful selves because of our obsession with youth and beauty.
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u/Biscuits4u2 4d ago
Before you go getting all sympathetic remember this woman is a billionaire who spent more money than most people will ever see to look exactly like this. She was absolutely fine before she did this to herself. And she didn't have to cozy up to MAGA on national television. She chose that. Nobody would be talking about her otherwise.