Facts' Thoughts about Bristol and Johnston

You may have heard of the feud between the Palins and Levi Johnston. The whole deal is sad, but it's worse now that, apparently, Bristol is going to marry him.

Johnston recently admitted he was lying about Sarah and the Palins. I never understood why anyone would be stupid enough to believe the lies. He and Bristol had just broken up. How many ex-boyfriends do you know who you'd believe if they started talking bad about their ex's family? That alone should have been enough to discredit him. He complained that Sarah wouldn't allow him to see his son, but when given a chance to on Thanksgiving, he refused because it would be "awkward." He obviously didn't want to see his son that much. Did he expect us to believe that seeing his son was worth the awkwardness of lying to the world about his ex's family and engaging in a bitter custody battle but not worth the awkwardness of a civilized meal with the family? Did he expect us to believe it would be too awkward to celebrate Thanksgiving to see his son, but not too awkward to hurt his ex to see his son? He obviously acted as he did, not to see his son, but to get revenge and fame. Besides, Bristol - the one who hasn't been lying this whole time - said that he was WELCOME to see his son. He just didn't come. I don't believe he cares about his son. If he cared, he wouldn't purposely hurt his son's grandma, thereby hurting his son's mom, thereby hurting his son. He also said he could tell worse secrets to really get Sarah in trouble, but he "wasn't going to go there." Why not? Because he didn't have the imagination to fabricate worse secrets, that's why.

Before he confessed, he was clearly lying, but some people believed him. Even after he confessed, a few people believed his lies. Because people are so desperate for dirt on Sarah, they'll believe an obvious liar and ignore logic completely. For the sake of hating on someone. Those people make the world look so stupid. Especially since the Sarah haters are probably adults, not 11 year-old hatergirls. To irrational Sarah haters, thanks for further lowering my opinion of human intelligence. To trolls who don't believe what they say and have no real thoughts or opinions but spout stupidity anyway to make the smart people mad, thanks for lowering my opinion both of human intelligence and human character.

It's even worse now, though, because Bristol apparently is going to marry Johnston. He apologized, and she forgave him. I can't oppose that. Forgiveness is good and all, but she doesn't have to marry him. I'm glad that Bristol can forgive so quickly. Few people can. Sarah is taking her time forgiving. This is perfectly understandable, but people attack her for that too, calling her "un-Christian." Not all Christians can forgive right off the bat. She's not not going to forgive him. She's working toward it and letting him work for it, which is very admirable and Christian. Forgiveness takes time. How would you feel if someone lied about you to the whole world? Wouldn't you need time to forgive them?

Anyway, I'm fairly sure I read that Bristol and Levi are engaged. I don't like telling strangers what to do with their personal lives, but maybe some girl who's not Bristol will read this and take warning from it. You see a person's True Self when they're mad. Anger exposes kidnappers and murderers better than forensics can. The world has seen Johnston's True Self. He said himself he lied because he was unhappy and mad. He's bound to be unhappy and mad again sometime. That's what people do. They get mad, sad, glad. . . And when he does, chances are he'll treat Bristol and his son as badly as he's been treating them the past couple years. It's possible he's changed his True Self, but it takes years and years and many ups and downs to prove such a change. Bristol should wait for such proof before she marries him. Otherwise, the odds are against her.

The worst part is that she doesn't seem to realize or appreciate that she's seen his True Self. She said that, if fame and money and her mom's campaign hadn't gotten in the way, she and Johnston wouldn't have broken up. She says that as if she's blaming her mom's job for his behavior, as if his True Self would never have appeared if not for her mom's campaign. His actions were his own doing. I think people today take too little responsibility for their own actions. She should be glad they broke up and his True Self came out. She said if it hadn't been for her mom's campaign, they'd "be in a one-bedroom apartment, scraping by." In other words, she'd be legally married to him, just waiting to see his True Self, a liar who would purposely hurt her family. She should be glad it revealed itself before she married him because now she can be more cautious and wait for true change in him. Once you know your True Self, you can change it, so Johnston too should be glad it came out.

I'm writing about this post-buzz because I wanted to talk about it when it was a hot topic but didn't have much chance or means then. In case you were wondering.