Gwyneth Paltrow Is Just Too Much

It's not baseball anymore -- America's favorite pastime now is schadenfreude. This sorry state of affairs stems from the average American's love of a failure, making their own more palatable. If you're fat, ugly, missing a limb or two, have a brain disorder and are dead broke, the masses will sing your praises and protest on your behalf, especially if you're neither straight nor white. But forget about it if you're thin, beautiful, smart and rich; then you suck.

This is the situation actress Gwyneth Paltrow finds herself in. The daughter of an elite Hollywood couple, she has won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her outstanding work in several theatrical productions. She's a successful businesswoman too, and has raised two children who are neither drug addicts nor alcoholics. Thus she is hated, reviled, insulted and trashed online by the twisted public who envies her for all those things.

Currently in the news because of a ski accident seven years ago for which she is now being sued, as if the guy suing had no idea that the sport might be dangerous, the carping denizens of the Internet are all hoping Gwyneth will lose the case, even though any sane person can see that after seven years have passed, anyone suing is just looking for free money. 

The comments posted about Gwyneth online are despicable, childish, and dripping with jealousy. And I'm not even a fan of hers! It's just so scary seeing the evil in the hearts of everyday people.