I have a problem when people say that Manny Pacquiao does not deserve to be and should not be congratulated for his latest win in the ring because he has been a terrible lawmaker and a homophobic bigot. I have always had a problem when people refuse to recognize the many facets of an individual and judge that individual based solely on a standard that one arbitrarily sets and considers to be the only significant determinant of how that individual should be seen and treated. This refusal necessarily results in a failure to appreciate the complexities inherent in the very nature of human beings as creatures of independent thought, decision-making, and free will. People seem to forget that this refusal is, in and of itself, an act of bigotry, and the height of hypocrisy.
