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...though I still think Baldwin was out of line. For me it wasn't so much the name calling itself-- though calling any girl near puberty a 'pig' is pretty nasty-- as the anger and vitrol in the call. My SO thought he sounded drunk.
And in my neighborhood the people yanking their kids by the arm and screaming are what you non-PC folks call 'white trash.' Funny, the kids with the crazy, permissive parents often turn out better in the long run (though Lord knows, not always!).
While it's fashionable (and possibly right) to blame Kim Basinger, I keep thinking maybe the daughter passed the call to TMZ herself-- she's 11, which is plenty old enough to be tech-savvy, and hey, that call would've pissed me off at 11!
