Why should she have to defend it?

I'm sure most of you have seen the brouhaha over Kendall Jones of Cleburne posting legitimate photos on her Facebook page. Kendall is a cheerleader at Texas Tech (for right now, anyway -- I expect the university will cave to the pc folks and kick her out). She leads an exciting life. She has been to Africa on wild game hunts, and the photos are from those adventures.

Of course, all the people who don't know what they're talking about are outraged. How dare she post pictures of hunting! The title of one article about this case of intolerance was "Tech cheerleader defends photos." Why should she have to defend something that is neither illegal nor immoral? Would they prefer she post pictures of herself carousing in a bar? Would they prefer she post pictures of herself passed out drunk? Or high on drugs? Or scantily clad?

Facebook removed the photos, but, according to their terms of service, there is no reason she shouldn't be able to post them. Kendall has received death threats, including this really classy one from some reality "star" I never heard of: "This _______ Kendall Jones killed this beautiful creature so she post a selfie! That lion is an endangered species .. breaks my _______ [heart] not to mention he had a family .. I wish I can fly to Africa and shoot her ugly _____." The blanks are gross profanity. By the way, doesn't this brilliant woman exhibit wonderful English skill?

Kendall has not filed charges against her, and I love her logical response: "It's not that we aren't taking these threats seriously - we just feel that these are baseless and uneducated threats." Kendall also responded to those who are demanding that her Facebook page be taken down: "If you don't like or agree with what I am doing, then don't be on my page."

You go, Kendall! There are many people out here who understand that a few hunters do more for conservation and preservation of endangered species than all the ignorant PETA and reality stars put together.

Just for the record, can someone point me to some of that liberal tolerance?

"Tech cheerleader defends photos." The Dallas Morning News; July 3, 2014; p. 3A.