There's not much difference between being a physical bully and an intellectual one. People who claim "words can never hurt you" have probably never been intellectually bitch-slapped by a master, but trust me, words can cause injuries that last long after a bruise would have healed.

At first glance, it's hard to feel much sympathy for former Miss California Carrie Prejean. For someone who claims that her comments about gay marriage cost her a career, she seems to be doing just fine. She has a new book, a burgeoning side career as a paid speaker and a spot in conservative circles as the poster child for the liberal media's abuse of power.

But she has a point when she claims that her comments about gay marriage brought a world of hurt down on her. I'm personally pro gay marriage, and Prejean was a grown woman when she made the comments. When you take any political stance, you run the risk of offending people. Sometimes people in positions of power.