wish I could take it like Cho
Margaret Cho received loads of hatemail after a few sites posted her comments from the MoveOn.org ceremony. Most of the emails sent had nothing to do with her political stance; rather, they were juvenile attacks on her weight and race. The senders' email addresses are posted so the opportunity to rage back at their spiteful, racist comments is there. Comments to which Margaret had a wonderful response:
"What they don't realize is that I am untouchable, because I have been hurt so much in my life, nothing hurts me anymore. I have been so rejected that I have come to expect it. I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to. I am a warrior, hard as fuck. None of the hate directed at the honesty I am all about impressed me. They all need to take some lessons in pain and suffering. I thought that their attempts were adorable and I just love them all the more. It is so cute when racist, stoooooopid, right wing windbag cowards try to diss. They don't know shit.
I want to hug them all."
She is strong and she knows how to fight back. That's why I find her incredible.
My first instinct was to email those ignorant fuckers and throw the hatred right back at them. But really, what would reciprocating their filth accomplish? Other than the smug self-satisfaction of pointing out how obtuse they are? It makes me angry. And extremely sad. I'm no stranger to racism, and the only comprehensible thing I can gleam from it is that you can never win a one-sided argument. You can match their hatred word for word, but the only way to really affect them is to share. Share the kind of ignorance and hatred you've had to deal with all your life. Tell them the kind of shit you have to put up with every day. Maybe they'll discover some day that racism and hatred accomplishes nothing except keeping them from knowing some incredibly brave and resilient people.
"What they don't realize is that I am untouchable, because I have been hurt so much in my life, nothing hurts me anymore. I have been so rejected that I have come to expect it. I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to. I am a warrior, hard as fuck. None of the hate directed at the honesty I am all about impressed me. They all need to take some lessons in pain and suffering. I thought that their attempts were adorable and I just love them all the more. It is so cute when racist, stoooooopid, right wing windbag cowards try to diss. They don't know shit.
I want to hug them all."
She is strong and she knows how to fight back. That's why I find her incredible.
My first instinct was to email those ignorant fuckers and throw the hatred right back at them. But really, what would reciprocating their filth accomplish? Other than the smug self-satisfaction of pointing out how obtuse they are? It makes me angry. And extremely sad. I'm no stranger to racism, and the only comprehensible thing I can gleam from it is that you can never win a one-sided argument. You can match their hatred word for word, but the only way to really affect them is to share. Share the kind of ignorance and hatred you've had to deal with all your life. Tell them the kind of shit you have to put up with every day. Maybe they'll discover some day that racism and hatred accomplishes nothing except keeping them from knowing some incredibly brave and resilient people.
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