One More Posting on Political Celebrities
I will try your patience no further on this subject, but Alan over at Oy Va VoY! links to this interesting development. Apparently the comedienne Margaret Cho (among other left-leaning celebrities) was speaking at a MoveOn event. Matt Drudge subsequently posted excerpts from her speech, and she was innundated with hate-mail for being overweight, Chinese, gay and a Democrat. Cho (or her Web assistant) then posted all of this hate mail, complete with names and email addresses, on her Web site.
This is a great move, as it highlights the ignorance, racism and homophobia of the senders. According to Cho, people are begging her to remove their email addresses from her site. Once again we’ve got a reminder that the world may read what you write in an email, and it lasts forever. Online, you always reap what you sow.
So, this is another side of ‘coming out’ as a political celebrity. I’m sure the Dixie Chicks suffered a far greater onslaught of character assasination (they’re fortunate to be straight and Caucasian) after their off-hand remark on their European tour.
Bonus Link: The winners have been announced in the Bush in 30 Seconds awards.
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