Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color. Margaret Cho More Quotes by Margaret Cho More Quotes From Margaret Cho I’m not playing the race card. I’m playing the rice card. Margaret Cho race-car race cards Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness. Margaret Cho stalking ugly looks Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary. Margaret Cho giving-up reality world Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly, as beautiful, is an illusion. Margaret Cho badass beautiful beauty I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much. Margaret Cho hurt want looks Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed. Margaret Cho volunteer voice silence I don't think I'm gay. I don't think I'm straight. I think I'm just slutty. Where's my parade? Margaret Cho parades gay thinking Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for LGBT, for women, for Asian people. So my goal in comedy has sort of been to make this a safe space for people who were like me. Margaret Cho space goal people People at shows have told me that they've shown my videos to their parents and families to help them come out of the closet. It's very inspiring that comedy can do that and can help people cope with everyday life and challenges through humor. Margaret Cho parent challenges people My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within. Margaret Cho bully revenge children I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us. Margaret Cho political silence thinking I am always writing no matter what I am doing and no matter what it is for. Margaret Cho no-matter-what matter writing If you are a woman, if you are a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. Margaret Cho bisexual gay integrity If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe, before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live? Margaret Cho gay kids people It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you. Margaret Cho able faces laughing I'm a huge fan of the people and things that are considered the epitomes of tastelessness - things like drag and raunchy comedy. Margaret Cho comedy fans people I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work. Margaret Cho husband artist dog Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart. Margaret Cho heart funny order I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose. Margaret Cho fun beautiful beauty People are so sensitive about race that they can't hear someone speaking about their life in a very true way, or doing satire or political parody. Margaret Cho political race people
