Margaret Cho on Philosophy
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Margaret Cho, catalogued under Philosophy, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Margaret Cho, entry #33947: "Its unacceptable to me, both as an American and as a human being."
Attributed to Margaret Cho, entry #115551: "I want to scream and shout, "Stop! We are all human beings!"...but I don't think anybody will hear it."
8 Quotes by Margaret Cho on Philosophy
"Its unacceptable to me, both as an American and as a human being."
"I want to scream and shout, "Stop! We are all human beings!"...but I don't think anybody will hear it."
"There was never a lack of reasons to hate myself, to hate my body."
"People are surprised at the depth of resentment against Asian Americans, but it never shocks me. We are the object of hatred not only for the things we do but just being who we are, ching chong chinamen."
"Having to remind others of your American status, fear of being connected to the enemy because of ancestral ties, the threat so prevalent that it makes you put not one but two giant flags outside is not right."
"The way some of these politicians talk about homosexuality is very insulting. They treat it like it's a disease, like being gay is contagious. Being gay is not contagious. And if you think that it is, YOU'RE GAY."
"I am hurt because somebody just got called a fag, or a dyke, or a pansy, or a sissy, or a bulldyke, or a chink, or a nigger, or a kike, or a wetback, or an injun, or a jap, or a bitch, or a whore, or a cunt, and unless to you that's a term of endearment...in the right context, it is...that person is being attacked because of who they are, and I don't accept that."
"George Bush blocked the availability of morning-after pills over the counter, stating that it would "promote promiscuity". ...So? You know, I never had access to morning-after pills, but that did not stop me from fucking my way through the U.S.A. like I was Lewis and Clark. And if the issue is promiscuity, then why is Viagra everywhere? Doesn't it make more sense to leave the bullets out of the gun than to just avoid being shot?"