Margaret Cho Quotes About Silence
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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.
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I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.
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The label of tasteful or tasteless is so often used to silence people and to maintain the status quo. It's used to shame people for not following the commonly accepted routine, for not aligning themselves with the status quo.
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Silence is so often applauded and those who speak out are often called tasteless.
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Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.
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I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning, but at the same time a kind of feeling like you wanted to get back into the closet because being gay was such a terrible thing at that point.
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