stupidos
Doing what I do - and, especially doing what I do, which is aiming to be startling and contrarian and revelatory as often as possible - you get a lot of hate mail. I believe I've said before that I like hate mail. And I do, whether it's flaming on forums or straightforward emails with LOTS OF CAPITL LETTRS N BAD SPELING. At least people are really reacting viscerally, and they always respond nicely when I reply.
What I don't like is when people send me threatening emails based on their interpretation of something I've written. These people tend to think they're worth something. They could be lawyers, or government stooges, or company spokespeople (although the last is quite rare, private sector businesspeople tend to be a bit more savvy). They send "official" emails, and expect you to cower in fear and apologise. Not only do I refuse to apologise - seeing that I've done nothing wrong - I always draft a biting email response that ultimately I am discouraged from sending. That's fine. But I want everyone out there who's ever written a threatening email disguised as a "concerned" or "official" missive to know this: You are not scary. You are not even correct, most of the time. If you believe you derive some sort of associative power from the big important firm or agency under whose auspices you write - you are wrong. Above all, you are worthless.
That's all I wanted to say.
posted by zyn ::
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