Anyone here ever heard Eminem's song "Cleaning Out My Closet?" There's a line in the song that goes "now i would never diss my own momma just to get recognition, take a second and listen for who this record is dissing..."
So what's my point in pointing out that line? I think people here need to read things a little more carefully and also think a little more about what each person is saying. Now before everyone here rips my head off like I've just seen happened to anti-hmong, please read and think just a little bit more critically. First off, I wondered something. Who here has done more research on this article or on what has occurred? C'mon, hands up. Let me see? I think I've seen someone who did though. Remember that one person who said "the hmong people knew it was coming and didn't do anything about it?" It seems this person knew quite a bit about this event. Why would this person bother to read more on what has transpired if they did not care at all about what's going on? Is it just to diss the hmong people?
Secondly, who here knows what a satire is? I think it's obvious that I'm talking about anti-hmong at this point, so I'm not going to sugar coat it. I normally don't go into a lot of other sections in Sarnworld other than shoutouts but I saw a lot of action in this one and the thread seems interesting. True to my hunch, this thread makes me content and at the same time disappoints me. Going back to my satire comment, I think everyone here is aware that emotions are the biggest motivators in humans. In fact, it seems to be one of the things that separate us from animals. Why does it bug you guys that her name is anti-hmong? More importantly though, what does it make you feel? If you're hmong, does it make you proud of your heritage and then band together to flame someone who's "dissing" your culture? If it does, then I am content.
When I read anti-hmong's post, you know what I see? I don't think many would agree with with me, but I see someone who actually cares about what is going on with the hmong people. You guys might be like "what?? where did that come from?" But think about it. What happened when you read the post? You got angry right? Did you think a little more about what's going on with the hmong people? If you answered "yes", then I think anti-hmong succeeded in what she's trying to do. America has one of the largest hmong population in the world AND America is one of the most powerful nation in the world. Yet why is this news not making international headlines? Ok, I'm tired of writing around in circles so I'll finally come out and say it. Anti-hmong's purpose is to get you MAD!! She's doing it so that hopefully one of you will actually get mad and do something about it. She says all hmong people do is complain. If she's wrong, YOU would have to prove her wrong. I'm very impressed by what Sen. Mee Moua has done. Yet she's only one person. For a country that has a large hmong population, there SHOULD be a public outcry. I see a huge one in this thread. I see people getting pissed and flaming anti-hmong. That's great. I do applaud that. I saw someone who said they're very proud of the hmong culture. But you know what? No one else hears it! So is it true that all hmong people do is complain? You tell me. I've looked up the definition for both "complain" and "whine." For those that didn't want to look it up, it means "to express feelings of dissatisfaction" but the most important part of the definitions is that it in no way implies that you're DOING anything about it. So I come back to the question, "so is it true that all hmong people do is complain?"
If in your head right now, you're saying "but Mee Moua is doing something abou it." Then that's the part where I'm disappointed. I see so much anger in here but I think it's directed in the wrong direction. Have you written a letter to your senator? Have you passed out fliers on what's happening? Have you gone into a thread to piss off the hmong people and HOPE that they would be angry enough to do something? If not, I want to know. What are you doing for your people? Are you just going to stand proud and hope that that alone is enough for the whole world to respect your culture? I'm going to end this here. The rest is up to you guys. But read through things people write again and think about it. Don't let your emotions cloud your judgement. Emotions are a wonderful thing. But they can also make you ignorant by blinding you. If you're mad at me right now and think I'm an idiot, then I think you missed my point. And please people, let's stay away from the direct name calling. All of you.
and no, i'm not hmong.. but i as a human being find this really disturbing! i just can't believe anyone can dig up these graves!
