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Great Book for Fans of the Cho

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Margaret Cho is revered in many circles, especially the queer one, for her outspoken beliefs and quick acerbic wit. In her book, I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight, she takes on many taboo topics of society today including abortion, gay marriage, and racism in America. She shares her very liberal point of view on all the topics and points out the many flaws in the conservative rational. Among the many entertaining aspects of her book, the letters Cho writes to President Bush and Reverend Al Sharpton are so funny and on the mark it makes Cho seem even more brilliant if that is possible. For a humorous, political book that pokes fun at nearly everything conservative, check this one out. --Corey Crossfield See more book reviews at www.shortandsweetnyc.com

Thanks For Fighting

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Many people in America are asleep. A lot of them don't vote, a lot of them just don't care. This book is a departure from her last memoir. The last was personal, this one is political. Margaret is making the reader aware of the things that they wouldn't necessarily know. For instance, I didn't know Rev. Jesse James did not support the gay community. Every chance he gets he holds a press conference when someone is discriminated against because of their skin color. WHICH I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH. But he doesn't feel the same way about gay causes. Margaret sees, and I agree, racism and homophobia as the same thing-that's who you are-that's how you were born-you can't change that. The cool thing about Margaret is that she finds HUMOR in things that aren't really funny. Better to laugh than cry I always say. She talks about Bush, Emmett Till, homophobics, racists etc etc Thank you Margaret for telling it like it is. I appreciate the journey.

Condescending and Boring

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I agree with so many other posters- Cho's comedy and anger works in 30-minute chunks on Comedy Central, but in a book it's a real turn-off. I'm a politically liberal, adult white female and I didn't feel "oppressed" enough to be part of Cho's audience, and her "call to fight" felt contrived and redundant. She neglects to figure that people reading her book would tend to be sympathetic with her views - most of them- and rants and rails as though she must convince the reader that a) she is right and b) white men are two-legged demons. Don't waste your time. For the same effect you could stand in a quiet room for five minutes, fuming, listing every racial slur you can think of before finishing with "... stand up and fight!" and you'd get the same result.

Please stick to comedy, Margaret

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I can see why this is only going for a penny. Thankfully I got it for free at the library. I just read the first chapter and it is going back. It is childish to say the least. In fact, I thought I was listening to a freshman.........in high school. She annouces that she is uneducated and proves it quickly. If you think critically, like I do, you find find this painful to read or listen too. The total lack of objective thought is worse than Michael Moore. In fact, unlike his interesting propaganda, this is just flat out boring and amaturish. Had this been her first attempt at any form of show business, she would be working in a restaurant for a long time. Don't waste yours by reading this.

Not funny, not intelligent, not good

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Margaret Cho is a great comedian. I love comedy. Marguerite Cho is a liberal activist. I am a liberal. But in this book, Margaret Cho is not funny, and her political views are not insightful, interesting, or anything other than elementary and sad. It boggles the mind to think that someone could be so intelligent a comic and yet so dense when it comes to politics, economics, the law, and philosophy. And again, I am a liberal. I empathize with Cho's point of view on most issues. It's just that she doesn't back up her perspectives with anything approaching intelligent thought, and her observations are delivered in a crass, negative, and most importantly, unfunny manner. I have no problem with comedians who want to speak out on important issues, nor do I have a problem with politically inspired comedy, but this is not Ms. Cho's bag. She should stick to what she does best, and if she writes another smarmy, fifth-grade-level political book, her fans would be best advised to avoid it.