The Masses Respond

In doing this page, I've gotten a lot of great feedback, and for the most part am thankful to all of you guys for digging my page so much. I've gotten mail from every kind of person you can imagine, from adoring 11 year old girls to disgusting old men.

While getting compliments is fun, nothing beats a scathing, fuck you and go to hell email. These are the kind of letters that fill my heart with joy and confirm that I'm accomplishing the task I set out to. As is usually the case, most of the hate mail I receive is full of spelling mistakes, ad homenim attacks and displays of basic ignorance that I find disheartening and alarming. Where are the intelligent people who hate my guts? I know there must be some out there. It's too easy to tear these people apart, I need something a bit more challenging.

So please, send me an email telling me you hate me. It will make my day. :)

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"Hey I don't want to sound cruel or anything but you say that people like what they like and that it is their opinion of what music they like but then you say for the people who like Nsync (I hate BSB) to stop liking them. I just want to say you can't make people stop liking something they like just because you like them. And about Michael Jackson he will never be cool again. (like he ever was) No offence if you like him cause it is youropinion."

OK, sweetie, let me clarify something right away. I am not a Michael Jackson supporter, and quite frankly, I don't know what I wrote that made you believe this. While I did enjoy Thriller when it was first released and will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Jackson 5, my tastes have improved over the years, and with luck, yours will too.

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This next one came from someone who apparently has real problems with me. I feel kinda proud to be able to instill such hatred in someone I've never even met.

"Your "stuipid dope, fresh fly site" SUCKS total shit. The sane peeps on this earth don't give a damn about your obbsession w/ Monica Lewinsky or how you have been rumored to have sex in high school or your hate for boy bands Brittany Spears. People just don't give-a goddamn fuck about you. So write about something worth while!~L.K. P.S. F-U-C-K Y-O-U!!!"

You have some real issues. And you're just jealous because you're not me! I know it's hard to not be able to live up to someone as awesome as myself, but please, don't let the frustration and envy build to such levels. It's not good for you.

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"i think you are wrong for what said about backstreet boys. you are a bitch and a stuck up whoe! same with n'sync too."

I am a stuck up "whoe"? What is a "whoe"? Is it like "hooey"?

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Name: Not a bitch ok? ok? ok? ok?u can answer me now

Comments: I think u are right about that "political correctness" it is stupid!I do like boy bands though mostly only BSB.Why do u let Manson bother u so much?And I am sure that he didn't freeze your computer either when u wrote bad things about him.That is such a laugh!And it's good u admitted u are a bitch.I hate bitches personally.

Is this for real? I KNOW Manson didn't freeze my computer, it's called HUMOR.

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>From: Chels090@aol.com
>To: supergringa@hotmail.com
>Subject: i don't get it.....
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:02:45 EDT

> OKay, After you read this i would greatly appriciate it if you would respond. First of all I am a big fan of N'sync and the Backstreet Boys and i know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Now I agree with you that Marilon Manson Is the devil and that he should burn in Hell! However I think that what you said about my fave Bands was a big mistake. Now Justin the "skinny culy haired guy" is So Hot ! and the Nick' The chubby blonde haired guy' is also so Hot! these guys have worked so hard to pursue in a music career and I think that you need to stop bitching and give the guys a little credit. How old are you anyway I am 17 Not a pre-teen! so I would apprisiate if you would keep you opinion to yourself. Because frankly even if you don't want to admit it you know as well as i know that no body cares what you think and the only reason that I am even taking time to write is becasue I want to try to get it through you thick skull that no Body care what you think! Please write back!

You disagree with me...fair enough. BUT, a lot of people DO care what I think. I have had many many emails and guestbook entries from people who agree with me about these bands being stupid and annoying. I have only had about three of four from girls like you who for whatever reason choose to obsess over guys who they can never get and who are probably gay. I WILL give them credit though for suckering girls like you into making them rich, while they are laughing all the way to the bank. And I hate to tell you this, but the fact that you are 17 and still into this stuff is pretty lame. There, is that a good response?

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Hey, neato page, man ;) I just had to say that Ricky Martin totally sux, but everything else you said was like way funny. I have a web page too, but mine is not as funny as yours. But I'm only 12, so like, by the time I'm your age I'll be funny too. Well, I've got to jet, but I just wanted to say that I never liked the Backstreet boys either. All my friends were like, " C'mon Jasmine, what's up with not liking the Backstreet Boys? What? They're not gay, whatever, you're gay." I was like, "No, you just don't know what's cool. I mean, duh, why would they be a big group of guys if they weren't gay?" and then I was like, "the Backstreet Boys and N'Sux should hook up and please each other's sexual fantasies." They were totally like, "Whatever we hate you." So now I have no friends, but I know that I'm the coolest girl in the entire seventh grade. I don't need those losers anyway. Now that I have a friend that's 24. So write back soon, okay. Your best friend, Jasmine

OK, so that was just funny.

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I just read Yugoslavia and what you wrote really pissed me off. You have no background in politics and, frankly, have no idea what the hell you are talking about. Are you a Kosovar refugee? No. So you don't know what the hell it feels like to be raped, beaten, watch a murder, starve or be kicked out of your home with nothing but the clothes on your back. I think if you did know how this felt you would change you view on the US, as you put it, sticking their nose in Kosovo's business. Why the hell do you think the US was "wrong" to stand up for these people's rights? Are you so sick as to say that we, the most powerful country, should not try and save people's lives, or stop these horrible tragedies? That is pretty messed up. No, the US is not the "world police" but we do have the obligation to help people that are not as fortunate as us and help people that are in such a horrendous situation that they have no means to get out of. Who was going to stop that chaos? We have the power, money and resources to. I don't think you understand the horrific things that would have continued if we had not intervened. Maybe the power behind NATO is the US but so what? That in NO way means we are "hiding" behind that. Oh yeah and why is this not a "Hitler situation"? It sure looks like it..people being killed because of their race..oh no that is nothing like the Holocaust! Ha. Maybe it isn't as large as the Holocaust but that doesn't mean it isn't like it. When you said that we are the most hated country do you know who hates us? The sadistic, backwards people like Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden and their brainwashed people. Of course they are going to hate us, we want to stop those lunatics! For now this is all I want to say. Please most this on your web site. ~K

There you go, I've posted it on my site. Now, my rebuttal.

The U.S. was wrong for sticking up for these people's rights because the very same "victims" that were ejected from their homes were the very same perpetrators that had been trying to "ethnically cleanse" the Serbs previously. Unfortunately, in Yugoslavia everyone is a victim. They are not being killed because of race, it is nationality and religon that is causing these differences. They are the same race. It's a familiar theme throughout the anals of time. It is a shame that you have only been exposed to the U.S. version of events, because there is more than one side to every story and you have only been fed one side. It would be nice if the United States was a benevolent, peace seeking country, but unfortunately that is not the case. Human nature dictates self-interest and self-preservation, and the United States is no more humanitarian than anyone else. While Somalia and other African countries face famine and "ethnic cleansing" of their own, we turn a blind eye, unwilling to put forth any effort. The U.S. is very selective in who it chooses to back, and will not back anyone without an ulterior motive. This is the truth, but the American public, inundated with good guys v. bad guys and patriotic and nationalistic propoganda, do not have the ability to see without their red white and blue spectacles. Bin Laden has been demonized by the U.S., but to people in the Arab world he is a hero. Who is right and who is wrong? We (America) have slaughtered thousands of innocent Iraqui women and children, and bombed Iraq back into the stoneage. We say it's justified, that Saddam Hussein is a madman. However, he is just trying to protect his sovreignty. Is that so wrong? You will probably disagree with me, and that is your right. But I do know what I'm talking about, even if we come to different conclusions.

Re-read what the guy from Belgrade wrote that is in green on that page. I'm honestly not trying to attack you, even if it comes off that way. I just think you haven't had the chance to read alternate information, it may be enlightening.

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Hi Bitch
Since I don't know your name and you want us to call u bitch, I'll call you bitch k? No offense though.

I don't recall asking to be addressed as "bitch", but whatever.

Anyways, first of all I gotta tell you that you are brilliant and I admire your work. It's really interesting and fun to read. Believe or not I read all of your pages and I think you are really good at it.

Why, thank you.

One of my friends told me to check out ur website and once i started reading it, I couldn't stop. I mostly agreed with all ur bitchings on pages except for one: The Crappy Teen Boy Bands. I don't understand why you hate them so much. You don't know how much pain and hard work it took for them to get there.

Pain and hard work?

Like you, I'm sure it took you some time and hard work to make this website.

If doing this web site took hard work, I wouldn't bother.

Backstreet Boyz, before they met in Oregan, they were just 5 poor guys wanting to be a famous singers. Nobody recognized them and they were so poor that they couldn't even buy a new cloth.

They couldn't buy a new cloth? Oh, how awful! They must have been really poor! Cloths don't cost that much...were they janitors and needed new cloths to dust or something?

But they didn't give up and they kept singing and singing until this guy name Louis recognized their talents and potential.

Lucky us.

He provided them with food, home, and clothes.

In exchange for sexual favors? Did he belong to NAMBLA?

It took BSB 6 years to get where they are right now. They may be ugly (like u say) but they are SINGERS not ACTORS, who cares about their faces and looks...it's their voices that we love. We love to hear their songs. BackStreet Boys don't sing only for teenagers but for everyone who loves listening to a music. It's just that a lot of teenagers like them more than other age groups. I personally admire them very much, they are hard workers and they are always trying their best to make the best songs possible that we can hear. Oh yeah you said something about Nick and AJ in music video. They were simply trying to adjust to the theme of their song. They can't just stand in one place, do nothing and sing in music video.

No, I guess they have to try and appear attractive even though they aren't...but wait, they're singers, not actors, right? You're confusing me...

Backstreet boyz second album was #1 album for 7 straight weeks in US and it was sold more than $500 million. It also became #1 album in countries like south korea, japan, canada, german, some other european countries. People just love them so much. We love Backstreet boys. "I want it that way" by BSB was #1 requested song in MTV for 8 straight weeks and the music video was picked as the #1 MV of this summer.

This is really reaching new levels of obsession.

You have to try to understand WHY people love BSB. You are obviously judging them by their looks and their music videos. You don't even know them well. You don't even know their names.

I don't want to try to understand why people like them. I don't want to know them well. And I CERTAINLY don't want to know their names! God forbid!

Here is what you can do. Why don't u try to buy their cd's it only costs about $17.99.

HELL NO! I would never contribute a penny to those dorks!

I'm pretty sure you made some money through this website thingy.

Unfortunately, this is just something I do in my spare time, although I think I should be fabulously wealthy by now, too.

Oh yeah if you have a scanner send me ur pic, i wanna see how you look like. If you are rating people by looks, then you must be really pretty or something.

My picture is posted on my site, you can judge for yourself. I think I'm kinda cute, actually.

I think with all these talents you have, you can actually try to write something that encourages and helps people....other than talking shit about other people.

No, I don't think so, talking shit is more fun.

Obviously I can see you are desperate for money to make websites like this but it can't last for long time. You have to be more positive about our society. Oh yeah and I think Madonna is the biggest whore. She had sex with 28 guys including her cousin just to get a baby. I don't know about u but I find that really disgusting. Ok then, keep up the hard work. bye

This was such a funny letter. You're so informed about Madonna. Where did you get your figures? 28 people is pretty specific.

I love letters like that.