This article was developed in order to get the attention of individuals who are interested in the hashtag, #CancelColbert, which Suey Park developed. Park had a strong opinion on the racist slurs, regarding Asians, which Colbert referred to in his show. This led her to develop the hashtag, so that this topic could gain attention.
The article explains that Park received many negative responses regarding her opinions and the hashtag, because it simply shows her not being able to take a joke. It focuses on bringing light to the fact that people were hating on Park for no reason. The article also talks about how journalists who were involved in saying bad things about Park did it more for the power. Most of them believe that someone like Park doesn’t deserve to gain the attention on her opinions as much as she did, especially since she is a colored women. The author of the article, Julia Wong, believes that most journalists had the mindset of; why does a nobody like Park get attention?
Wong also believes that the hate towards Park is unnecessary, since Park is just portraying her opinion. She hopes to reach journalists and other individuals who have posted negative comments, to let them know that they’re in the wrong. I believe that Wong is right, in the fact that people should be entitled to their opinions without having death threats thrown their way. It’s okay to disagree with someones opinions, but it’s not okay to threaten them and hate on them for the wrong reasons.
I have seen people say negative things towards others for no reason whatsoever. I don’t think it’s okay to do so, and feel that the people that hate on others don’t do it for the right reasons. They are most likely insecure in their own ways. I appreciate the fact that Wong posted her opinion on the hate towards Park and didn’t worry about what others would say to her. My question regards whether or not the people who post negative comments towards Park have any reasons other than the fact that they feel she can’t take a joke.
Your last question is answered to some extent in the post itself, I think – it isn’t so much that they think Park “just” can’t take a joke, as that the idea of an Asian American woman in her early twenties having a platform almost as big as Steven Colbert’s seems terrifying. To the point where the possibility that Park might herself be capable of *making* a joke – or, at least, tweeting in a way that is self-aware and both criticizing and making use of satire – becomes unimaginable. Wong argues that the media hate on Park was about putting her in what was perceived to be her place, as well as trying to rein in the upstart media power of Twitter.