I Got My First Hate Email! I Think I've Made it to the Minor Leagues

I got my first hate email Friday.  I think this means I’ve made it to the minor leagues.  It was actually kind of funny, and instead of answering “Patrick” privately, I’d write about it here.  After all, he will always be famous for being my first piece of hate mail.  He deserves a place of honor.  Clearly.

So ‘Patrick’ writes

Whitney’s music saved my life ! HER MUSIC BRINGS AND HAS BROUGHT LOVE AND JOY TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE’S LIFES (sic) ! TAKE THAT LOVE QUOTE AND RUBY HEART RING OFF YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT “THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL” IS THAT WHITNEY WAS SINGING TO THE WORLD IN YOUR HEART COLD FISH !!!! BURN IN HELL !!!! F in H Y P O C R I T E GO DRINK THAT BOTTLE OF VODKA AND SINK INTO A WARM BATH GOD YOU ARE A HOT WET F ED UP MESS LMAFAO ! PZ

Dear Patrick,

First of all Patrick, *lives.

Whitney Houston described herself as “Nobody’s Angel” and frankly I tend to agree.  She was not an angel, and she was not someone to be worshipped and praised.  She deserves some recognition for her talent in the 80’s but let’s not forget she was a drug addicted washed up pop star who’s prime and had come and gone.

In Whitney Houston’s song “The Greatest Love of All” she sings

The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

I find it very difficult to believe for a second that she loved herself when she stayed in an abusive marriage to Bobby Brown.  They were married in July of 1992, and divorced April 2007.  It was during this marriage that Bobby was arrested for misdemeanor battery after hitting Whitney. You only need to Google Bobby Brown/Whitney Houston marriage to see story after story upon story of the abuse he inflicted.

Do you want to go down the drug abuse road?  Let’s see, she not only DIDN’T deny it, she talked openly and candidly about her drug addiction and her and Bobby’s Drug of choice.  (pot mixed with cocaine).  Where the hell is the “love yourself” in the abuse of your body and your mind with drugs?  Please, explain that to me.

I will agree that she was talented.  She could sing. IN THE 80’s.  Not recently, and not very well recently.  Her last album was a dismal failure.  She was a pop star, she had talent, and she wasted it away and gave ZERO back to the community.  Have a funeral, have a memorial service, but flying the flags at half mast?  That’s an insult to our service men and women.  AN INSULT.

And as for all that other crap  you spewed forth in your email?  I stand behind my opinion.  I don’t care what you think of it, or me.  You don’t know me from Adam and the fact that you are this worked up and pissed off over a blog post tells me that I’ve struck a nerve.  You don’t have to read a single word I’ve written, I don’t care.

And one more thing.  I don’t drink vodka.  Its tequila.  At least get your facts right.

Thanks for playing Patrick!