Reactions to Wee Shu Min's Post

When I first heard from a colleague about the posting by Wee Shu Min, I was disgusted. In the days that followed, I came across references about how she came from a privileged background, was an elitist, and I thought to myself “this spoilt brat”. The more I heard and read about her blog, the more I told myself I must read what she wrote, to see what a bitch she really is.

Today, I finally read on another blog that quoted what she wrote before her blog was taken off. My conclusion: WSM said nothing but the brutal truth. The truth that no one will dare to say aloud; the truth that is politically incorrect; the truth that beneath the surface, you and me identify with in our hearts of hearts and yet, choose to disbelieve or disregard, so that we can hold on to our idealised, romanticised view of the world as the wonderful place we live in.

Whoever reported that WSM called herself an “elite” has obviously missed the sarcasm that she intends to convey in that self-description. Read her post carefully.

I do believe WSM’s assertion that when she made the posting, she thought no one reads her blog. It’s a stupid assumption, but let’s just take it that she really did have this assumption. If so, then what she has done was to treat her blog as the equivalent of a diary where you record your innermost thoughts and feelings. Her rantings are then no more than a soliloquy. Should she then be castigated for expressing her thoughts in what she believed was by and large an unvisited, if not strictly private, space?

The bottom line is, I think there is little about WSM to counsel. She just used harsh language to speak what is the harsh reality. A reality that the hypocrisy of our society hides, and refuses to acknowledge. A reality that is too often masked and dressed up with words and behaviours of all forms.

WSM’s comments remind me of Jose Mourinho. Like Moron, she has quality, and she’s a snob, which disgusts me. But like him too, she has a point, and she speaks the truth.