I'm a very unhappy very arrogant bitch who no one loves

I've received several comments on a post I wrote last January 6th Coming home all drunk and slutty--- about a high profile politician, Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who cut up his girlfriend's face in a jealous rage. This person challenged me to publish them, and I certainly did. This person attacked my politics, which is fine, but also attacked me personally, which is infantile:

I'll bet you are a very unhappy very arrogant bitch who no one loves.

Still, though, I would like to thank you. Yes. You read that right. I am grateful. You are the reason I keep this blog. It is virtually impossible to go an entire week without reading about a woman who's been murdered by a man "who loves her." And if you want to get all international about it, it's virtually impossible to go an entire week without reading about a woman or women who are being raped--- spoils of war and all that.

It's also virtually impossible to go an entire week without someone invoking that tired old stereotype, "arrogant bitch" about smart women who seek to have a voice in this world. I've said this before and I'll say it again, I am grateful that I live in the 21st century where the opportunities for women to have a voice are legion.

We've not even begun to approach parity in terms of economic gains or political power, but at least the days when we would be burned at the stake as witches are long gone. So here's to you anonymous person:

Thanks for giving me the juice to continue my work.