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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I think as a society we are becoming more tolerant of other races, genders and sexualities. And that upsets those who wish to see those groups confronted with hateful messages.
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I would buy that if the song and the lyrics was a hateful message about homosexuals.
As it was the reason why this action took place was because a lazy simple minded moron heard one word in a song and fixated on it instead of taking the time to actual look at the lyrics.
Someone said earlier that this is fine because there still a radio worthy version of the song, I call that bullsh%t. I call that lazy thinking.
Should we only hang up censored versions of the Mona Lisa because there's the slight hint of cleavage that might upset some prude that took a 10 second look at the picture in a museum.
I find it funny that they're forcing the cleanup of this song, yet I still hear songs that are rampantly anti gay and anti police and pro violent.
The person who phoned in the complaint had a simple choice, thats to turn off the radio.
I think that its a poor argument that we're equating this action with some message of tolerance where the song in its truest context has absolutely nothing to do with fighting intolerance in our society.
And I stand beside what I said before, if people are too stupid to separate art and entertainment from the fight for tolerance of oppressed or discriminated groups then not only is our society wimpy but its ridiculously simple minded.
I find it hard to fathom that anyone thinks that its the right thing to edit Huck Finn a book written in 1884, a American classic written by an iconic author that reflects the subject of the matter at the time.
I find it incredible that one person ONE person has the power to force the play of a tamed version of a song because she's offended not by the meaning of the song, but by a single word.
I'd like you respectfully to show me how the message in Money is for nothing is hateful towards anyone but a rockstar being talked about by a couple of blue collar laborers.
Just because you have high minded ideals, doesn't mean that they are the right ideals.