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sheila, if it's OK to put out comic books about raping infants then why is a black guy in some ghetto putting his bravado to a hiphop beat somehow more protestable? the basic idea here seems to be "well i beleive in freedom of speech, but...". that's fine and good but i'd pull that card out for japanese pervo comix rather than clichd rap lyrics.


All right, YFF, let me start by saying that I don't find either of those things 'okay', personally--comics about raping infants, or black guys singing about killing white people. So give me a break with the false 'when did you stop beating your wife' offensive. No, I wouldn't PERSONALLY want to see/hear either. And I sure as fuck wouldn't pay for the 'privilege' of seeing it. And I don't know who would, really, but that's not up to me. However, I would defend the rights of both 'creators' to do their stuff--as long as I'm not on the hook to cough up the dough as Jane Taxpayer, and as long as no one is actually getting directly hurt.

I DO believe in freedom of speech. I think that's what you misunderstand. I believe in the right of black rappers singing 'I hate whitey'. I believe in the right of white rappers singing 'I hate blackie'. I believe in the right of some sick fucking puppy making suggestive comments about pre-teens (See Adma). Do I find any or all of these personally palatable? No. They all make me terribly sad, actually, but that's not the point. I don't want to see that shit, but I don't think what should and should not be allowed to be said/written/drawn is up to my own peculiar tastes.

My only point here was that black artists saying white people are bad goes barely unnoticed (unless it soars to the top of the charts, of course). White artists saying black people are bad, on the other hand, has everyone up in arms and calling their MPs/governors at the earliest moment. Neither is positive, from my point of view--I hate all of it. But one is certainly more politically correct than the other, let's face it. And I'll leave it to you to figure out which is which.

I really suspect, YFF, that if some white guy sang out the lyrics that many of his black counterparts do, you wouldn't be labelling it merely "a white guy in some ghetto putting his bravado to a hiphop beat". You'd be sickened, and wringing your hands. So why is it okay when it's the other way around? I put the question to YOU. Pretty much the same one you asked me, but obviously, you didn't get the irony.