• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    By that logic black people cringe in pain listening to every other hip hop release for including that word. Which I also doubt.

    Point being, radio stations censoring themselves preemptively because someone, somewhere, might take offense isn’t a good indicator of how the affected people actually feel about it.

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      11 months ago

      bisexual. was bullied with the f-slur intensely in school. I can’t reclaim it because it’s too painful for me. Happy when other people can, but it makes me too uncomfortable, so in the remit of “would I enjoy hearing a song that uses it”

      The answer is no, and that’s okay.

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      11 months ago

      Perhaps you can test this for yourself?

      Wait outside your nearest gay bar and call anyone that walks out a removed?

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        That’s not what the song it doing. It’s more.like waiting outside a gay bar and telling everyone “guess what that asshole over there just called me?”

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        11 months ago

        The song does not call anyone a faggot, it’s quoting an (probably) hypothetical person thoughts.

        (Sorry for spelling it out - but I am convinced not using an evil word does only make the word an even stronger weapon)

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        11 months ago

        How is that in any way the same thing? I wouldn’t call a black person the other word either, in music or art it’s fine though.