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Old 06-04-2011, 06:16 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra View Post
Relevant? No. To be honest, as much as I generally dislike white power music due to it's atrocious sound, and the fact it's used to fund violent organizations. Music should be allowed freedom of speech above all.

I do NOT like white power music that is used to fund the killing of Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, or Homosexuals. I find it vile, and horrible. However, if somebody who makes music is racist or writes racist lyrics, who gives a ****? It's the free world, after all, and all is fair in art.

I'd even go so far as say let it on MTV as long as the music is good enough. I mean, we already have to deal with misogyny nearly to the point of rape fantasy in ****ty music.


This is the one and only issue after all, wether it's the subject of racism or misogyny or rape or murder or satan worshipping. It's just words, to paraphrase Zappa, and the minute we start threatening people on the sole basis of what they're saying/writing/singing, that's when we really should start to worry.
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