this is just a slightly repackaged version of the typical “If I cant say the N word then its a slippery slope and before you know it its 1984” argument freeze peach absolutists use.
Comment on Spotify Removes Offensive Imagery But Keeps Transphobic Song Despite Outcry
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Guys, I hate it too. But we can’t just remove every single piece of art we find objectionable. Yes, I am using the word Art liberally.
gmtom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
JewGoblin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
China’s first speech law was about racism, y’all want to kill free speech, it just Boggles the mind. it never stops with “Hate speech”
“hate speech” is just a Trojan horse
gmtom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
it never stops with “Hate speech”
Except for every time it does stop with hate speech. Like do you think Germany arrests people that insults its politicians?
Wisely@lemm.ee 11 months ago
[deleted]serratur@lemmy.wtf 11 months ago
It doesn’t cross that line, I think it well within free speech, its just that normal christian moralism bullshit.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
It’s not hate speech to hate on trans folk, insists the person who isn’t trans
rengoku2@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Not everything has to follow your agenda. And those who are not agree with your agenda, definitely, is not a bigot or transphobic.
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sucks to suck. Imagine not getting into art school
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
We can remove hate speech though, and conflating hate speech with “every single piece of art we find objectionable” is dodgy af.
Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Eminem has a lot of homophobic lyrics. Think you’re going to get him removed? Music has always pushed the boundaries of what’s acceptable. Sometimes that’s a good thing, other times it’s not. But I think an artists freedom of expression overrides your feelings.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
If he’s still posting homophobic music, then yeah, that shit needs to be removed.
littlecolt@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Said f*ggot in his recent track with Busta Rhymes, says he still hates them. I complain about this all the time. It’s a big problem in hip hop. Even up and coming rappers like Token use the slur in their lyrics and it annoys me to no end. A lot of these people are fairly intelligent. It’s just so deeply rooted in the culture as a way to insult masculinity.
cricket97@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s okay for people to express their opinions even if you consider them bad opinions
Jonna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s homophobic remarks and there are songs that are nothing but homophobia from start to end.
Hobo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes but MTV was never obligated to play Eminem’s videos and quite often censred them. Hell Walmart is responsible for at least two decades of CD censorship. Is Spotify obligated to host offensive songs/images? I don’t think there’s a great answer to that question, but it bugs the crap out of me trying to figure it out. The only thing that I’ve seen that sort of hoodwinks the issue is the fediverse, and I don’t think there’s a federated music platform.
toobeyonewing@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They can host it. I’m just not going to pay them to do so.
AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Having an opinion (even a controversial one) isn’t hate speech. Does the song actually call for anything hateful?
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes, it does.
abuttifulpigeon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s no call to action, all those lyrics are saying is that the author believes God will punish them, he’s not telling everyone else to do the same.
cricket97@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah it’s making fun of people. That doesn’t make it hate speech. Most of the world believes there are two genders, people are allowed to make fun of people who disagree with them.
AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How are people so knowledgeable on a song that they dislike. Don’t listen move on…
Jonna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Quoting from the song, “LGBTQ, Let God Burn Them Quickly” Does that qualify?
AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No. You can’t call god to incite violence. God doesn’t exist, if they did I’d like to think that they’d be inclusive.
JewGoblin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I hear China is lovely this time of year
abuttifulpigeon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Man, I can say “The sky is blue” and someone will say it’s hate speech.
Bruno_Myers@lemmy.world 11 months ago
abuttifulpigeon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Blind people. Really offensive to say something that other people can’t experience themselves.
cricket97@lemmy.world 11 months ago
saying “there are two genders” is not hate speech. You are allowed to make fun of people in a song, that doesn’t make it hate speech.
Jonna@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Quoting from the song, “LGBTQ, Let God Burn Them Quickly” Is that not hate speech?
cricket97@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He’s saying gay people will go to hell. Not hate speech but rather an accurate reflection of what he believes.