There’s homophobic remarks and there are songs that are nothing but homophobia from start to end.
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Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months agoEminem 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.
Jonna@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hobo@lemmy.world 8 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 8 months ago
They can host it. I’m just not going to pay them to do so.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
If he’s still posting homophobic music, then yeah, that shit needs to be removed.
littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 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.
CAVOK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not only homophobia. Rap music has a huge problem with sexism and misogyny.
And then there’s bands like Cannibal corpse.
Not saying that transphobia is OK, but there’s a lot of weird and questionable music out there.
rivalary@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
What does Cannibal Corpse say? Other than stuff like I cum blood.
Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
radiox.co.uk/…/how-eminem-elton-john-friends-spon…
I don’t think he hates gay people. But his music is controversy, that’s its selling point. And I think your last sentence is spot on. For your typical “masculine” man, being called gay is an insult. It shouldn’t be, but unfortunately that’s the way it is.
cricket97@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s okay for people to express their opinions even if you consider them bad opinions
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
It’s ok for people to hate on gay folk says the person who isn’t gay
cricket97@lemmy.world 8 months ago
imagine thinking this is an own. you aren’t special because you are gay, and don’t get to dictate how the world works either.
Bruno_Myers@lemmy.world 8 months ago
glockenspiel@programming.dev 8 months ago
That’s the great thing: they never said they weren’t nor tried to silence someone for Wrong Thinking. But the other person is. The other person said offensive works should be banned.
I sense the spirit of Joseph Lieberman in this thread.