RE: #MeTooFar
December 3, 2018 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2018 at 12:32 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(December 3, 2018 at 11:54 am)Amarok Wrote:(December 3, 2018 at 11:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The point was made earlier in the thread that the radio station was justified in pulling the song as a way of protecting market share, I was responding to that.1. Okay
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The problem is who decides.
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2. Indeed that is a problem and one that's not going away
(December 3, 2018 at 11:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You can’t be serious.Show me the harm of seeing this cartoon ? will someone become a racist by simply looking at it? Will they start lynching black people ? Whats the harm other then a minority at the time being offended and i'm sure at the time and for some time after it was made people thought this was totally innocent .
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The difference is that real and measurable harm has been done by racism, and the cartoon is blatantly racists. Real and measurable harm has also been done by sexism, but it hasn’t been shown that this song is sexist.
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(December 3, 2018 at 12:28 pm)Amarok Wrote: Stupid according to who?
The station didn't think it was stupid
Those protesting didn't think it was stupid
Stupid according to me.
Boru
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