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In reply to the discussion: What is Kanye Wests malfunction? [View all]ancianita
(36,043 posts)Chill? Sharing opinions is all you're about? No one here is "just" expressing an opinion. No. This thread, at least early on, was about cultural bigotry.
You can like all the other black artists you want, but you don't get to willfully misunderstand what's going on here, which is more than "chill" discussion about a Grammy artist, or manners, or rudeness.
This entire thread AND the OP miss the point of the artist they hate on, whether they express it by namecalling, invective, mocking or comparing. NOT ONE white person on this thread has shown any knowledge of Kanye West's musical themes, techniques, history or performance techniques.
Sure, the Discussion thread can be all about personal opinion.
But DU, in the case of an artist from a legally, socially, economically and culturally oppressed group, should not deny or fail to give offensive behavior some First Amendment benefit of a doubt. And don't give me any post-racial America rationalizations for everyone's hate here, either.
In the context of everyone's personal taste and detesting of Kanye, here I stand. Don't tell me to chill.