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This is NOT a pro-lynching song

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Bad artistic values? For sure.

But I was just contesting your implication that fiction is or should be categorically beyond causing offense.

Well to be clear, I think the first comment about offense was right. Offense is almost always taken and not given.

To repeat, I think there are far too many people who thrive on being perpetually offended.
 
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Try it and find out. ;)



Question: If you saw any of those thing happen on the street and you were the only one there, what would you do?
If I was influenced by the movies I watch I would be a big time liberal fighting climate change by now
 
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That is not true. And if it were true it would be sad.

Great art, which can include song and film, absolutely promotes values, which you may respect or abhor. It makes you examine your own life and choices. It reveals the situations that other people are dealing with. Its not just something to distract you for a couple hours.
I guess I’m just not that gullible
 
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...To repeat, I think there are far too many people who thrive on being perpetually offended.
I do agree with that for sure. I just wont go all the way with it to the point where we're supposed to be "cool" about everything no matter how horrible it is.
 
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I do agree with that for sure. I just wont go all the way with it to the point where we're supposed to be "cool" about everything no matter how horrible it is.

I just don't agree that this song is "horrible". As I've already stated, there are things that I absolutely disagree with in the song. And even the point about "vigilantism" is valid. But am I "offended" by any of this? Nope. I'll just let the people who made it number one on Apple Music yesterday enjoy the song while I listen to something else.
 
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Gullible? Do you think the point of fiction is to fake you into believing the story actually happened?
Of course not but there’s a lot of propaganda in movies that I’m not fooled by. Even in some of the ones I like I see what they’re trying to do
But then again after I watched Rocky 3 I lost 50 pounds and started running 6 miles a day
 
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Heard via NPR it’s not the song, per se, but the video that has folks riled up.

The song was released in May. But one minor correction. The video has some perpetually offended folks riled up for contrived reasons. I suspect most people "offended" didn't even know who Jason Aldean was until they were told they should be upset.
 
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Of course not but there’s a lot of propaganda in movies that I’m not fooled by. Even in some of the ones I like I see what they’re trying to do
For sure! But this tells us that there's more going on than just entertainment. And this includes art thats trying to promote messages you agree with too.

And that's without even getting into the other functions of art, such as opening your mind to aspects of reality you simply arent aware of.
 
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I just don't agree that this song is "horrible".....
You went way beyond this specific song when you said

"I struggle to understand why anyone would "take offense" with a song. I guess some people just like being offended."

Thats what I was addressing.
 
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For sure! But this tells us that there's more going on than just entertainment. And this includes art thats trying to promote messages you agree with too.

And that's without even getting into the other functions of art, such as opening your mind to aspects of reality you simply arent aware of.
Take Law and Order SUV. It’s been on for about 20 years. Do you really think the NYPD arrests that many white people?
 
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Take Law and Order SUV. It’s been on for about 20 years. Do you really think the NYPD arrests that many white people?
Do I think every piece of art represents reality well? Of course not. Some are intended to misrepresent reality.

Art: viewer discretion advised!
 
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You went way beyond this specific song when you said

"I struggle to understand why anyone would "take offense" with a song. I guess some people just like being offended."

Thats what I was addressing.

Ah. OK. Well as I said originally, if one wants to consume energy being upset by other's rights to free expression, that's their prerogative. It is entirely counterproductive though.

Take this song and video for example. All of the negative press simply vaulted it up the charts to number one yesterday. Had it not been for all of the "offense" taken, I may never have even heard of this song. But it now has more exposure than it could have ever had because of those who chose to be offended. In seeking to suppress and condemn the song, they've simply amplified its reach. Totally counterproductive.
 
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Ah. OK. Well as I said originally, if one wants to consume energy being upset by other's rights to free expression, that's their prerogative. It is entirely counterproductive though.

Take this song and video for example. All of the negative press simply vaulted it up the charts to number one yesterday. Had it not been for all of the "offense" taken, I may never have even heard of this song. But it now has more exposure than it could have ever had because of those who chose to be offended.
I know I wouldn’t have. When I see or hear something offensive I just change the channel.
 
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Dixie Chicks?

Y'all remember how bad they were cancelled by "conservatives" when they lyrically stood up to the GWBush Iraq War II ?

I'm guessing not.

Great offense was taken I can tell you.
 
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Dixie Chicks?

Y'all remember how bad they were cancelled when they lyrically stood up to the GWBush Iraq War II ?

I'm guessing not.

Oh, I remember the brouhaha over the Dixie Chicks. Not sure how it's applicable to this discussion though...
 
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