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10-01-2018, 10:02 PM | #211 | |
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10-01-2018, 10:05 PM | #212 |
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netphoria has gotten REALLY dumb since I got a job...
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10-01-2018, 10:06 PM | #213 | |
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I'm not trying to discount it, but it's definitely something that a small-town Canadian white boy might not be able to relate with... Or maybe I could, I dunno... I just don't like the way the genre sounds. |
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10-01-2018, 10:07 PM | #214 |
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I feel like we're getting off topic though.
I think my original point holds weight and that Billy has paid a big price for being vocal politically... We're just getting off base because of some other opinion I shared... I don't want it to derail the original premise of the thread. |
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10-01-2018, 10:11 PM | #215 |
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Black people making art about state violence = parochial concerns limited to a particular culture
White people whining about how they are being censored because private companies like Twitter and YouTube don't want to host their shitty content = broad concerns that really challenge the system and that everybody should pay attention to |
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10-01-2018, 10:18 PM | #216 |
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Making sure that cops are held accountable is a very valid and necessary movement. That's a good cause to take up... But it's a pretty common sense movement that any sane minded person can agree with. It's not a challenging concept.
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10-01-2018, 10:20 PM | #217 |
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You know, you look at performers and everyone knew/knows about the pedophilia and sexual abuse that is prominent in the entertainment industry... But no one dared/dares rally about that. Making a change means putting your ass on the line and few musicians are willing to do that... That's my point.
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10-01-2018, 10:20 PM | #218 |
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If it's not challenging, how come people are losing their minds over some football players acknowledging this problem?
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10-01-2018, 10:22 PM | #219 | |
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I think all that shit is dumb though. I'm with Bill Maher and George Carlin, I wish they'd get rid of all that shit in sports games all together. I don't see the point in it. |
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10-01-2018, 10:25 PM | #220 | |
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There's literally an international conversation sparked by women coming out and talking about how they've had to be silent about sexual abuse in the entertainment industry for years because of the consequences they'd face for speaking out. They are doing the exact thing you are claiming that nobody is doing. Do you even pay attention to anything beyond a 15 foot radius of your pissed-damaged Nintendo? |
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10-01-2018, 10:25 PM | #221 |
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I mean, maybe they could sing it for certain circumstances.... First game of the season, do it to honor the country... 9/11 would be a good day to sing it, 4th of July, religious holidays, maybe even for the championship series... But every damn game?
What the hell's the point? |
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10-01-2018, 10:27 PM | #222 | |
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10-01-2018, 10:29 PM | #223 |
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I think Seth McFarline made a public joke about Weinstein... There was a few other minor occurrences... But no one of influence put their foot down against it...
Why do you think that is? |
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10-01-2018, 10:31 PM | #224 |
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Sigh. Kendrick Lamar sells out arenas and has (iirc) been nominated for album of the year multiple times.
What metrics are you using |
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10-01-2018, 10:32 PM | #225 | |
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They kneel during the anthem to draw attention to the fact that the promise of equality in the nation that the anthem represents has not been realized, and pretending is has is disingenuous. And they specifically kneel because those troops you claim to care about specifically recommend kneeling as a way to show this discontent while still paying respect to them. This is why they kneel instead of sit. You'll invent another flimsy ad hoc excuse to sidestep all of these clarifications, I know. |
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10-01-2018, 10:34 PM | #226 |
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It also isn’t sung to honor troops.
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10-01-2018, 10:35 PM | #227 |
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10-01-2018, 10:42 PM | #228 | |
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I also think that the NFL is a family event. A lot of families bring their children and when they go to the game they don't want to have to focus on and explain about mature societal issues to their young ones... So I can sorta understand the "keep politics out of sports angle"... With that said, players speaking out on their own time is a totally different ball of wax, but maybe keep it off of the field. |
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10-01-2018, 10:44 PM | #229 |
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Why am I even allowing myself to be Fuzzballed? I should have stopped when Fuzzy thought metaphysics is about New Age ghosts and shit.
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10-01-2018, 10:47 PM | #230 |
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Sure it is
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was played before games throughout the course of the war, and by the time the war was over, the pregame singing of the national anthem had become cemented as a baseball ritual, after which it spread to other sports." mentalfloss.com/article/22150/why-do-we-sing-national-anthem-sporting-events |
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10-01-2018, 10:56 PM | #231 | |
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I was talking about artists and performers and you're trying to act as if it's a "GOTCHA" moment by talking about professional athletes.. |
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10-01-2018, 11:01 PM | #232 |
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10-01-2018, 11:23 PM | #233 |
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Isn't it obvious? Are you sincerely trying to reference the Grammy awards as a measure of cultural relevancy
And yeah, I know he has a devoted fan-base. I don't know much about his work... What sort of political ideas does he offer? I've heard he talks about police violence and stuff like that... That's very noble, but again, nothing new... |
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10-01-2018, 11:25 PM | #234 |
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Fuck i just got dumber, i can feel it
Goddamit fuzz, you’re dangerously close to my ignore list Used to be an amusement i’d gather from your hapless jackassery, also felt sorry for a fellow drunk But your throwing in for trump and your fucken blind racism and insensitivity and fucken brain-numbingly infuriatingly disingenuous anti-logical squirming to THATS MY POINT, I MEAN SURE, BUT LETS FACE IT is making me hurt in my brains/heart/butt, it’s too much to absorb with all the horrible everything thats going on every shitty day, can’t take it anymore |
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10-01-2018, 11:26 PM | #235 |
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This takes balls... Apparently SNL later cut this from the broadcast... I reckon it was too controversial, that or they wanna stifle his political opinion for some reason.
Dude is definitely putting his ass on the line. Whether you agree with him or not, it certainly takes balls of steel and a lot of courage. Last edited by fuzzyroes : 10-01-2018 at 11:32 PM. |
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10-01-2018, 11:30 PM | #236 | |
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I know I'm outspoken and passionate about music, but it's all in love. It's okay if things get heated and major disagreements take place, but I don't intend for it to be personal. |
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10-02-2018, 12:07 AM | #237 | |
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This undoes your argument, though you are yet to realize it. |
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10-02-2018, 12:34 AM | #238 |
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ok, can we all just not reply to this moron?
it's really easy. take that hard stance he's talking about (with your netphorian balls of steel), rally against his thread, and protest with silence. |
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10-02-2018, 12:34 AM | #239 | |
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Here's how my friend put it to me: "Think, I pay over a thousand dollars so me and my 4 year old daughter and 6 year old son can spend some family time and go watch a some ball... Then you have your kids asking 'Daddy, Daddy, why are those players all kneeling for the national anthem?', is it really something you'd wanna have to get into and explain to children so young?". It would be an extremely uncomfortable situation. So for family friendly events, maybe we should just stick to the athletic competition and leave the politics out of it. |
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10-02-2018, 12:38 AM | #240 |
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Anyhow, back to the Billy Corgan discussion... I really didn't want this to become divisive... This thread is for discussing the career impact that Billy's views have had... Not whether we agree or disagree with them.
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