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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    05:20 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    Where is Tipper Gore? I'm pretty sure we already went through this kind of thing with Ice-T quite some time ago, except with cops in place of gays.

    Mr. Banton has rights to both free speech and artistic license, but the price of those rights is that he also has to recognize the countervaling right to vigorously protest what he says.

    Personally, I'm disgusted by the sentiments displayed towards gays and women in dancehall culture. But I also have every right to put out a mixtape in which I lay out the numerous and detailed humiliations Mr. Banton will suffer at the hands of the Hell's Angels, Halsted Street chapter.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    05:25 PM

    @AndPreciousLittleofThat: Tipper Gore wanted to outright censor that music. GLAAD is just saying please don't give the guy a Grammy.

    Also, there is a long history of minorities suffering at the hands of police abuse. This is just a guy who hates gays for no apparent reason other than they are gay. I think both have the right to sing about these things if they want, but the former seems like a worthier form of expression.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    05:18 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    Trying to imagine a Christian rock band, in the middle of a show, saying black people, or Hispanics, or Jews, are evil. Would they get a Grammy?
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    05:24 PM

    @FormerEnglishMajor: Straw man argument. All Christian rock is unlistenable... of course, ironically, that makes it perfect for the Grammys.
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    05:17 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    YES BUJU IS JAMMIN. Also Ty Cobb was a great baseball-playing racist.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    05:21 PM

    @Hamilton Nolan: If only Walt Disney were alive to make an animated musical about Ty Cobb featuring songs by Buju...
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    05:23 PM

    @Hamilton Nolan: But was Ty Cobb screaming racial slurs from second base?
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    05:28 PM

    @Lucky: Of course! That was one of his best moves.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    05:33 PM

    @Lucky: Hell yes, and fucking a hooker and drinking a whole goddamn bottle of whiskey at the same time, too.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    05:17 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    I just can't stand these so called artists today and their insane lack of values. I'll stick to Sinatra, thanks...
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    05:10 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    If artists make an effort to integrate their political beliefs into their music, and into their performances, should listeners ignore the deeply offensive opinions in favor of the music anyway? I can't imagine anybody here being supportive of white power rock because it had a good beat.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    05:15 PM

    @Lucky: My thoughts exactly. If a white-supremacist band was trying to get a Grammy, I don't think this would even be an issue.

    Considering that Uganda right now is trying to pass a law that would make homosexuality a crime eligible for the death penalty, and would also send people to jail for years who don't "report" homosexual behavior (oh--and the law allegedly has support from some right-wing politicians in the U.S.), it seems downright disgusting to award this kind of music and sentiment a Grammy.
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    Edited by Atilla the Bun at 12/08/09 5:15 PM Atilla the Bun was starred Atilla the Bun was unstarred
    Image of Airvault Airvault
    05:03 PM

    In reply to Loving a Hater: The Buju Quandary
    Yeah. Being anti-gay sucks. But being anti-jammin' sucks, too.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/06/09

    In reply to GLAAD-Handed, Castle-Storming Adam Lambert to Come on The View
    I really hope the kid's fifteen minutes can go another five for the sake of everyone so invested, but I don't find the fact that he'll be on a show partially-owned by Barbara Walters to promote a Barbara Walters-owned, Barbara Walters Special, all that surprising.

    ETA: ...or maybe it's fascinating?
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    12/05/09

    In reply to GLAAD-Handed, Castle-Storming Adam Lambert to Come on The View
    Lambert seriously strikes me as attempting to be "spokesperson of the gheighs", when in fact he seems to me to be the least attractive candidate for this position. It seems that he can't decide which way to play his sexuality so that it gets the most publicity. Then when he hears "gay it up a little" from the blogs, he interprets that as "face-hump a dude on a network television awards show and piss off a whole bunch of people". Go away, please, Adam, you're making the rest of us look like fameballing twatwaffles by association.
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    Edited by seyswho at 12/05/09 1:22 PM seyswho was starred seyswho was unstarred
    Image of Nigerian Business Executive Nigerian Business Executive
    12/05/09

    @seyswho: Or you could just mumble "Adam who?" every time someone brings him up. That's my approach, having never knowingly heard one of his songs.

    I doubt his shiny star will last very long in any case.
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    seyswho promoted this comment Edited by Nigerian Business Executive at 12/05/09 1:19 PM Nigerian Business Executive was starred Nigerian Business Executive was unstarred
    Image of FlowChart FlowChart
    12/05/09

    @seyswho: I don't think he's trying to be a spokesperson for gays. He's trying to become a popular performer who is also gay. And that's precisely why GLAAD isn't mounting a stronger defense. They want him to be more political.

    He's not acting as a group advocate but as a group member. Instead of message points, he wants the freedom to express himself however he wants. Of course, that's the stated goal of gay equality, so in the long-term, he's doing more for gays than GLAAD. But now, he seems politically awkward and embarrassing.
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    12/05/09

    @FlowChart: Good points, that makes a lot of sense. It just seems like he can't find his sexuality "groove" - like he's trying too hard to be liked by everyone (when that will never happen), and in turn he's creating the exact opposite effect. Of course, really, all of this would probably be a moot point if he could just sing and perform worth a damn.
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    12/05/09

    Sorry, double post... Either Gawker or my computer are going all kinds of funky this morning.
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    Edited by seyswho at 12/05/09 1:55 PM seyswho was starred seyswho was unstarred
    Image of FlowChart FlowChart
    12/06/09

    @seyswho: "all of this would probably be a moot point if he could just sing and perform worth a damn."

    Agreed. On this point, we are in complete harmony.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/05/09

    In reply to GLAAD-Handed, Castle-Storming Adam Lambert to Come on The View
    The catfight that breaks out between Lambert and Elizabeth Hasselbeck should be worth the time wasted to watch the show.
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    Image of Nigerian Business Executive Nigerian Business Executive
    12/05/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Are all us gays obligated to watch that show now that GLAAD got him on (or whatever they did ... or more likely didn't do)?

    Damn. Guess that means I have to go out and buy a TV now. Being a gay is so hard!

    PS - If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on Glambert for that one, even though Hasselbeck did eat nothing but algae and lillypads in Australia for a month a few years ago.
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    Lysergic Asset promoted this comment Edited by Nigerian Business Executive at 12/05/09 1:17 PM Nigerian Business Executive was starred Nigerian Business Executive was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/05/09

    @Nigerian Business Executive: Ha! As a not gay ("straight but not narrow") woman, I don't know about the gay obligation factor. I think it's a lot of pressure to put on someone so relatively young and emotionally volatile: Adam Lambert, you are hereby anointed the herald of the homos... it's a really delicate balancing act. I hope he pulls it off.

    Also: I could not possibly think any less of Hasselbeck, so I hope he wipes the floor with her and her retro 1950's housewife prejudices.
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/05/09

    @Lysergic Asset: It is my firm opinion that nothing is worth watching Elisabeth Hasselbeck unless she's being pelted with rotten vegetables. I might tune in for that. Might.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/05/09

    @Lucky: To me, the only satisfaction would be like an opposite version of The Manchurian Candidate: to turn a mindless, programmed drone into a smart, decent person.
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    Image of Lucky Lucky
    12/05/09

    @Lysergic Asset: While that would be satisfactory, it's a satisfaction neither one of us is likely to ever experience. So I say bring on the broccoli! Obviously you're much nicer than I am.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    12/05/09

    @Lucky: You said it. (Ripe tomatoes would be much better.)
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/05/09

    In reply to How Many Press Releases Does It Take for GLAAD to Condemn Gay Defamation?
    Ugly Betty, Modern Family , Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters and Susan Lucci's daughter-character on All My Children, along with if you want to go historically, the original Ellen and Rosanne.
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    12/04/09

    In reply to How Many Press Releases Does It Take for GLAAD to Condemn Gay Defamation?
    I think that some of the confusion may lie with the peculiar expectation that someone who works at GLAAD is not a weenie.
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    Image of bodegacat bodegacat
    12/04/09

    In reply to How Many Press Releases Does It Take for GLAAD to Condemn Gay Defamation?
    Brian: for this and other posts, I heart you. May I add a p.s. (or two) to your news release? Like:

    p.s. and because AP reporter Derrik J. Lang wrote about Adam's "outrageous" REHEARSAL performance, including the crotch/face plant, you are liars.

    p.p.s. and because you can't compare a pre-taped Ugly Betty and Modern Family with a live music awards show with edgy musicians tripping over themselves to push the envelope, as they have for DECADES (crikey, even Carrie Underwood looked like a brothel madam w/ a pack of singing prostitutes), and you expect and promote this AND specifically promoted Adam's provocative performance before the show to up ratings, you are also hypocrites.

    p.p.p.s. and because you continue to attempt to beat Adam into submission, and until you cease and give him his jobs back, you are also HOMOPHOBIC WEENIES!!!

    What? Too much?
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    Image of Tattertotter Tattertotter
    12/03/09

    In reply to New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage
    Wow, instant superstar. I haven't been very vocal about gay marriage because I figure it's inevitable and will absolutely happen in the near future. For some strange reason, I feel like it's not my issue.

    AIDS was my issue and it nearly killed me--not the virus itself thankfully, but literally fighting for access to new medicines, watching all the best people I knew die, and feeling so horribly guilty because I was spared. Not a day goes bye that I don't cry for the dead.

    Gay marriage seems so light-weight in comparison. My rational mind, of course, knows that that isn't true--it's absolutely vital and Americans are eventually gonna realize it's an irresistible force coming their way, like Gavin said "whether you like it or not!"

    I'm going to watch this clip again and then I'm gonna send this woman money for her re-election.
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    Image of mimigoliath mimigoliath
    12/03/09

    In reply to New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage
    Want my legal right to marry? It's on eBay!

    [cgi.ebay.com]
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    Image of psybab psybab
    12/03/09

    In reply to New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage
    I really do hope y'all are contacting your senators. Especially if you live in astoria and LIC, because there's no way that area doesn't overwhelmingly support gay marriage.
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    12/03/09

    @psybab: Onorato's term is his last. I promise you we will unseat him.
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    Image of psybab psybab
    12/03/09

    @Urbania: Onorato is the one we should be gunning for, I think. He shouldn't survive a primary. The guy's been there since Astoria was really old school Greek, and I understand that, but his time is up.
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