"Poet" invited to White House

[DinkinFlicka]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Well there is some difference. Common is making explicit political speech. Forget the Bush stuff. He explicitly sings about the unjust treatment of convicted cop killers - real people who killed real people.

That's more direct and real than "I Shot the Sheriff" or "Cocaine Blues" or "Delia".

In the end, it's not a big deal (1 on a scale of 1 to 10) but I think the timing is bad when today the WH honored cops killed in the line of duty and yesterday they honored a guy who sang about two convicted cop killers being unjustly treated.

Thank you.

[volinbham]

Originally Posted by DinkinFlicka

Thank you.

We agree on that. I do see his expressions as different than Cash's though FWIW.

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by DinkinFlicka

And Common does? Again, neither artist is more harmful than the other.

"End of story."

Maybe you should show me where I said or even implied Common's lyrics do anything before you try to reuse my own words in a smartass fashion.

Originally Posted by kptvol

I have no idea what Common's lyrics are about, but the Cash songs you're referencing certainly aren't promotions or glamorizations of murder.

Originally Posted by kptvol

Don't care. Just pointing an incorrect interpretation of Cash's lyrics.

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by milohimself

I was being facetious

Good enough for me, then. Carry on.

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by volinbham

Well there is some difference. Common is making explicit political speech. Forget the Bush stuff. He explicitly sings about the unjust treatment of convicted cop killers - real people who killed real people.

That's more direct and real than "I Shot the Sheriff" or "Cocaine Blues" or "Delia".

In the end, it's not a big deal (1 on a scale of 1 to 10) but I think the timing is bad when today the WH honored cops killed in the line of duty and yesterday they honored a guy who sang about two convicted cop killers being unjustly treated.

I suppose I can go with that, it would mainly just cause certain sheepish people who wouldn't understand a social message through rap... i.e. the typical Hannity listener (and he was going after the Bush metaphor).

Speaking of which, just wanted to follow up with this little tidbit of Hannity in peak dipchit form for anybody who wants a good laugh:

YouTube - Ted Nugent insulting Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

[gsvol]

[DinkinFlicka]

Just when the mean IQ of this thread was about to break 80...

[rjd970]

FWIW, Jon stewart destroyed Bill O'Reilly on this issue...

YouTube - ‪Part 1: Jon Stewart Goes Head-to-Head Bill O'Reilly‬‏

...total ownage from the 4 minute mark on.

[VOLatile]

Originally Posted by rjd970

FWIW, Jon stewart destroyed Bill O'Reilly on this issue...

YouTube - ‪Part 1: Jon Stewart Goes Head-to-Head Bill O'Reilly‬‏

...total ownage from the 4 minute mark on.

I love this clip.

[therealUT]

Originally Posted by VOLatile

I love this clip.

Cop killer.

[milohimself]

"Booyah! That's a rap term."

Watched this when it was on TV. Good stuff.

[rjd970]

On his show tonight he absolutely destroyed Hannity.

[milohimself]

Hannity's not hard to destroy... In fact, most political radio talkshow hosts are clowns and other sideshow acts. Nothing but hollow talking points and feigned outrage to draw ratings.