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  • Comedy: This Country Has Lost Its Mind

    From BTR1701@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 22 21:38:06 2024
    Man speaks facts.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1655934898149138433/vid/480x852/xmLUmna2JdFU09vr.mp4?tag=14

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 22 16:59:58 2024
    On 11/22/2024 4:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    Man speaks facts.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1655934898149138433/vid/480x852/xmLUmna2JdFU09vr.mp4?tag=14

    But he's hardly "speaking truth to culture" when, in the same breath, he himself swerves demurely past "the n-word".

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to moviePig on Fri Nov 22 17:26:29 2024
    On 2024-11-22 4:59 PM, moviePig wrote:
    On 11/22/2024 4:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    Man speaks facts.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1655934898149138433/vid/480x852/
    xmLUmna2JdFU09vr.mp4?tag=14

    But he's hardly "speaking truth to culture" when, in the same breath, he himself swerves demurely past "the n-word".


    Maybe he's worried about being "cancelled" and losing his livelihood?
    (I'm assuming this is a professional comedian who faces the prospect of
    losing bookings if his use of that word is publicized.)

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    Rhino

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Nov 22 18:07:21 2024
    On 11/22/2024 5:26 PM, Rhino wrote:
    On 2024-11-22 4:59 PM, moviePig wrote:
    On 11/22/2024 4:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    Man speaks facts.


    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1655934898149138433/
    vid/480x852/ xmLUmna2JdFU09vr.mp4?tag=14

    But he's hardly "speaking truth to culture" when, in the same breath,
    he himself swerves demurely past "the n-word".


    Maybe he's worried about being "cancelled" and losing his livelihood?
    (I'm assuming this is a professional comedian who faces the prospect of losing bookings if his use of that word is publicized.)

    The clip is certainly funny, regardless. But the n-word sidestep does underscore context, which renders the new song's blatant obscenities
    indeed rather less "sexy" than the old classic's seductive wheedling.

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