The authors...say they hope to explicate "gun culture," which they never define, while also absolving hip-hop, in which many lyrics glorify guns and gun violence, of responsibility for gun violence.Which means this is just total drek from the get-go, seeing as how to explicate means to detail and analyze. Maybe they meant "implicate"?
Regardless, here's a little real world test we can apply:
What percentage of drive-by's, gangland shootings, armed robberies, etc. were committed last month by people who identify themsleves with the gangsta rap culture, whether it's going to the clubs, buying the music, etc. Now how many similar incidents have been committed in the past century by those who identify themselves as NRA, GOA and JPFO members, and just to be fair, we'll include smaller regional groups like VCDL, RMGO, etc.?
Does this mean I'm blaming (c)rap music? Not at all, although I do believe the more misogynistic, racist and thug variants of the genre provide a pretty good character indicator for people I don't particularly want to be around.
Let's see. If we blame the music for glorifying a culture of crime, abuse, murder, rape, theft and drugs then we are guilty of being "intolerant" of someone's "culture".
ReplyDeleteIf the MSM wants to paint people who work their whole lives, pay their taxes, serve their nation, support their families and obey the law as "dangerous" and "out of control" then they are "sticking it to the gun culture".
What I want to know is why does anyone believe that Marshall Mathers has more right to his "culture" than I have to mine?