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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
People have been throwing **** to each other way before Eminem happened. I harldy doubt his influence has something to do with, and even if he wouldn't have released Rap God, I doubt things would have changed. What you're saying a lil bit.... I mean, it's not like people will hear his song and say: "hey, it's okay to call other ****". |
But we can't say what will & won't be influential. A #1 on iTunes reaches a lot of people. I listened to Eminem a lot when I was in my teens. It's his target listener demographic.
I just think it's lazy. We're breaking so much ground in society. "Same Love" was a hit & it benefitted everyone with its message. Eminem's been using gay slurs & hating women for years. It's just boring & stale now.
I don't expect his music to be about rainbows & sunshine, but I wish he'd stop thinking it was cool or edgy to use words that end up accidentally (??) promoting hate & ignorance.
) by using gay slurs, he's still reinforcing to these kids that these are okay words to use.
