Originally posted by FistOfThe North
You don't think it took Eminem some courage to go up there, rap with an openly gay man, in front of the world, followed by topping it of with a full hug and hand holding afterwords, in front of, and while apart of, an industry/culture that's for the most part anit-gay?
No, I don't think it took courage. Read what I said, though. I don't think M&M is homophobic. Elton realized that, that's why he did it. I think it would take more courage to write a rap song that points out the similarities in the public perception that both young black men and gay men fail to realize. Elton did it because he has been around long enough to know it's a business. M&M writes these lyrics because they reflect a notion that has been propogated in the black, male community.
You're the one who thinks it was courageous for him to touch a gay man.
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
And if those lyrics were just thrown together, which they weren't, they completely rhymed and made clear sense,
Sure they rhymed. I said as much. But they would have been better rhymes if he had used other words that rhymed more. As it is, he had to settle for worse rhymes in order to get his message across; which is a message that appeals to a fanbase that thinks they are threatened by homosexuals, which is something that is apparent to the people who make the most money off these artists and their fans: the record companies.
Originally posted by FistOfThe North
then why did it upset gays profoundly.
I don't think it did. I think it upset the pc groups, who get upset about everything. I don't know of too many gay men that got upset about it. But, then again, I don't know too many gay men that could recite M&M lyrics. And the young gay guys I do know that can recite them, can do so because they bought the albums; because they're fans. Most people don't get upset about these things until the news tells them to find it worthy of getting upset.