What do you guys think of Jay-Z's recent announcement?
Jay-Z has vowed to never use derogatory terms for women in his music again following the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
The rapper, who welcomed his first child with wife Beyoncé last weekend, has stated in a poem to celebrate the birth of baby Blue Ivy that he will drop the use of 'b*tch' - revealing that his degradation of women in his songs "has passed."
"Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/ I didn't think hard about using the word b*tch/ I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/ Now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it. I never realized while on the fast track that I’d give riddance to the word bitch, to leave her innocence in tact."
The hip-hop icon continued:
"No man will degrade her, or call her name. I'm so focused on your future, the degradation has passed. I wish you wealth, health and insight. Forever young you may pass. Blue Ivy Carter, my angel."
I personally think of this as a start, but only that. He still has a lot of work to do. We see this with men a lot. They have a daughter and all of a sudden they don't like to see women degraded. There are two problems I see with this immediately.
One: Didn't his wife count as a woman who shouldn't be degraded? Or wasn't she "innocent" enough? He seemed to think it was all right for "non-innocent" women to be degraded.
And OK fine, it is good that he can see it from a different perspective now that he has a daughter and maybe he will extend this feeling to all women. I hope so. I hope he can continue to learn.
But the second problem is that it is still about HIM. It took him personally experiencing the feeling of "this is too close to me now and I don't want it to happen" in order for him to change.
Or as another anonymous commenter said on this blog,
I don't understand, Why does something dramatic have to happen in someone's life before they decide "Oh, yeah I gotta stop being this way because I don't want some one to mess with mine in the future."
Men should respect women not because the disrespect upsets men, but because it oppresses women. At least that is what I believe in cases like that.
However I still want to say that it is a good start and in my own opinion, if he continues to learn more about oppression and misogyny, then maybe he will come to realize this. I have hope.
We didn't hear a word like this from Gerard Way, Lindsey Way, or Frank Iero when they had daughters. Not one of them came forward and said "I never thought about how women were treated until I had a daughter, now I think I'll stop degrading them." So also in my opinion, Jay-Z is way ahead of them. MSI and MCR are still in the dark ages.
Also, I wish all of you a happy and healthy new year and the best of luck in 2012.
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She seems to think her twitter comments do good in other areas, with her speaking out against fanphobia etc. Why not speak out against this? Why suddenly claim 'speaking out does no good'?
Jessicka supports her because she too is an artist.
So Jessicka can go and support Chris Brown too, since he is an 'artist'. And Mel Gibson. Would that be alright with her? Why should Lindsey be let off the hook seeing as she is just as disgusting, corrupt, shallow and offensive as those idiots?
Jessicka's art was on Anthony Bourdain's show is he now a racist?
Does he perform songs full of racial slurs and does Jessicka ignore this?
Face it, Jessicka is an enabler and promoter of a racist and you just can't stand the truth. NOTHING she has done in the past can make up for that. She stands by the side of a racist piece of trash and that makes her no better.
Jessicka does not degrade women. No needx to discuss her in this thread really.
Her best friend does degrade women. And Jessicka ignores this and promotes her.
February 12, 2012 10:55 AM
Jessicka promotes Lyn-Z Way's art career nothing more nothing less. Facts.
We can talk about who we like. Go away if you're going to start this 'you shouldn't even be talking about Jessicka!' bullshit again. That's what this blog is for: MSI, MCR and their circle of disgusting, enabling friends. You don't like it? You stop coming here, or learn to fucking scroll.
Her best friend does degrade women. And Jessicka ignores this and promotes her.
February 12, 2012 10:57 AM
Is Lyn-z her best friend? I doubt it.
That is Lyn-z not Jessicka. Two different people.
Actually Jessicka has said countless times what an amazing person Lindsey is, how kind she is etc etc. Hardly the words I'd use to talk about someone who played a part in such gross shit as Panty Shot, the song 'N*ggers' and who makes comments like 'Fuck the tsunami, who cares?'
LOL okay, try and pretend they're not best friends now. You are hilarious.
February 12, 2012 10:58 AM
You are so scary! Fuck off your cowardly troll.
They hung out in an intimate party on New Years. You usually spend such an important time with your best friends and family. Now you're going to try and pretend they're not best friends or something? Like that makes a difference? Jessicka still promotes and enables a racist sack of shit.
LOL okay, try and pretend they're not best friends now. You are hilarious.
February 12, 2012 11:00 AM
I have no idea how close they are! Because I do not know them. This is why sometimes this place can be such a joke.
They hung out in an intimate party on New Years. You usually spend such an important time with your best friends and family. Now you're going to try and pretend they're not best friends or something? Like that makes a difference? Jessicka still promotes and enables a racist sack of shit.
February 12, 2012 11:01 AM
And you continue to go on and on about both women here. Just promoting them more. Why is that so hard for any of you to understand?
Sick of this Jessicka issue. Oi, I know let's switch to Chantal. :rolls eyes:
I don't know them. But I know what they project with their 'art' and networking sites. I know Jessicka projects the image that she is very close and supportive of Lindsey. I know Lindsey is part of a disgisting misogynist and racist hate project band. These things are public knowledge because that is their public persona and those are their actions. We are judged on our actions, not our intentions. Jessicka has chosen to stand beside MSI/MCR and be counted with them. If she had a problem with racism, sexism, and violence against women, she would look elsewhere for friends.
Talking in negative terms about someone is not promotion. This is the only site that calls these disgusting individuals out on their shit. And Chantal? Is JUST as bad with her misogynist violence against women bullshit, and her defence of her pedo-song writing husband. Funnily enough, Jessicka also counts her as a friend.
I get the impression you could dance around all day making excuses for Jessicka and trying to get us to give her a break. Newflash: it's not going to happen unless she redeems herself by making a public statement on MCR?MSI and how she hates what they do and does not endorse it. She is hiding behind her silence on this issue and it is sickening. Someone as vocal as she pretends to be should know better and behave accordingly. She would rather go to dinner parties and befriend these people as she strives for as much attention as being friend with them will grant her.
We are judged on our actions, not our intentions. Jessicka has chosen to stand beside MSI/MCR and be counted with them. If she had a problem with racism, sexism, and violence against women, she would look elsewhere for friends.
She clearly has other friends. What about Mark Ryden, friends with The Ways? What about Ron English? What about Camille Rose Garcia? Tarina Tarintino? How far does your mysoginist, racist, sexist trickle down theory go?There is an art community that Jessicka and Lyn- z are a part of. I personally do not believe Jessicka is a racist.
February 12, 2012 11:10 AM
Here's my main problem with this place! Jessicka is already an established artists. With clear feminist beliefs. Why does she have to prove anything to a bunch of anonymous people who dislike her only because of her associations?
She's already proven herself as a racist enabler and she's clearly happy with that.
Erm, because she's doing something that's AGAINST her 'feminist' beliefs? Like MCR did? And that's why this blog was started? To talk about it? She only has to 'prove' anything if she wants to redeem herself as more than someone who is whitewashing her friend's racist and sexist fail. Her choice.
She's already proven herself as a racist enabler and she's clearly happy with that.
February 12, 2012 11:28 AM
That is your opinion not mine.
What have you done to make the world a better place besides talk about washed up MCR on a dead blog?
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Creating something and putting yourself out there is a beautiful thing. This is why I support all art.
Even art like 'Panty Shot'?
Well I DON'T defend and promote racists, so I'm happy with that!
What have you done to make the world a better place besides talk about washed up MCR on a dead blog?
If it's so dead, why are you here?
Panty Shot is a pile of dog poo.
"What have you done to make the world a better place besides talk about washed up MCR on a dead blog?"
I donated to charity today! And I still don't like MCRSI.
As VV once said, every day I don't wake up and flash my crotch miming bass onstage with some rape-promoting racist hate band like MSI, I've already done better than Mrs Way and her group of cronies.
Jeez, can we stop with the Jessicka? We don't even talk about MCR that much anymore. I was enjoying the discussion about fictional characters.
To the Angels in American anon, I agree. Everyone should put that on their must see list. It's completely brilliant. Every single character is brilliant, and Belize is fabulous. My favorite mini-series ever.
I don't think anyone talks about these people anymore except for this one person.
Kapunua, I have to ask. So not to put words in your mouth. Did you like your correspondence with Jessicka? Did she seem like a bad person or a racist to you?
She seemed nice enough; as much as you can get to know a person over like 3 emails (which is to say, you can't actually know them.) She's civil and well-spoken and nice to talk to.
But she still endorses racist, violent, sexist "artists."
Why does she have to prove anything to a bunch of anonymous people who dislike her only because of her associations?
She doesn't. But people are still going to think what they think.
You know what's getting old? Your comments about "BUT OTHER PEOPLE BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS MSI DOES THAT MAKE THEM RACISTS TOO?!?!?!?!" That's just about one of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard. We all run into racists and hateful people every day, in all our social circles. They do not make us racist by contagion or something.
But when you promote the art of your well-known racist/misogynist friends, then YES. If you speak out against other racists and misogynists, but it's totally cool and awesome when your friends do it, then YES.
I don't care.
Do we have to continue with this? I don't want to read about these people anymore. Let them be. The other topics were so much more interesting.
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Just because you don't care doesn't mean other people can't discuss it. Scroll. Or are you going to try to set up The Fix? LOL
It's not that I want to tell people what they can and cannot talk about here, but with Jessicka, it's like beating a dead horse.
I think all of us are in agreement that she's not a feminist, otherwise she wouldn't support Lindsey and hang out with her and Gerard. I don't really see any Jessicka stans hanging about here.
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Just because you don't care doesn't mean other people can't discuss it. Scroll. Or are you going to try to set up The Fix? LOL
Whatever floats your boat anon, you are entitled to your opinion but have you noticed the other bloggers talk about a broad range of subjects? You might want to join in on those conversations as a change.
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Hello people!
Just wanted to know if anyone has seen the unaired pilot of 'Sherlock'?
It's very interesting to see what changes they made in the final result.
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I've seen bits and pieces of it, but have never managed to DL the whole thing (MegaUpload shut down before I could. >_< ) It looked a bit choppy.
You have to watch it. It's quite different. I know a site from which you can download the unaired pilot. http://serienjunkies.org/serie/sherlock-2010
You have to scroll down, almost to the end of the site.
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Awesome, thanks! I will DL that after work. ^_^
I wonder if Jessicka has learnt all the words to MSI's songs like 'Panty Shot' and 'N*ggers' so that she can sing along when she goes to see Lindsey play live. Girl power!
Okay, I know that political discussion on this blog usually brings out the crazy rightwingnut troll, but I have to say something about Rick Santorum and the rest of these woman-hating sons of bitches running for the GOP nom.
Do women really understand what it would mean for them if guys like Rick Santorum had their way? They want to legally define life as beginning at conception (sperm meets egg), which would make many forms of contraception (including the pill) illegal. Many people don't realize that the pill not only works to prevent fertilization, but it also affects the lining of the uterus, preventing a fertilized egg from attaching properly. This makes it an abortifacient, which, under this crazy proposed "personhood at conception" law, would be illegal.
Not to mention, Rick Santorum wants to outlaw abortion under any circumstances, including rape, incest, or danger to the mother's life.
So... essentially, this creepy white man is saying that woman are so unimportant and irrelevant, that if his own daughter were raped, she should not even be given the option to get a morning after pill to prevent pregnancy. In addition to that, should her life become threatened by a pregnancy that ensued from the rape, she should have no recourse but to carry that baby to term and hope that the "Almighty God" would see fit to spare her life.
WTF???!! Who are the crazies supporting this guy?
^Yup. he also said that in the unthinkable circumstance of his daughter being a victim of rape, he would make her carry a potential child to term so that "something good could come of it."
He is legit insane.
Has everyone seen this?
Anyone who does not think that there is a war being waged against women in the US right now is either a woman-hating man or is in serious denial. :(
Even Ceausescu allowed abortion if it endangered the mother or rape.
I can't believe this guy is the current front runner for the Republican nomination. I can't imagine what the rest of the world would think of the US if this guy was President.
I've never heard of anything this extreme being passed as law, unless you live in a totalitarian state.
"Too Much Rape"?
Really Faux News? Really?
“So, you have this whole bureaucracy upon bureaucracy being built up with all kinds of levels of people to support women in the military who are now being raped too much.”
I wonder how much rape is acceptable before it becomes "too much"?
I don't. I can't even.
I just do not understand why Jessicka is such a hot topic around here. So many of you love to hate her. It's unreal.
One person, from what I can see, talks about her incessantly and you automatically assume it's everyone on the blog. Not true, we are not interested and we would much rather talk about books and other discussion worthy subjects. They're the real "hot topics" around here.
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So many of you love to hate her. It's unreal.
She should stop cozying up to racists and men who threaten violence against women then. Until she does, she can carry on being hated along with them.
Only Jessicka herself would care as much as you do what people think of her. Fuck off, you racist enabler!
anyone else having issues seeing the comments?
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Even Ceausescu allowed abortion if it endangered the mother or rape.
How frightening is it that some people in the United States are actually considering voting for a guy who wants to control their citizens' reproductive rights even more than Ceausescu?
And now the GOP's position on a woman's right to choose is including contraceptives such as the IUD and birth control pills. I suppose they want to keep us all barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. Well, they can go fuck themselves (cause no woman in her right mind is going to fuck them and be forced to have babies every couple of years).
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Fuck off, you racist enabler!
February 14, 2012 10:26 AM
Ha ha ha.
Scary word from such a stable blogger.
It's clear that Jessicka doesn't give a shit about what anybody thinks.
Happy Valentine's day VV.
As I said earlier, it seems to be only one person who gets all hot and bothered about that woman.
How frightening is it that some people in the United States are actually considering voting for a guy who wants to control their citizens' reproductive rights even more than Ceausescu?
Does everyone is the GOP agree with this policy?
^in the
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The pledge signed by three of the four remaining GOP candidates:
I stand with President Ronald Reagan in supporting “the unalienable personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death,” and with the Republican Party platform in affirming that I “support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children.”
Notice the word "conception". If these guys have their way, they would make abortion murder from the moment of conception.
The only current GOP candidate who hasn't signed is Mitt Romney, who many Republicans are saying isn't "conservative enough". Interestingly, Rick Santorum, the most outspoken of the group on women's rights (or, non-rights, in his case) is now the front-runner. He thinks women should be forced to carry rape babies to term, and he doesn't believe in contraception.
He has said that women can't find happiness from a career, and that they are limited in their capacity to serve in the military. He suggested that they could maybe fly "small aircraft".
What a tool.
^Incidentally, Romney said he agreed with the "life at conception" concept, but he believes the issue of abortion/contraception should be left to the individual states. The only GOP candidate who said the personhood statement "went to far" was John Huntsman, who dropped out of the race early on.
Rick Santorum on contraception:
One of the things I will talk about that no President has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea. Many in the Christian faith have said, “Well, that’s okay. Contraception’s okay.”
It’s not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They’re supposed to be within marriage, they are supposed to be for purposes that are, yes, conjugal, but also procreative.
Yep, he's talking about your birth control, ladies. This man is the Republican front-runner in the current primary for President of the U.S., and if he had his way, he'd have all of you popping out a baby every two years.
Some of you may think that misogyny is not a big deal, or that it doesn't affect you, but if that's the case, you need to wake the fuck up.
There are two Supreme Court Justices who are nearing retirement age, and if new ones were to be appointed by this jackass, or someone like him, you're looking at Roe vs. Wade likely being overturned, and this could affect not only your right to have an abortion, but your rights to use birth control.
Roe vs. Wade will never be overturned. That threat is just more propaganda and political posturing. It's what most Americans are sick of. The lies and the political posturing. The changing of stance depending on which way the wind is blowing.
No American is excited about this 2012 election. No one is excited about re-electing Obama and no one is excited about electing Romney or Santorum.
This is the most lack luster major American election I've seen in my lifetime. There are no winners in this one. Only the biggest losers which I fear will be middle class America.
Roe vs. Wade will never be overturned.
I hope you're right about that, but how can you just sit back and be so complacent, when every single candidate on the Republican side has made it clear that he is anti-choice?
I predict record low voter turnout this year.
The #question voters ask themselves during presidential election years is Am I better off now than I was 4 years ago?
For the majority of Americans the answer to that question this year is NO. Unemployment is higher, more people are losing their homes, more people getting deeper and deeper in debt, more homelessness, more violence, more dire straights.
A once suburban mom on the streets with her 3 children doesn't care much about reproductive rights of strangers. She cares where the next meal for her already born 3 kids is coming from. She cares about how she lost her teaching job and her husband lost his high tech job and where their next meal is going to come from. She cares about how they're going to scrap together an extra $35 to get a room in a cheap motel once a week so they can shower and clean up. She cares about what she is going to do if one her babies get sick. Where will she go? How will she pay for their meds?
That is what's on the minds of American voters. The luxury of thinking about Supreme Court justices and how their decisions might affect feminism, pro life or any movement is a luxury of the past. It's back to basics now. Food, clothing, shelter and a high school education.
That is the current state of the union.
^Fact. Sad fact.
That is what's on the minds of American voters. The luxury of thinking about Supreme Court justices and how their decisions might affect feminism, pro life or any movement is a luxury of the past.
Not so. Look at the primaries. The economy is taking a back seat to the Right's social agenda. People aren't voting for Santorum because of his economic stance.
but how can you just sit back and be so complacent, when every single candidate on the Republican side has made it clear that he is anti-choice
The same way I could sit back and be complacent when Obama made it clear that he was pro environment. We all know how he lived up to that promise.
In politics, clear isn't always transparent. Politicians say what they think they have to say to get themselves elected. First by their base, then by the general population.
Are you sure about that 9:35? Or, are the primary voters just voting for the candidate they think has the best chance of rallying the party and independents and beating Obama in November?
Just like the democratic primary voters did in 2008 when Obama was nominated over Hilary Clinton.
Are you sure about that 9:35? Or, are the primary voters just voting for the candidate they think has the best chance of rallying the party and independents and beating Obama in November?
Actually, the RNC wants Romney. They know that he has a much better chance of defeating Obama than Santorum, because he's the only GOP candidate capable of pulling in swing voters who might otherwise vote for Obama.
What's happening right now in the GOP is voter apathy. A lot of Republicans don't like Romney, but they can't stomach the Tea Party crowd and their religious agenda, so they're staying home. Voter turnout has been dismal. This is how a crazy like Santorum has managed to 'surge' into the lead.
With regards to Obama and the environment:
I was disappointed in him there too, but I also understand that it would have been next to impossible for him to enact tougher EPA standards in this economic environment. His first priority has to be getting the economy up and running.
Had he just bulldozed in and enacted tougher regulations, the economy would have suffered even more, and he probably would have had no chance in being re-elected. You have to understand that he is running against people who would completely dismantle the EPA if they could. In fact, the GOP all think that global warming is a hoax. Rick Santorum probably thinks that God will save us from climate change.
Santorum is far from crazy. He's a very accomplished, intelligent man. Just because you don't share his beliefs doesn't make him crazy.
That's another problem with today's political environment. The lack of respect for the other side. For people who see things differently.
There's an old saying in politics that still holds true today. All politics are local.
People will vote for the candidate who they feel will help them get a job, put and keep a roof over their heads, help them keep more of their own money & inable them to better feed & educate their children.
It's true. When people pull the curtains closed and cast their votes on election day they do so for purely self serving reasons. Right or left. D, R, I or Green.
Everyone votes for the person they believe will best serve their agenda and beliefs. Everyone votes for the candidate who best reflects their hopes for the future.
No one side is more or less crazy than the other.
How can anyone who believes that all life on earth is precious and no expense should be spared to stop global warming call a pro lifer who believes life should be protected from the moment of conception crazy?
Aren't both sides right? Shouldn't life as we know it be protected? Shouldn't endangered species be saved on all continents of the world? Including female fetuses in China and India where women are deemed useless, worthless or too expensive?
Shouldn't choice and protection take precedence over fear and discrimination?
http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html
On to a less political subject. Kate Upton's Sport's Illustrated cover. Is it sexy or skanky? Sexist or empowering?
http://www.ology.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/post-image/kate-upton-si-cover.jpg
She no Kathy Ireland that's for sure.
I think her bikini is about 3 sizes too small and that's always skanky. Wear yo size hood rat. We don't need to see all yo shit hangin out all over the side.
Is anyone going to see This Means War?
From what I've been seeing in the trailers and the reviews, I think it's going to be a gigantic crapfest. I can't stand either Reese Witherspoon or Chris Pine, but I hate missing the chance to see Tom Hardy on the big screen.
It's a dilemma, for sure.
I have to differ with the person who says these pro-lifers aren't crazy. A fertilized egg is not a person.
What's important for me in this election is to turn out the Socialists.
Romney 2012
Lol, I hope that Santorum guy wins the republican nom. Obama would crush him in the general election.
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That's another problem with today's political environment. The lack of respect for the other side. For people who see things differently.
OH NOEZ! LACK OF RESPECT! Here's a man who wants to strip me of all of my rights: to my health, to my life choices, to what I can and can't do, not only in the world, but with my own body. He thinks it's his right to tell people not only who they can have sex with, but now, how they should be allowed to have sex. So that it's "special." To him.
I you get raped, though, tough titties! You lost the right to your body once, and he's going to make sure you never regain it.
But I'm supposed to respect him.
Jesus christ.
Love a troll, though, really. ^_^
Is anyone going to see This Means War?
I'll probably see it for free, but I guarantee it's going to get my back up. It looks like the typical "women are objects" rom-com and I hate those. I do like the idea that she's dating two guys and not being slut-shamed or whatever, but the idea of two dudes fighting over a woman and getting stalkery with her leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Earlier in the election, I was completely oblivious as to who Rick Santorum was, but when the dude went home to be with his daughter when she was sick, that was very commendable. Also, just watching how he hasn’t gotten into doing these horrible, horrible attack ads like Mitt Romney’s done against Newt Gingrich, and then the volume at which Newt has gone back at Romney… You know, I think Santorum has some presidential qualities, and I’m hoping that if it does come down to it, we’ll see a Republican in the White House… and that it’s Rick Santorum. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth
While many wouldn’t equate thrash metal with politics, from music censorship (“Hook In Mouth”) to the environment (“Countdown to Extinction”) to the effectiveness of the United Nations (“United Abominations”), Mustaine has always injected political themes into his songs.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/15/santorum-backed-by-megadeth-lead-singer/?xid=rss-topstories
Thoughts?
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-endorses-rick-santorum-20120215
Dave Mustaine has been in rehab, what? 17 times?
Yeah. Lots of brain cells there. I'm really going to take his political choices seriously. ;)
Dave Mustaine has gorgeous hair, and he's very talented, but a political genius he's not.
He's a born again Christian who would have no problem with a president who wants to shove a religious agenda down everyone's throat.
How can anyone who believes that all life on earth is precious and no expense should be spared to stop global warming call a pro lifer who believes life should be protected from the moment of conception crazy?
Yeah. Pro-life when it comes to zygotes, but not when it comes to adults. Santorum is pro-war (his record in Congress proves that), and he's pro-capital punishment. He's full of shit, and so are you.
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I heard that about Dave Mustaine earlier today and I was not happy. Ugh, now I feel I have to take Megadeth off my iPod because that's all I'll be able to think about.
I don't think Dave Mustaine has a clue what he's talking about. I agree that he's lost too many brain cells.
So because Dave Mustaine doesn't agree with you, you automatically start calling him stupid. Typical. In your mind, Republican supporter = fewer brain cells than you.
Such arrogance and elitism.
It's reprehensible that you would even consider taking an artist off your iPod just because you disagree with his political views. Isn't this supposed to be a society where all views are accepted? Of course it's what we've all come to expect from someone who can't every respect anyone's point of view other than her own.
It's halftime America
Thoughts?
"Such arrogance and elitism."
As it always was and as it always will be. Intolerance at its worst.
If anyone is appearing arrogant and elitist it's you 8:43. Why don't you respect other people's decision to dislike the ideology that someone proposes or the decision not to follow an artist if it conflicts with their own morals?
They're going to have to take plenty of artists off their ipods and remove plenty writers from their reading lists if contributions to the GOP are a no no.
Bye bye William Gibson.
It's ridiculous to suggest that you must support an artist, especially in a so-called free market which allows choice.
It's ridiculous to call an artist stupid just because their political views or views on faith differ from yours. That's what's ridiculous and ignorant. A truly wise person can see both sides of the coin as equally important, valuable and necessary.
If any of that is true, which I highly doubt 9:13 as he is now a native of British Columbia, that will be the person's decision and you should respect that.
As you should respect Dave Mustaine's personal political decisions and not call him stupid or brain dead for those decisions?
Tit for tat
I hope they don't have any Ramones on their ipods. Joey Ramone was a staunch supporter of the GOP.
Artists are not the most important. people on earth. The people that you deal with daily, your family, friends, people you work with, are. You don't know these artists or how they truly think. I don't understand why you take it so personally if people form an opinion based on their image which you consider so ignorant.
I hope they don't have any Ramones on their ipods. Joey Ramone was a staunch supporter of the GOP.
Actually that would make sense and it would not surprise me.
You know what 9:28? If he thinks I'm stupid, I will respect his right to think that. How's that for democracy?
I hope they don't have JayZ, Lil Wayne, P Diddy or 50¢ on their ipods either.
That's fine for a warped sense of democracy 9:43. If he wants to automatically think that you are stupid without ever talking to you and trying to find out why you believe what you believe. Or if you do the same to him and his beliefs. If either of you write the other off as stupid or brain dead just because you don't share the same beliefs, that is warped and very arrogant IMO.
That is my opinion of your opinion. How's that for democracy?
9:54 you are entitled to think whatever you like. No one controls you.
It's reprehensible that you would even consider taking an artist off your iPod just because you disagree with his political views.
Except these aren't and should never be "political views." This is about basic human rights: the right of two people to marry regardless of gender/gender identity, and the right of women to control our own bodies. Politicians making these rights political is the most backwards thing ever.
Isn't this supposed to be a society where all views are accepted?
No, and I don't know where you keep getting that idea. Why should I accept the view that women, homosexuals and minorities are inferior, and entitled to less rights? To hell with that. I don't accept that and never will. OH NOEZ, CLOSED MIND. Yup. My mind is closed to oppression being "the right way" and it will remain closed to that.
And just to keep in the spirit of things and because I love how you react to this, you're also an idiot. :D
Touche 9:57. I am independent.
I accept that women are inferior and I refuse to take Chris Brown off my IPOD. He is an artist!
There is some logic for you, Mya.
We all are 10:04
As an independent I have no time for anyone who stoops to the lowest rung of the verbal abuse ladder. Calling someone who doesn't agree with you an idiot? Trying to make them feel inferior to you because of their beliefs? No. I have neither the time or the patience for that manipulative foolishness. The it's my way or the highway went the same way as the bomb shelters of the 50's.
You want to talk about oppression? You best be willing to talk about how you try to oppress and suppress the opinions of the members of your own sex, race, religion or creed who disagree with you.
You better be willing and able to put up a good, valid and respectful argument for your cause.
Women of the world face enough obstacles. They don't need other women demeaning them and their beliefs.
I seriously don't think this Mya knows or cares about who Chris Brown is. If Mya is a woman, she's probably fighting her own battles and could probably use some support from the members of her own sex.
As an independent I have no time for anyone who stoops to the lowest rung of the verbal abuse ladder. Calling someone who doesn't agree with you an idiot?
Then you should not stop there and stop condoning people that call women B****** w***** or c****
You want to talk about oppression? You best be willing to talk about how you try to oppress and suppress the opinions of the members of your own sex, race, religion or creed who disagree with you.
How does that not appear as you trying to oppress and suppress the opinion of those who disagree with these people? Hypothetical situation: if someone shares the same gender as you, does it invalidate anything they may have said that offended you, or if they represent anything that crosses your own moral standards you as a free thinker should not say anything because they share the same sex as you?
Because theyare not calling anyone who disagrees with them so yes you are an idiot. They are not automatically writing them off as a crazy, or as a stupid or a amoron.
10:54 and their ilk will never see the error, bigotry and hypocrisy of their ways.
They will never be able to see the side of feminist pro lifers. No more than extemists on the right will ever be able to see and understand the pro choice argument.
Therein lies the problem. The problem within.
Not man made. Woman made.
Men don't have a clue nor have they ever had a clue about the emotions attached to a woman's reproductive organs. Why? Because they don't have those organs. They can study them. They can research them. They can care for and treat them. But men can never have female reproductive organs. Anymore than women can have functioning male reproductive organs.
Yes. It all does come down to basic respect. Do you respect your partner, male or female, enough to be honest with them?
Do you respect them enough to ask if they are using birth control? Do you respect yourself enough to provide the birth/std control?
Will you be there for a female sex partner if things don't go as planned and she gets pregnant? Will you support her in any decision regarding her body and your child? Can you recognize the fact that it is not just your body, but someone elses child?
Can you recognize the fact that the life growing inside you in not only part of you but also part of him?
Do yourself a big favor 1:00 and go hug yours and eat something and get some sleep. It might help you stop jumping to conclusions and saying irrational things.
Simply put, there is no me or mine in contraception. In the creation of life. Not with humans.
It takes two to procreate. it takes two to begin a new life and both, as long as both were willing participants, should have equal saying in continuing or ending that life.
Would those irrational things be anything and anyone who does not agree with you?
No, I don't care if you agree with me. It's your prerogative and I will uphold it and I will never try to make you think the way I do. However you appear the one who seems deeply conflicted when presented a variety of different opinions.
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In saying that, it doesn't mean I won't resist in challenging you on some of the things you say. I'm interested in your response.
Yes. The Suffragettes were called irrational and stupid too. They were called crazy and morons and demeaned by all the people who didn't see things as clearly as they did. They were persecuted for standing up against popular opinion in their communities.
Guess what? They stood up anyway. They said fuck you to the status quo, the annointed ones and the establishment.
They said how dare you try to silence our core beliefs and we will not be silenced. Not by any man, fellow woman or political system.
Will you be there for a female sex partner if things don't go as planned and she gets pregnant? Will you support her in any decision regarding her body and your child? Can you recognize the fact that it is not just your body, but someone elses child?
That's only one scenario. You are assuming all fathers want their biological offspring. Not all do. Some children are born in horrendous situations to people that should never have children in their care.
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It takes two to procreate. it takes two to begin a new life and both, as long as both were willing participants, should have equal saying in continuing or ending that life.
I disagree. If a couple is married or in a committed relationship, then they probably need to discuss what would happen in the event that an accidental pregnancy occurred. I definitely think the man should have an input.
But, ultimately, it is the woman who has to carry a baby for nine months and go through painful labor to deliver it. The idea that a man can have control over a woman's body, just because he has sex with her is objectionable to me and to many, many other women.
And for the record, men often try to force women into getting abortions if they don't want to be financially responsible for a child. Pro-lifers would argue that the husband has no right to do that in this situation. They assign all rights to the unborn fetus, even if it's no more than a zygote.
It's ridiculous to call an artist stupid just because their political views or views on faith differ from yours. That's what's ridiculous and ignorant. A truly wise person can see both sides of the coin as equally important, valuable and necessary.
No, it's really not. Dave Mustaine supports Rick Santorum for President. Rick Santorum's views on women's reproductive health are so out of line with the average American, it's not even funny, yet he has made it clear that they would influence his agenda on women's health issues.
Even the Catholics I know use birth control, ffs. Rick Santorum doesn't believe in the pill, the IUD, tubal ligation, vasectomy, or even condoms. He would have people using the "rhythm method". To quote my doctor, "You know what you call people who use the rhythm method for contraception? Parents."
Rick Santorum has eight children, the last of which is three years old, and suffers from a rare chromosomal disorder. She will be lucky if she sees her fourth birthday. Children with this disorder rarely live to be a year old, and only have a 1% chance to make it until they are ten. A cold has the potential to kill this child.
Her mother gave birth to her at 48. The chances of having a child with a chomosomal abnormality increase dramatically with the age of the mother.
I am in my fifties and still have not gone through menopause. I am certainly not going to rely on the "rhythm method" to protect me from an unwanted pregnancy, which would likely produce a child with Downs Syndrome or worse, but Rick Santorum thinks I should, when I have neither the emotional nor financial resources to deal with a child like that. This is not a man I am going to support to be the leader of this country, and IMO, anyone who does support him is an idiot.
That is my opinion and I am damn well entitled to it.
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You want to talk about oppression? You best be willing to talk about how you try to oppress and suppress the opinions of the members of your own sex, race, religion or creed who disagree with you.
There is literally no way for me to oppress white Christian dudes. But yeah - when someone's opinion is that I am less of a person because of my gender, or that others are less worthy of rights because of their race or sexual orientation, they are going to get nothing but a smackdown from me. A gleeful smackdown! I have no respect for those beliefs, I wish they would all be wiped out, and yes, again: You're an idiot. ^_^ Cheers!
You better be willing and able to put up a good, valid and respectful argument for your cause.
Good and valid, yes. Respectful? Suck me.
It's ridiculous to call an artist stupid just because their political views or views on faith differ from yours. That's what's ridiculous and ignorant. A truly wise person can see both sides of the coin as equally important, valuable and necessary.
Well, now, aren't you the pot calling the kettle black?
You can think I'm ridiculous and ignorant all you want to, and I will continue to think Dave Mustaine lost lots and lots of brain cells back when he was using so many drugs he had to go to rehab 17 times.
We are both entitled to our opinions, and so long as we don't try to force others to conform to our opinions, everything is hunky-dory.
A "truly wise" person would know that. :)
Good and valid, yes. Respectful? Suck me.
Ditto on that.
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We are both entitled to our opinions, and so long as we don't try to force others to conform to our opinions, everything is hunky-dory.
A "truly wise" person would know that. :)
Agree agree agree!!!!
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“You were hurt,” Kumiko said, looking at the scar.
Sally looked down. “Yeah.”
“Why don’t you have it removed?”
“Sometimes it’s good to remember.”
“Being hurt?”
“Being stupid.”
― William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive
I hope they don't have any Ramones on their ipods. Joey Ramone was a staunch supporter of the GOP
It's funny as I've always been under the impression that beneath all the rah rah punk rockers are arch conservatives. That's my opinion
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I hope they don't have any Ramones on their ipods. Joey Ramone was a staunch supporter of the GOP
You need to get your Ramones straight. That was Johnny, not Joey.
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Where is Mr Santorum Supporter?
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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Hiya guys, how are you all?
Thanks anon and K, nips are fine but damn it's been cold here lately.
Anonymous said...
I think what Meryl Streep said is true, but I do see this changing. I knew boys who were really into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and not just because she was "hot". They thought she was a great character. I think the more guys are exposed to strong female characters the better things will get.
I loved that show, all the female characters were really strong. It was such a positive show and we need more like that.
American women:
Sign this petition to demand that women be allowed at the table when discussing women’s health issues in Congress. Sign this petition. It's our bodies they're talking about. We should be represented!
Don't think Mr Santorum Supporter is going to like you 8:36.
Where are all the voices of the American females who are part of the judiciary? Why are they so silent?
Jesus, nobody gives a flying fuck about your imaginary SS anymore.
I think SS was just another chick pretending to have dick.
So do I. All that crap about bunnies and geese? Yeah, a dude totally wrote that shit. Not.
Yes 6:47 I was some people would wake up to themselves.
^I wish
So do I. All that crap about bunnies and geese? Yeah, a dude totally wrote that shit. Not.
Right because that is GIRL STUFF.
Ass.
Aren't you brilliant 7:01? Spot on observation:they have an ass and so do you.
Another reason to dislike Santorum -- he says if he's elected president, he'll reinstate Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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Jesus, nobody gives a flying fuck about your imaginary SS anymore
Are you talking about Shabooh Shoobah from Mayo's?
Quite frankly, with all the serious issues pertaining to women's rights/women's health/women's safety being raised on this blog as of late, the identity of some mysterious, anonymous blogger who may or may not be a hate-filled little misogynist rawkstah is the last thing I'm concerned with right now.
Ha!
Why would anyone call a blog Mayonaise? Dumb if you ask me.
Maybe it's their favorite food.
Mayonaise is the name of a Smashing Pumpkins song. I think maybe the person pretending to be Gerard thought at the time that Gerard was a bigger Smashing Pumpkins fan than he actually was. I've never heard him reference their songs as inspiration. The only thing he's ever said (to my knowledge) about them is that Mikey used to be a "Pumpkinhead" and that at one point in his life he went to a Smashing Pumpkins concert with his head shaved and people mistook him for Billy Corgan. I think he made the whole thing up, personally, because that was around the time the press was making a big deal about him looking like Billy Corgan.
Anyway, I don't see Gerard naming a blog after a Smashing Pumpkins song at any rate.
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I think Gerard made a lot of things up.
Can I ask any of you who were around at the time Mayo's came into being a question? Did anybody ever consider that Mayo might be Mikey? What made people think it was connected to MCR in the first place?
I don't think Mikey is smart enough. Or rather, not educated enough. I don't think any of them are as well versed as whoever this Mayo person is. They tend to use slang and incorrect grammar, which is pretty normal, I guess. But Mayo wrote/writes really well. Whoever that person is, they are a writer/poet or something of that ilk. Be it either amateur or semi professional.
But, Mayo was in some way connected to MCR. I don't know how, but he knew way too much info and never made a mistake with timning when they were on tour. There were so many things. But I agree with Kapunua, he perhaps worked for the band. He knew stuff about lights and cameras. Oh, and he definitely (as unobviously as he could) pretended to be Gerard. He still is.
I don't know what they get out of pretending to be someone and why they insist on continuing with the whole charade.
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Quite frankly, with all the serious issues pertaining to women's rights/women's health/women's safety being raised on this blog as of late, the identity of some mysterious, anonymous blogger who may or may not be a hate-filled little misogynist rawkstah is the last thing I'm concerned with right now.
This.
Also, I fail to see why talking about animals should be relegated to women. That's pretty ignorant.
he perhaps worked for the band. He knew stuff about lights and cameras. Oh, and he definitely (as unobviously as he could) pretended to be Gerard. He still is.
Also this.
And I also don't wish to tell people what they should and shouldn't talk about. Yes, it's definitely more beneficial to focus on what it going on in the world and how all our rights are being yoinked right out from under us. But talking about some anonymous bloggers isn't the end of the world, either. Didn't mean for it to come across like that.
You have to have a bit of both. In real life you don't always talk about serious issues. And talking about something else doesn't mean those issues are not as important or relevant.
on what it going on in the world and how all our rights are being yoinked right out from under us
At the moment I cannot differentiate between those who hold political power and those who hold financial/ corporate power.
But Mayo wrote/writes really well. Whoever that person is, they are a writer/poet or something of that ilk. Be it either amateur or semi professional
If you ask me they're a bit of a whinger.
I think if people hadn't thought Mayo was someone famous, they wouldn't have been all that impressed with his/her writing.
That's not to say that Mayo isn't a decent writer, but having been involved with various fandoms in the past, I've run across a lot of very talented writers, and Mayo doesn't really stand out to me as being any better than they are.
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Whoever they are they seem to relish the attention.
That's not to say that Mayo isn't a decent writer, but having been involved with various fandoms in the past, I've run across a lot of very talented writers, and Mayo doesn't really stand out to me as being any better than they are.
Which is probably why he wanted people to think he was Gerard. It's the same reason a lot of people write fanfic instead of original fiction -- they have a built-in audience. Nobody would have given this guy a second read if they hadn't thought he was someone connected to MCR.
This person is no different than the person they are purportedly masquerading as: both thrive on attention imo.
Why do some people believe in something that all evidence points to the contrary? Why do they look for things to reassure themselves that what they believe is true?
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At the moment I cannot differentiate between those who hold political power and those who hold financial/ corporate power.
Exactly.
In this world there are so many examples of those that lull others into a false sense of security that allows them to be easily emotionally manipulated. People should be able to question things more readily. It's even more important now the way things are going.
I think people are desperately searching for validation. The world is a great big scary place, and ultimately, all of us are alone in it. We need to feel like there is something or someone out there who understands us, some "special connection" that affirms us. It's why religions exists. It's how people can think they talk telepathically to some invisible god in the sky who will watch over them and protect them. The same principle is involved when people idolize rockstars and pretend they talk to them on secret blogs.
It's not easy being a human.
Ah yes, rockstars are such important people.
Glad I don't know any.
I don't imagine any of the people who idolize rockstars have a clue what they're really like. I think if they really got the chance to know them, they wouldn't even remotely resemble their fantasy renditions of them.
I doubt Gerard Way can type out a complete sentence. There's no way Mayo is him.
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