Perhaps you’ve heard the recent “news” that Beyonce had to change some of her lyrics because they were “offensive.” A headline in Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post blared: “Beyoncé used ‘ableist’ slur in a new song. After uproar, she’s deleting it.” The word in question is “spaz.” It’s viewed by some as a slur because it allegedly mocks people with spastic paralysis. Please allow me to introduce some personal context before I get labeled “ableist,” too.
A friend of mine, a Cleveland (UK) Fire Brigade Fitness Instructor used to do volunteer work for the Spastics Society charity shop next door to where I worked in the Electricity Board Showrooms in Billingham.
Later he divorced and married a Chinese lady.
I would like to think he is still my friend.
"Jock" as he was affectionately know by his Cleveland County collegues.
Woke is a great tool for upper middle class managerial strivers. They use it to destroy job competitors and gain an edge in workplace competitions. It's the same basic thing as any other form of puritanism—hypocritical, irrational, mean and works to the advantage of people who already have some status and security. I think it's telling that none of the putative beneficiaries have ever benefited from it. If anything, it reinforces the injustices they face.
I find pop music somewhat offensive overall. Since I was about 10 and the Beatles opened the way for future progressive rock & metal, and saucy language, I put the AM radio away. About 1967 or so. Let the kiddos have their battles and maybe someday they'll listen to progressive music, whether jazz, rock, or even classical.
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A friend of mine, a Cleveland (UK) Fire Brigade Fitness Instructor used to do volunteer work for the Spastics Society charity shop next door to where I worked in the Electricity Board Showrooms in Billingham.
Later he divorced and married a Chinese lady.
I would like to think he is still my friend.
"Jock" as he was affectionately know by his Cleveland County collegues.
Woke is a great tool for upper middle class managerial strivers. They use it to destroy job competitors and gain an edge in workplace competitions. It's the same basic thing as any other form of puritanism—hypocritical, irrational, mean and works to the advantage of people who already have some status and security. I think it's telling that none of the putative beneficiaries have ever benefited from it. If anything, it reinforces the injustices they face.
There is a New Zealand connection to the Dixie/Chicks story.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/kiwi-band-the-chicks-on-sharing-name-with-the-dixie-chicks/KP3R6SRDJRLTNMX5AU2YM5QA5E/?c_id=1501119&objectid=12343242
Note: There is always an New Zealand Connection to any story, anywhere in the world. As a Nation we a desperate to be relevant.
I find pop music somewhat offensive overall. Since I was about 10 and the Beatles opened the way for future progressive rock & metal, and saucy language, I put the AM radio away. About 1967 or so. Let the kiddos have their battles and maybe someday they'll listen to progressive music, whether jazz, rock, or even classical.
I absolutely agree. I think all this is just a glossed over way of taking away our freedom.