Quote from: DanTheMan on September 15, 2009, 10:44:53 PM
who cares

i like his music an think he's a talented artist. He's put out some of the best music in the past few years.

If he wants to make some political statements and be a rude jack ass so be it. Im not a fan because i like his opinion of the world only cause he puts out good music.

in a way, i kind of agree with this attitude.  anyone who gets their life or political philosophy from a celebrity -- any celebrity -- is a moron.

problem for me is that so many people DO get their thinking from them.

my rule is that celebrities can think, vote and donate to whatever they want, but as soon as that microphone is used for anything but singing or performing, then I will judge them.  if Kanye had used his microphone to encourage ppl to donate to MS or the march of dimes, then i would judge him favorably.

instead, he disses that girl publicly, shows the world what a selfish ass he is (again) and embarrasses the woman he sought to compliment. 

I might go Democrat after this.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/15/obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass/

I keep gettin stuck.  Has anyone been able to get through the maze?

Quote from: ducatiz on September 16, 2009, 05:50:31 AM
in a way, i kind of agree with this attitude.  anyone who gets their life or political philosophy from a celebrity -- any celebrity -- is a moron.

problem for me is that so many people DO get their thinking from them.

conversely, discounting a celebrity's said opinion solely because they're a celebrity is a little disingenuous. i've heard some very intelligent discourse from apparently well-educated, well-read artists...

Quote from: derby on September 16, 2009, 06:34:18 AM
conversely, discounting a celebrity's said opinion solely because they're a celebrity is a little disingenuous. i've heard some very intelligent discourse from apparently well-educated, well-read artists...

i didn't mean that.

however, whether they are educated or well-read may be subject to opinion.   education and reading doesn't make you intelligent, it makes you educated and well-read.

Quote from: ducatiz on September 16, 2009, 06:51:17 AM
i didn't mean that.

however, whether they are educated or well-read may be subject to opinion.   education and reading doesn't make you intelligent, it makes you educated and well-read.

i shoulda just said "obviously knew what the make the beast with two backs they were talking about..." 

Quote from: derby on September 16, 2009, 07:23:39 AM
i shoulda just said "obviously knew what the make the beast with two backs they were talking about..." 

Yes you should have... don't you come around here being all articulate...


We don't to kindly to folks talking all fancy round eer.

Quote from: DanTheMan on September 15, 2009, 10:44:53 PM
who cares

i like his music an think he's a talented artist. He's put out some of the best music in the past few years.

If he wants to make some political statements and be a rude jack ass so be it. Im not a fan because i like his opinion of the world only cause he puts out good music.

doesnt take much talent to use an autotuner...

Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage.
http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/09/15/colbert-blasts-kanye-with-autotune/comment-page-2/

yeah man, good music?  seriously?

Quote from: derby on September 16, 2009, 07:23:39 AM
i shoulda just said "obviously knew what the make the beast with two backs they were talking about..." 

well, unless we are talking about easily provable subject matter -- like Euclidean math  -- that too is subject to opinion.

Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 14, 2009, 07:33:48 PM
I am not being racist either.

It is just very odd that three prominent black "celebrities" have been cast in a negative light the past weekend by their personal actions.

That is not racist at all; it is fact.

I doubt any one race has a corner on douchebaggery. What does it matter what race these morons are?

Would you have felt the need to point out if there'd been a three-peat of assholeism on the part of, say, white people? (I'm guessing that might turn into a full-time occupation if you did.) Is your pointing this out supposed be like sports statistics: "that's the third idiotic diatribe made by a brown-haired male between 5' 9 1/4" and 5' 9 3/8" who hails from the Midwest and dislikes green shoes in the past 17 days, Dave." Of course not. There'd be no interest in keeping track of such nonsense. The only reason for noticing in the first place or commenting in the second is an excessive interest in the race of people who do something stupid.

Any time someone makes any comment at all that has to be softened by the disclaimer that they're "not a racist," my bullshitometer readings start to peak.

"Some of my best friends are straight white protestants."

Quote from: Magnus on September 16, 2009, 08:29:36 AM
yeah man, good music?  seriously?

+1

Good music it ain't.   The term "music" hardly applies for that matter....

Quote from: mstevens on September 16, 2009, 09:12:05 AM
three-peat of assholeism

Agreed w/ Corey!

My cousins just opened up a studio back in Michigan. 

ANYONE can sound like they are a talented rapper/singer with that studio equipment, i.e.:  Kanye, Brittney, etc.

Quote from: Bick on September 16, 2009, 06:07:00 AM
I keep gettin stuck.  Has anyone been able to get through the maze?