Bill O’Reilly, the self-righteous hypocrite that he is, used his platform on Fox News to launch yet another tired and hate-filled attack on rap music. You see, the host of The O’Reilly Factor is trying to blame the abuse suffered by Rihanna on rap music. Although, I am going to go out on a limb and assert domestic violence was around long before so-called gangsta rap music. But, O’Reilly (who like other conservative haters of rap music) feels uncomfortable with rap and my theory is because he feels it is a little too black and it is having a little too much of an impact in suburban white communities across the country. What better way to try and marginalize the impact of rap music than to try and link it to every bit of violence humanly possible. Conservatives like O’Reilly have been doing this for years and for years their efforts have failed as white kids continue to enjoy rap and hip hop in high numbers. Really, if not for white kids, rap and hip hop would not enjoy nearly the popularity it enjoys today. And, (I don’t have the statistics in front of me), but I would venture to say the vast majority of people who listen to rap and hip hop do not actively engage in violence toward other people. This is probably just as true of people who go and watch movies or play video games with what some people would consider violence as a component. Domestic violence is wrong, but so too are misguided efforts to try and blame music and video games for the actions of wrongdoing individuals. O’Reilly and his conservative gang tried to pin domestic violence on music and liberalism … yadda, yadda, yadda. Apparently, to O’Reilly, the abuse excuse is allowed if you are blaming actions on liberalism and/or rap music.
News Hounds:
http://www.newshounds.us/2009/03/17/bill_oreilly_distorts_lies_about_meghan_mccains_comment_and_smears_rap_music.php#more
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