Eminem called Tyler, The Creator "fa****t" in new album

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Eh, I’m not offended by the word. I also hate when straight people get upset by someone using the word, even if it’s an lgbtq person using it, like who are you? Calm down.

[malazam 15,710]

This is disgusting and to say I called myself his fan.

[FGGrayson 9,670]

I still dont get the american obssesion for Rap music

[aaronyoji 2,054]

yeah can we cancel him? he's a scumbag, and i find his voice so grating on the ears. toxic masculinity is toxic....

[TheQueenLG 2,469]

14 hours ago, Dominic said:

I hope he gets backlash but it’s doubtful. 

No one should be using this word, it serves no use in our language.  Gay men need to stop saying it and trying to normalise it themselves as well, it just makes it sound okay for others to use. If you want a word to become archaic simply stop using it. Simple logic. 

I agree - I don't believe in double-standards... even when they're justified. 

Just drawing a parallel here, but, this should also apply to the n-word right? 

It has to, right? I do realize that that argument is probably much more complex, tho, seeing the history of segregation, etc. 

[Sunny 12,736]

It's not his first time so what's shocking 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,473]

16 hours ago, pink sushi said:

You guys need to relax and stop being so offended by every little thing. Eminem has said many times that he supports gay marriage and has no problems with gay people.

If you want to be mad at someone truly homophobic, go rant about the numerous conservative members of the Trump administration who believe that being gay is a sin against God and that gay people will rot in hell.   

The first gay-related thing I saw from Eminem was the "real slim shady" video with him stopping two men from kissing with a disgusted look on his face. I was a kid and I thought that two men kissing was gross watching it and the irony is I'm gay lol. We don't need more generations to grow up with negative message towards gays. We hear WAY ENOUGH of it in school, in the streets or in our family to need a superstar that the youth follows to add his stone.

This type of lyrics about a queer man just validate rejection of a queer person for the fact he's queer. That's just Eminem having a bad impact again and at this point it's not that he doesn't know it's that he wants its effect.

People just want to forgive Eminem quickly cause they like his music, at least admit it instead of deflecting it on other homophobes or bringing the phony "I'm cool with gays" lines he had to to balance it out a bit lmao.

PS: And before y'all say "it's just a metaphor like he says tyler is on a band's **** so he's a *******" let's make one about a black guy calling him a slave but just for the mataphor...A career would be stopped for it lmao. Eminem gonna continue as always cause it's only towards gays.

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

10 hours ago, smitherz said:

I think the bottom line is that straight cis white men think they can get away with anything. 

I don’t get what is so ****ing difficult about just not using the word. He doesn’t use the the n word because he knows how that would make people feel. I know for a fact he knows the impact and implications of using that word especially in reference to a queer person of color. 

Why can’t he give our community the same ****ing respect?

Its just gross.

 

15 hours ago, JohnnyVersace said:

Yikes at people saying "just don't pay attention."

He's a white straight man, and has no place saying that word for millions of listeners to hear. It perpetuates the stigma, whether we pay attention or not, and is unacceptable. 

Can we PLEASE not bring race into this? 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,473]

2 minutes ago, August3 said:

 

Can we PLEASE not bring race into this? 

Folks bring race all the time now... -_-  Mainly when it's not race-related lol.

If they don't bash "these cis straight white men responsible for every thing bad in the world" they feel empty for the day tho lmao! 

[Harry 26,836]

5 hours ago, Lance said:

People here still stan Azealia Banks so idk why y’all are questioning Eminem fans. 

Because we’re in a thread talking about Eminem? Obviously?

[Harry 26,836]

10 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

At this point, I realise that rappers just say stuff to be controversial, whether it's what they really believe or not. With Eminem, it's no surprise. I do like his music but this problematic stuff is just standard. It doesn't shock me anymore and I don't know why it shocks anyone else either. His whole schtick is saying stuff to offend people. Rap's been doing it for years. It's just deemed too far when certain, really famous ones do it, it seems. I'm a feminist woman and even I'm pretty immune to sexist stuff in rap now. It's just the way it works in the genre. If it rhymes and gets people talking, there's no holds barred. It may sound like I'm being cold about the whole thing, but it's like the majority of these complaints come from people who don't listen to rap so don't truly get why stuff like this is even said. It's not like Eminem's got a large gay fanbase like Nicki that he might lose if he says the wrong thing. The gay community has a long history with Eminem and it's unlikely to ever be changed, so I don't know what difference this makes.

I’m ***shocked*** that you don’t have a problem with this /sarcasm

[littlepotter 75,080]

ok

[kennji 546]

can we no  longer tolerate this? in this year of our lord gaga?

[SissyFromSpace 20,884]

2 hours ago, Harry said:

Because we’re in a thread talking about Eminem? Obviously?

This topic is mostly about the F word. People will let the artists slide as much as they please solely because they have “good music” 

[Harry 26,836]

1 hour ago, Lance said:

This topic is mostly about the F word. People will let the artists slide as much as they please solely because they have “good music” 

The thread is quite literally about Eminem's usage of the word. You can try your hardest to pretend it isn't if you want to move criticism away from him, but you can't.