Moose 976 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 As a Brit, it def makes me uncomfortable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 149,006 Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, Peroxide555 said: I’m sort of surprised nobody picked up on this beforehand given the amount of writers involved? some writers didn't work on this song but are credited because it samples their song. the rest are Swedes and Americans so they probably didn't know this word is a slur in the UK. "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Sneaky Oliver said: I really hate this “please remove the word from your song” I mean the song is done. If it’s not a slur in the US, so she shouldn’t be held accountable for that! If anyone listens to it and raises an eyebrow, you already know that it’s not a slur for her or where she lives! This. And it's not the first time we hear this:  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Â Did we ban this, also, for telling people to shake their vagina on a kids TV show? No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilMonst3r 5,457 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Even with context people will still hold it against her and try to force an apology out of her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 149,006 Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Wolf Boy said: 10 people on Twitter is not “under fire”. over 8K comments under her video on tiktok mostly about this slur https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzo/video/7107686952622738731 and they are also many videos: https://www.tiktok.com/music/Grrrls-7107269273646548994 "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatography 10,186 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Teletubby said: over 8K comments under her video on tiktok mostly about this slur https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzo/video/7107686952622738731 and they are also many videos: https://www.tiktok.com/music/Grrrls-7107269273646548994 tik tok was a mistake. it’s like twitter but somehow worse. just let the immature teenagers have a knee jerk reaction and move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 21,010 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 If we had to delete every word that has a different meaning in other places/languages, it would never end. In other cases I would support people who are offended, but here it's ridiculous to blame her even after knowing the context. The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nATAH 48,897 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 i find it offensive, disabled people already suffer enough and don't need to be hearing pop songs on the radio that uses a word used to bully them mother, what must i do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Interesting to see people say that "she's American so she shouldn't be expected to adhere to English slang" because I have absolutely seen this used where I grew up to bully people in America. That said, the word has multiple meanings regardless, and the context of the lyric is clearly referring to another meaning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 4 hours ago, KURUSHITOVSKA said: Can people be offended by things that actually do hurt us?... It's getting tyring to see people complain about literally anything, it's like I was born a brunette, can all blonde people just dye their hair so I don't feel bad about my hair? Except it literally is a slur for some people… even in America this word was used like the R word to trigger people and used as an synonym for weird, erratic, different. stop acting like people invented complaints in 2022… it’s not like we were separating kids by race at school. Oh wait…. I guess people really were complaining about anything throughout history.. disabled people never get the recognition they deserve, especially with slurs. And we should know better. This isn’t about being over sensitive or offended. It’s about expanding vocabulary and not sounding like some basic middle schooler… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jenina 15,075 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, Chromatography said: tik tok was a mistake. it’s like twitter but somehow worse. just let the immature teenagers have a knee jerk reaction and move on. i mean it's not just tik tok it's anyone in the disabled community who has had that word used against them cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody James 1,517 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, NATAH said: i find it offensive, disabled people already suffer enough and don't need to be hearing pop songs on the radio that uses a word used to bully them This POV makes sense. IMO this mindset should be applied to the F word. Sure, some gays use it to empower them, but for the bullied and closeted, hearing the word in general can hurt them. Intent is not automatically understood, so the use of the word IMO is negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NichuuB 43,788 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 If I got offended by every word in a European Portuguese song that happens to be offensive in Brazillian Portuguese, it'd be better if no music from Portugal was played here. US and UK are two very different countries and, while making music, no artist is going to take their time to think about every single world in every single anglophone country that could be offensive somehow Property of @Whale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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