He was on the Goldbergs at least once…
Arguably, at that point… It’s a safe bet that someone's career is tanking, at the very least…
He was good like 20 years ago. But, like so many things, that was “before the offenderati, before the wokepire”, so… I guess this is no real surprise, as you say. Unfortunately…
Why not just stop performing the song if it’s so horrible? Of course I know the point is to lecture, not to avoid offense. “Hermaphrodite” is still safe enough to say though. I dare an white artist to try the same thing with “nigger.”
It’s odd, because it isn’t even a slur, in most cases…
Or where it is, it’s not a regularly used one.
I guess you could argue that in the song it is being used as a “slur”, but if that’s the case… He can’t really sing any of them anymore, for fear of offending someone, somewhere…
That’s… Well at least he seems self-aware of the absurdity of the situation, but maaaannn. In Tennessee, too, of all places. 😑
Talk about breaking the fourth wall.
This is what “Acknowledgements of Country” are like, for those who don’t live in Canada or Aus… Except they happen before the performance, usually over livespeaker, or by a cast member… And they are deathly serious and dower affairs.
It’s bizarre. We live in a frankly utterly bizarre time.
Today is the more ignorant time by far. We take perfectly valid words, redefine them and transform them into slurs to push political agendas; and when someone rejects it or pushes it back, they are ostracized.
And if he's that afraid of offending people (the whole thing seems sus to me) then he would ask that Amish Paradise, Canadian Idiot and Genius in France be taken off YouTube and made unavailable for purchase. Of course, White and Nerdy would definitely not be taken down because it's impossible to be racist against Whites or something.
Like, my parents are firmly entrenched upper middle. They don’t question anything, they don’t agitate, and they do not stand for anything other than their own self-interest…
Unfortunately. Pretty much all their friends are like this, too.
They just blow with the breeze and go with whatever the prevailing trend is at the time. Sadly…
You know, I find this unfortunate, but I also don't find it that surprising. Weird Al has pretty much ALWAYS been absurdist and silly, but never offensive, edgy, or obscene. No swearing, and I can't think of any political messaging either.
If you don't want to get cancelled or banned in leftist establishments, you know what you have to do. My greatest fear with this kind of thing is that it's the tip of the iceberg, and the wokehounds, now having a taste for blood, want more.
Maybe "Eat It" is next--not very fat positive!
I found this on Wikipedia:
In stark contrast to his stage persona, Yankovic is known by friends and associates to be polite, shy, and introverted, even among family.[17] He is a Christian, and a married couple from the church he attends can be seen in the background on the cover of his album Poodle Hat.[74][75] His religious upbringing is reflected in his abstinence from profanity, alcohol, and drugs.
Nobody even uses "hermaphrodite" as a slur against intersex people. Until a decade ago, most people would have just treated them like trannies, not even knowing the difference. It was once used as the proper term for intersex conditions, but that was when we had no idea how they even happened, or that outwardly obvious forms were the exception. They were basically just looking at malformed genitals and tried to tie it into some classical concepts, because that's what sounded legitimate at the time.
Maybe centuries ago, when the very idea of a "slur" was completely different, there was something I vaguely recall reading about hermaphroditism being seen as a sign of corruption, but I'm not even sure that would have applied to intersex people. Not even all the visible conditions clearly display male and female traits. A gigantic clit is not exactly a penis any more than a gigantic, swollen foot is a gorilla's foot.
There's no power in claiming the term "hermaphrodite" either, so it's really just leftist schizo behavior. It's just bullshit all-around.
I mean, it was a safe guess that he'd be a faggot, but I still would have preferred it wasn't true.
He was on the Goldbergs at least once… Arguably, at that point… It’s a safe bet that someone's career is tanking, at the very least…
He was good like 20 years ago. But, like so many things, that was “before the offenderati, before the wokepire”, so… I guess this is no real surprise, as you say. Unfortunately…
Why not just stop performing the song if it’s so horrible? Of course I know the point is to lecture, not to avoid offense. “Hermaphrodite” is still safe enough to say though. I dare an white artist to try the same thing with “nigger.”
It’s odd, because it isn’t even a slur, in most cases…
Or where it is, it’s not a regularly used one.
I guess you could argue that in the song it is being used as a “slur”, but if that’s the case… He can’t really sing any of them anymore, for fear of offending someone, somewhere…
It’s just so fucking ridiculous, I can’t even.
Take me back to that “earlier, more ignorant time”. Fucking please… 😑
If this is what a “less ignorant” time looks like, words truly have lost their meaning…
Exactly what I was thinking. I’d love 90s “offensive entertainment”
That crazy backwater time when only women could be mothers
Ha! And when saying that men aren’t women wasn’t offensive
Hermaphrodite is not a slur.. wtf? Biologists use it all the time
Song is “Albuquerque” (which is not a direct parody, but rather a “style parody”, and also his longest song), for those who don’t know it…
And this is from Shittypedia. So I cannot 100% confirm they aren’t just lying, of course…
Here's a live performance.
Oh man, that’s so sad… 😔
That’s… Well at least he seems self-aware of the absurdity of the situation, but maaaannn. In Tennessee, too, of all places. 😑
Talk about breaking the fourth wall.
This is what “Acknowledgements of Country” are like, for those who don’t live in Canada or Aus… Except they happen before the performance, usually over livespeaker, or by a cast member… And they are deathly serious and dower affairs.
It’s bizarre. We live in a frankly utterly bizarre time.
Today is the more ignorant time by far. We take perfectly valid words, redefine them and transform them into slurs to push political agendas; and when someone rejects it or pushes it back, they are ostracized.
And if he's that afraid of offending people (the whole thing seems sus to me) then he would ask that Amish Paradise, Canadian Idiot and Genius in France be taken off YouTube and made unavailable for purchase. Of course, White and Nerdy would definitely not be taken down because it's impossible to be racist against Whites or something.
Rolling Stones have taken "brown sugar" off their set list. Truly the strangest timeline.
Yeah, I heard that one… Got angry about it, too.
My normie parents thought that was “perfectly logical”, and we should “move with the times”, lol…
Ironic, as my Dad has seen them live, and I haven’t. But there you go…
Strangest timeline, as you say. 🤷🏻♂️
Boomer whites are the most cucked human beings in existence. Basically human dodos.
I think part of it is class, too…
Like, my parents are firmly entrenched upper middle. They don’t question anything, they don’t agitate, and they do not stand for anything other than their own self-interest…
Unfortunately. Pretty much all their friends are like this, too.
They just blow with the breeze and go with whatever the prevailing trend is at the time. Sadly…
It's literally a medical condition. It doesn't even refer to trannies
So he is now Woke Al now?
Try 'less retarded'.
Weird Al is Wired AI, now, you say?
I like his parodies, but you cannot parody Reified Parody. Which we are living. He's done, if he can't even own his own humor.
This just makes me unaccountably sad. Just goes to show.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
I’m sure a lot of it isn’t necessarily of his personal volition…
His record company or whatever probably told him that he “had to” do/say this, or risk being “cancelled”…
At least, I hope it was under duress (as terrible as that sounds). But, what do I know, I guess?
You know, I find this unfortunate, but I also don't find it that surprising. Weird Al has pretty much ALWAYS been absurdist and silly, but never offensive, edgy, or obscene. No swearing, and I can't think of any political messaging either.
If you don't want to get cancelled or banned in leftist establishments, you know what you have to do. My greatest fear with this kind of thing is that it's the tip of the iceberg, and the wokehounds, now having a taste for blood, want more.
Maybe "Eat It" is next--not very fat positive!
I found this on Wikipedia:
Hermaphrodite isn't a slur. Lmao.
Hermes-Aphrodite. To be akin to two gods at once. Hermaphrodite.
I guess they are old-school gods, not in the popular anymore, so could be offensive.
Nobody even uses "hermaphrodite" as a slur against intersex people. Until a decade ago, most people would have just treated them like trannies, not even knowing the difference. It was once used as the proper term for intersex conditions, but that was when we had no idea how they even happened, or that outwardly obvious forms were the exception. They were basically just looking at malformed genitals and tried to tie it into some classical concepts, because that's what sounded legitimate at the time.
Maybe centuries ago, when the very idea of a "slur" was completely different, there was something I vaguely recall reading about hermaphroditism being seen as a sign of corruption, but I'm not even sure that would have applied to intersex people. Not even all the visible conditions clearly display male and female traits. A gigantic clit is not exactly a penis any more than a gigantic, swollen foot is a gorilla's foot.
There's no power in claiming the term "hermaphrodite" either, so it's really just leftist schizo behavior. It's just bullshit all-around.