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dratner |
eminem
Oct 5 2006, 8:12 PM EDT
America has a mania for political correctness, but it's very selective. Eminem makes antigay comments, and he's attacked for it; Arnold Schwarzenegger makes antigay comments (or at least many perceive the comments to be antigay) and he's elected governor. No, everything Eminem says is not OK. Neither is everything that Charleton Heston or Allen Iverson or Alan Greenspan says, but that doesn't diminish their right to say it, to participate in a national dialogue, to do their work and, if they're good at it, to be acknowledged for it. Besides, the Grammy isn't awarded for being morally upright, but for selling records. It's highly commercial, and most would argue that it has little to do with quality anyway, either artistic or moral.
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