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Eminem Eminem is quasi-offensive

Started by Spatula, Jul 28, 2020, in Eminem Add to Reading List

  1. Spatula
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    Spatula that you want

    Jul 28, 2020
    Eminem is famously offensive with his lyrics, but when you examine it more deeply, he's only pretending to be offensive and pretty much plays it safe.

    For example, he will proudly say
    "They wanna Jon Bennet me"
    "Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting"
    "Murder you on track like Tony Stwart"

    but he will never apply that sort of comparison to where it might actually hurt his career.

    For example, he will never say
    "I crush throats like Derek Chauvin"
    "Your pleads mean nothing to me like you're George Floyd"

    or any number of creative wordplays he surely could come up with to compare his destructive force to that of that cop, or his opponents as helpless as George Floyd, even though it technically falls under the same category as comparing himself to Charles Manson, which he frequently does. But this comparisment would ruin him, it wouldn't be an edgy Eminem line no one really cares about so that he can play it off as offensive, it would actually be offensive and he wouldn't do that. He would even be opposed to someone else saying it because I'm sure that to him it's something you don't joke about.

    He also would never make a joke about jews, even though it is something that he would have done by now if he's really just making fun of everyone and everything to provoke reaction. But no, he's pretty safe.

    So yea, Eminem is actually not consistent in his character and draws lines where it suits him.
     
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  2. Ricky
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    Jul 28, 2020
    Duh
     
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    Although I disagree to a certain extent. He's offensive on purpose but to the stereotype that can't seem to hurt him back. He's just clever with who he goes at.
     
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  5. The Moon Man
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    I think sometimes it's to be purely controversial too. He knows how to shock and awe.
     
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  6. GawDEDEDE
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    What the f---
     
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  8. RetiredAccount
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    Jul 28, 2020
    Lol for one you’re right about him not really being offensive but secondly making racially insensitive lines is not offensive just stupid
     
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  9. The Moon Man
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    The Moon Man Out of my mind

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    I am surprised how little backlash that Arianda Grande line got. Sure it was a news piece but in the PG era, I'm surprised it wasn't bigger than it was.
     
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  10. Spatula
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    Jul 28, 2020
    I'm surprised got any backlash. If he mentioned any random terrorist attack no one would care, but it's Ariana Grande's concert and that's just mean of him? I don't see it.
     
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    I remember that leaked radio verse from 01 that was pretty offensive. No surprise it can’t be found anywhere on the internet anymore. Pretty sure it was something like

    I am the master, you are the slave
    My mangers Jewish that’s why he’s getting paid
    Big bucks, give a f--- feminists get sprayed
    With period blood, I’m eating it up yeah I’m a little bit crazed
     
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  12. joeyp363
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    Yeah dude I remember that line for line.

    I don’t agree with this though. He definitely crossed the line on Revival plenty of times, making it his most controversial and best album of all time.
     
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    The difference between the ones you mentioned and the ones you, um, pitched are that the latter have to do with race and the former don't. It would obviously be a horrible look for a white rapper to be rapping George Floyd punchlines for shock value.
     
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    Jesus Christ

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    WHAT lol
     
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    Yeah I know i may have got a couple words wrong here and there, my memory is hazy
     
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    Wtf
     
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  18. Spatula
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    Spatula that you want

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    Quasi, it means not really
     
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    I find you quasi offensive for finding me quasi offensive
     
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    I see what ya did there.
     
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