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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I'm compelled to do this at the point where said artist begins influencing the minds and behavior of millions of young and not so young people. At that point, there are public issues that are not superficial. Addressing them and voicing an opinion on them is not ignorant.
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I understand and as said, everyone has and is entitled to an opinion regardless of status or stature. Does the influence of Eminem send a message,..a wrong message,..a right message? That is for those who hear it to decide where they stand. If anything, I prefer to characterize any message by anyone as a chance of awareness and to have people think of that message, rather than discount it because of the source.
As I see it, Eminem is creating a climate of differing opinions because of his work which again, I see as healthy if only for the fact that it makes people think. Much more distressing to me is the medias continuing ed-op biases for whatever the position taken that people seem to swallow up on a daily basis without much thought, rhyme or reason and mainly because it gets drilled into them at every possible moment. But that's another thread.