Nintari Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, TeeJay410 said: The lyrics are outright racist and homophobic and it’s no accident that it was left out of the box set. Words can't be racist and homophobic. People can, though. But the young man who penned these words obviously wasn't racist (Slash is half-black and Axl's body guard was full-black), nor homophobic (two of his favorite artists of all time were gay, one of them, Elton--an openly gay man with a husband--he even performed with multiple times). The song itself is about a confused, scared Indiana hick, trying to deal with the mind-fuck of having to move to LA and live on the streets without any help. It's a truthful window into mindset of those who are raised on bigoted, closed-minded ideals, trying to make sense of a whole new world... which makes it a great piece art, since the best art is always most truthful art. The reason it was left off the box-set is probably because he's tired of repeating the above sentiment, and for that, I don't blame him. If it were me, and I was his age, I might just do the same. Or I might not. Edited March 9, 2022 by Nintari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Nintari said: Words can't be racist and homophobic. lol, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Nintari said: Words can't be racist and homophobic. People can, though. Disagree. Try telling a black/gay/asian person that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Korean Democracy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 The song is kinda good but it also is racist and homophobic. Axl gave so many different excuses for the use of those words that it's hard to know the real reason of them being there other than assuming Axl was kinda racist and homophobic when he wrote that (and also an idiot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homefuck Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Nope. If I was aiming for shock value there's better material to use than this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintari Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) On 3/9/2022 at 2:44 AM, janrichmond said: Disagree. Try telling a black/gay/asian person that. Calling a word racist is like calling the gun someone used to kill someone a murderer. A word is not alive and does not have consciousness, therefore it can not be racist. Words can be used by a person who harbors racist viewpoints, but the word itself is just a word. And let's not even get into intent and context. Edited March 16, 2022 by Nintari 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Nintari said: Calling a word racist is like calling the gun someone used to kill someone a murderer. A word is not alive and does not have consciousness, therefore it can not be racist. Words can be used by a person who harbors racist viewpoints, but the word itself is just a word. And let's not even get into intent and context. I think that's bollocks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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