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Thursday, October 5, 2006

Letter of the Day

posted by on October 5 at 9:03 AM

Buju Baton expressed the importance of freedom of speech [at his show in Seattle]? Someone is the audience should have yelled “nigger!” really loud and seen how long Buju and his fans practiced what they preached. Better yet, he should have let a representative of the KKK be the opening act, now that would have been tolerance!—Anonymous

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Buju who? Yawn.

Posted by dzienkowski | October 5, 2006 9:16 AM
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Slog's been that dead, huh?

Posted by We Get It Already, Thought Police | October 5, 2006 10:13 AM
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Beat a dead horse much?? Who the fuck cares anymore? Waste of space in this week's issue.

Posted by Done | October 5, 2006 10:27 AM
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Nice touch with the "Gay Panic" title. This man's politics might mean nothing to you Mr. Parks, but to someone like me it does. Sorry you were disappointed that there weren't any protests, but I chose to use my voice in other ways. Glad you enjoyed your evening so much and I promise we won't "Panic" anymore.

Posted by Chocolatehomo | October 5, 2006 10:30 AM
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Are you the same guy who is raving about the "gays" at the Scissor Sisters show? So you enjoy gay bashing artists, but love watching us homos dance at a show? What's your deal man? We can entertain you, but you want us dead? Makes perfect sense to me. Do us gays a favor and stay home.

Posted by Chocolatehomo | October 5, 2006 12:28 PM
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ChocolateHomo,
Thanks for reading the article. As for the title, I didn't make that up, so I take no credit there.

As for the show and its lack of protests, yes, there was a sense of disappointment there, but it was a "fly on the wall" account, not an essay on my personal beliefs, so I'll apologize if my words weren't damning enough for you, but dem's da breaks. However, if this man's words are so unwanted and have no place in "our community," then why is it that no one saw the need to protest the show regardless of venue? It's a big deal until it moves five miles away? What's up with that? So yes, I was disappointed that no one showed up to "represent the cause."

From a public safety standpoint, I'm glad nothing went down, but I am not going to apologize for saying that it was an entertaining show, since it was. I haven't defended the offending song or other statements made by Banton, and don't believe I've done that anywhere, so I'm not sure where your conclusion-jumping about my wanting gays dead stems from.

And yup, Scissor Sisters was a grand show. I enjoyed it mightily, the same way I'll enjoy shows in the future. Maybe you're the one that needs to get out more. I'm out a fair bit, so if you see me, come up and say hello.

Posted by donte | October 5, 2006 5:15 PM

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