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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Four things that they don’t have the votes for, so how dare them try to fix something else that has serious issues

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Look, trap and mumblecore are terrible, I'll give you that, but I really don't think that's a more serious issue then universal healthcare...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

put another way, those four things will go a much farther way to relieve inequality than... uh. what even is a "hip hop task force"...?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It is about mass incarceration and justice reform, with a particular focus on tackling racial inequality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The movement depicted is about mass incarceration and justice reform, with a particular focus on tackling racial inequality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Then they should call it something else.

/s in case you really still don't get it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"They can't work on those 4 things. So they're working on this other thing"

"Yeah but that thing isn't as important as one of those 4 things"

Doesn't really track...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Four things that they don’t have the votes for, so how dare them try to fix something else that has serious issues

It was a joke based on the fact that it sounds like hip hop is the "something else" that has serious issues. You know, the ol' lemmy switcheroo (I don't have anything to link this to, sorry). It's also based on the opinion (mine) that a lot of modern rap music is really bland and unimaginative.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I get the joke -- it just doesn't quite work in context.

Not sure why I care though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Well no, of course it doesn't work in context, the whole joke was about ignoring the context.

Yeah, it's all very unimportant, lol. I guess I need to utilize the /s more here on Lemmy, people just really aren't expecting jokes here, haha

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

yes, this.

other comments ITT are doing the classic “bit” of knee-jerk quasi-racism in the form of “music critique,” while intentionally missing the point that propoganda works. supporting Black musicians in an industry that is well-established to be systematically racist is not bad.

https://www.bmacoalition.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh look, the only good comments are at the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

average lemmy.world experience

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was actually just making a joke based on the other person's phrasing, it definitely wasn't racist, quasi- or otherwise. Terrible musicians come in every color and creed!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

huh? i don’t recall seeing your comment but if you feel called out sorry make better jokes i guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ok lol I believe you