Would this song be acceptable today?

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[tonyt53]

1. Our beautiful state song of KY, "My Old Kentucky Home" used to be more offensive.

The line, "tis summer, the darkies are gay", was changed to "tis summer, the people are gay", about 30 years ago.

I said "more offensive" in that it is about selling slaves and sending them down the river. Seriously. Some people have actually tried to push the line that the song is actually anti-slavery. But it isn't and never was.

[Warpy]

2. There were other "novelty songs" in the late 50s and early 60s

that were offensive. I'm proud to say I hated them all, but I generally despise pop music. Here's another:

[CurtEastPoint]

3. ANYTHING by that nasty old fuck Repube Pat Boone is offensive.

[irisblue]

8. pat boone and his album in a metal mood,1997

my brother bought it, very horrific, funny & traumatizing.

[janterry]

4. Looks like Speedy is getting a movie, though

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/06/speedy-gonzalez-film-version

[msongs]

5. pretty tame compared to the women hating gay basher lyrics so popular today nt

[cwydro]

7. Damn right.

Spot on.

[Initech]

6. In today's outrage machine? Maybe for a day people would be pissed off

I hear the same thing about Blazing Saddles. Yeah they could get away with making that movie today. But here's the thing - the internet outrage machine would be pissed about it for a day, then they'll move on to the next thing the internet tells them to get angry at. That is a problem with our throw away culture that we live in - even our outrages only last a day or two!

[underpants]

9. Are you going to Fight Club tonight?

Oh, maybe I've said too much.

[Initech]

10. First rule is you don't talk about Fight Club!

[imanamerican63]

11. Bigger than Texas!