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8. I write songs about drug addiction, alcoholism, alienation, and, yes, sex songs like this

Sat Mar 30, 2024, 02:08 AM

Mar 2024

Art is art.

My novel has one of the most racist, bigoted characters I've ever created. Does that make me a racist?

Again, art is art.

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will he be on Ari every night? nt msongs Mar 2024 #1

Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Mar 2024 #2

Don't give him any ideas BumRushDaShow Mar 2024 #17

Politics runs in the family. hay rick Mar 2024 #3

Charming. 🙄 ShazzieB Mar 2024 #5

pathetic Skittles Mar 2024 #7

also misogynistic as hell stopdiggin Mar 2024 #11

censorship is wrong on either side of the spectrum. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #12

nobody called for jailing this mugwump stopdiggin Mar 2024 #18

Where did they advocate censorship? Miguelito Loveless Mar 2024 #20

Does your novel glorify the racist bigot? Bucky Mar 2024 #13

DMX wrote songs about being a hitman. Did he glorify it? AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #14

Well played, sir Bucky Mar 2024 #16

"Face down. {bleep} up. That's the way we like to {bleep}." SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #10

.... CatWoman Mar 2024 #9

frank predicts the future - tik tok inn nt msongs Mar 2024 #21

Does he have a history of political advocacy? Bucky Mar 2024 #15

point. we make this mistake time after time ... -(nt)- stopdiggin Mar 2024 #19