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That Was Then, This Is Buju
Straight guy....give it a rest? When buju stops making money by selling his song fantasizing about gays...well then, I'll give it a rest. And please note that my comments above your post were written in response to Tracci McGregor's hypocritical spin. You don't make amends for something by continuing to sing it, continuing to sell it, standing by the lyrics, and saying "the war between me and faggots will never end." Also, you know what bothers me about straight guys using sexual abuse as a reason to attack gay guys? About 95% of the victims of sexual abuse are girls, and the testosterone-poisoned among us are all too happy to ignore that tragedy so they can get their licks in against gay people. No gay person in the world would buy the argument, "ooh buju's such a nice guy except for his "murder gays" obsesssion" belly-up is making money from homophobia. Will they book the nazi punk band Skrewdriver next? There's a reason gays have never felt comfortable in that club.— September 15, 2009 11:39 a.m.
That Was Then, This Is Buju
That was then? What? Great another straight guy, telling gays not to worry about calls for them to get murdered. How hypocritical for buju's publicist to say that he has spent 17 years making amends. Let's see: -He performed this song as recently as 2006 -He continues to make fat bucks from royalties and downloads of this song -He continues to stand by the lyrics of this song....he did denounce violence against gay people once, when signing the reggae compassion act, but then denounced the letter saying his 'european' promoters forced him to do it -He has become THE international symbol of violence against gay people, which has been a significant boost to his career -He and this song are famous around the world, and frequently replayed, and every time that happens gay people are subject to calls for genocide. Might be funny if so many gay people aren't the actual victims of genocide. -He was videotaped recently stating, "the war between faggots and me will never end." that statement is the most hypocritical, disingenous and desperate attempt at spin i've ever seen. my friends and family are safer cuz buju has been kept out of california. Look Ken Leighton, whoever you are, there are very very few gay people who would say, "wow what a talent that buju is if you just overlook those calls to murder gay people." and neither should you. if buju wants to move on, he should stop making money off anti-gay violence, and act like a man and denounce it.— September 11, 2009 12:51 p.m.