Well, now seems to be as good a time as any to explain why I don't use the n-word in my reviews, even when it appears in an album title. Follow your melon: FB: / theneedledrop Twitter: / theneedledrop
TheFeralcatz the joke was that these two things are obvious and there shouldn't be videos justifying his choice. It's like a video titled why I drink water. A quick google search and you'd understand why coming from Melonman the n word would be not well received.
@@babychickan thank you, honestly I think it's the fastest way for him to learn socially on what not to say around different races in America. I don't think he's from here if he doesn't know this already. I think he'll understand real fast if he does this experiment. He's just in dire need of a "crash" course American history lesson.
“I do respect black people but when their albums are bad, I have these outbursts where I yell racial slurs. I swear it’s completely unintentional” - Melon
Ebola Chan I'll give damn a 5 because it's nothing compared to section .80 or maad city, or even tpab which got similar ratings, except tpab which I think melon loved - regardless, damn is a lower rating than every other kendrick project imo
6:48 - 8:17 Exactly. It's called being a decent, responsible member of society. Being respectful of other people is how we're all able to work together and get along on a daily basis. But the anonymity of the Internet gives some people this idea that they should have free reign to say whatever they want with no reprisal or criticism. Yeah, you can say what you want. But you're still a part of society. Don't expect that people who subscribe to the social norm of politeness not to call you out for your behaviour.
yeah but if you say it accidentally it doesn't mean you are racist, and many ppl don't even know it's offensive (if you don't believe me I'll just remind you that the US isn't the only country in the world c: )
Nikola Milić yeah i feel like it shouldn’t be said and neither should any slur but people should be taught about their mistakes instead of being absolutely destroyed. I support black lives matter and lgbt and everything but you can’t destroy someone over something who is just uneducated and don’t know something is offensive
@@ms.bigbooty "SJW" is just a dumb term that's used too broadly at this point and has a watered down meaning. It's not worth fearing them- if anything, the things they support are just unnecessary, but for the most part they aren't harmful. And they aren't in power right now, nor will they likely ever be. They just hide in the bowels of Tumblr. Maybe one day they'll be a problem, but right now, yes, corporate America and the emphasis on business over environment is a threat to both humanity and every other species on the planet. Which is something that should totally be seen as an objectively bigger issue than a possible threat to society- and only one society directly, at that. "Destroying the world" is a terribly ignorant way to put it.
Anthony,I know you don’t have the highest opinion of our African American brothers,but did you really have to yell racial slurs for 3 minutes straight?
Yeah. The correct answer is no one should use the word at all. It's tough to imagine the word leaving our vocabulary but it may just die off after culture stops perpetuating it in a public forum.
+Maybe "when being spoken from the lips of someone with darker skin" _Are you implying that most black people have huge lips? That's raycisssssssssss................. if true_
EarRegardless well clearly a lot of people don't think its okay since you are and a lot of edgelords are in your panties complaining about people complaining so yeah, its a cycle. It's life, deal with it
Hahahahaha I was gonna make a joke about the internet being srs bizniss but you made my point for me in your second reply. Good job defeating your own argument "senpai".
you fuckers in the comments will deem someone's statement incorrect just bc of their username and picture. this account is old as fuck and it hasn't been updated. even still, my opinion still stands. melon sets a good example for how a grown man should act.
cyclone Oh shit hes an alpha solely bc he says nigga he has shown his dominance by showcasing a lack of sympathy and in lieu of that a lack of emotional maturity indicative of a child! He doesn't care, so he is better! Shut the fuck up, nigga.
I don't use the word either. I'd never be caught saying something so blatantly discriminatory and hateful toward smart people. But I guess the rules don't apply to the "The Internet's Busiest Music N * * * "
"When you click on a video, i sort of see it like i'm giving a lecture, like i'm invited into your house to speak" What an interesting perspective on content creation. As a comedian and someone who follows a LOT of comedic channels, i see the video as a performance, and a very personality driven thing, sort of like you're the viewer's friend. If your videos make people laugh, your videos are qualitative comedy videos - but when making a review, you need to be very precise in your language and the quality comes from your opinion and how well you are able to share that opinion. If anything, this would mean you don't use any swear words - since swears are verbal shortcuts to expressing an opinion, a lazy man's explanation. Very interesting.
This is so true. These days, when I disagree with somebody on the internet they react like "LOL u triggered man? U upset?" It's like no, but if you type your opinions on the internet for people to read, they get to react how they want to. It's stupid to say offensive things only for the sake of freedom of speech. "I can, so I should." And you did, but there's a reason you decided to, and it might say more about you and your values than you want people to know.
hate speech is guaranteed under the first amendment because speech is an unalienable right, you cannot silence others because you're "offended" it just sets a bad precedent. I dont agree with the use of the word but you cannot silence others for saying offensive things simply because you're offended. I think saying things simply because you can is the beauty of freedom of speech and we should encourage that but there are restrictions, like using the word to instigate a fight, some guy did that and got put in jail. etc etc
saying offensive things just because you can makes you a dickhole piece of shit. Not some champion of free speech. No one is saying we should silence or censor people. We're saying if a public figure says something derogatory/ignorant, they're going to be scrutinized. If someone can't learn what's appropriate/respectful to say in a social context, they're going to be criticized. It's just a fact of life. People are social creatures, so if someone is literally too prideful/incapable of being mindful about what they say, then they aren't going to thrive and become isolated. Human nature.
I have a lot of respect for you Anthony. People who really fight for their ability to use the word with no social repercussion (emphssis on the part about social repercussions) really show their ass as sociopaths. You can use whatever word you like but be ready for the fire under your ass that comes as a result. If your usage of that word is something you really believe in and you believe its truly important to be able to say that word despite the ugly history behind it and what it means to the people around it, then stand by your belief and principles and deal with the response.
thank you for this video, in the last point you actually articulate a thought ive had regarding "twitter/facebook arguments" and how people aren't allowed to react to other people's statements, and it ends up just being the same thing theyre arguing against really well. it seems like the political content of your channels has mellowed out more and became more your own personal opinion over other people's influence over you, its great to see actual human opinions over memes
lost gam3r: Nope, avoiding conflict can be respectable in moderation. Anthony literally mocks your argument in the video, and you still tried to argue it...
lost gam3r Like Anthony said, would you speak like that to your mother, Grandma, professor, or a public setting in general? Chances are you won't. Ppl like you would only say that on the internet where no one really knows you
lost gam3r It's like any pejorative, so do we have to say every pejorative in order to not be a "coward"? plus he has said the word in context of reviews (kemba). The idea that it's cowardly to choose to NOT use a word is so preposterous, and this is coming from someone who hates the cult of outrage.
Because being offensive isn't a punchline. You need actual humor to supplement it. Putting a racist word on a picture of someone being smug isn't humor. Its a pathetic attempt at showing your online friends how "meta" or "in" you are, like hmm... ""normies"" do.
Humour is subjective. To some people being overly offensive is funny. Shock humour is a thing, just because you don't like it doesn't mean no one else does.
Free speech means the law can't arrest you for speaking your mind, or your heart, or whatever else you speak from. It has literally nothing to do with how anybody else reacts to what you say. One of the most misinterpreted rights in this country.
awookieandagerman Even bigger misinterpretation is thinking when people bring up "Free Speech" that they are only specifically talking about Constitutional rights and not the ideal of free speech and why it became a right in the first place.
Free speech was not invented by the United States, like Josh is saying here. It's a larger principle that we should not limit the ability to speak in any way that isn't necessary to protect the safety of others. A society can inhibit someone else's free speech (not the legal form, remember) by losing their shit when they say a specific word. Of course, you can see the problem you run into here; You cannot fully have free speech without inhibiting another person's speech. So, what's the solution? That's why we promote the view we do; Stop getting bothered by words, because it allows EVERYONE to speak more freely overall. The message isn't, "Stop telling me that's wrong." It's, "Stop thinking that's wrong, for these reasons I'll explain to you." We're trying to promote and end goal with a net gain in free speech that we also think is the best solution for a few other reasons. One of those being that a society that strongly discourages the use of specific words is one we don't care for, because it goes against our principles and the way that we interpret language. Basically, we want other people to stop with the witch trials of anyone who utters the "forbidden word" because it's not a principle we think is healthy for the free exchange of ideas in this country. It's a viewpoint that is taken to an extreme (Huck Finn censorship) so we want to cut it at the root and get rid of this whole silly way of thinking. Is that a bit naive to think we can manage that? Yeah, probably. No reason to not move in that direction though.
Many platforms claim to be specifically about free speech than ban certain types of speech from their platform. The government isn't the be all and end all of the world mate.
+Psychikzking Free speech is about not using force to silence someone, in no context does it mean that you can't use your free speech to disagree with someone else's statement. No concept is dependent on the existence of government.
I'm not a pacifist, I believe in private property and the protection of property using force. Conflating the avoidance of violence with anti-violence is simply wrong.
Great video, I completely agree. You articulated what I've been thinking for a while: It's really immature to act like you do not make ANY concessions to people's emotions in everyday life.
It's weird how people have this idea that being PC is a new thing. It's not. It's called having a filter. It's about have some idea of social nuance. If you just go around saying whatever the hell you want to say (having to do with multiple words, ideas, or opinions even besides the n-word)in a totally inappropriate situation you're going to deal with backlash from peers or public. It's especially hilarious to me that most of the resistance to being PC, which is largely related to what's said in the public eye in positions that require diplomacy, is coming from conservatives which are essentially the voice of a much older generation from back when it was considered taboo to even show a married couple sitting in the same bed on television. PC has always been a thing and always will be and the day it no longer is is the day humans are no longer capable of sophisticated communication. We don't need to cater to these people that don't understand how normal social interaction works.
I feel like people should be allowed to say what they want but realise that they're responsible for deciding where the line is, it's part of the reason for Humans having common sense. I can put my hand in a blender if I wanted to but I can't pretend to adhere to this myth that there won't be consequences.
That's not PC. Political correctness is calling someone a nazi just because they think the immigration policy isn't working that great. PC is when Google fires James Damore for voicing an opinion on the wage gap which is backed up by science. Put simply, it's when you put image over substance. But nice strawman there.
Angry Foreigner fairly off-topic, nobody was talking about the sjws, nobody mentioned that. the strawman is on you, for you deflected the entire post by going straight to extreme examples of recent censorship, which are mostly done by corporations who realize some of their associates think for themselves, which i am against, but that had absolutely nothing to do with OPs comment. im not trying to condescend, im just asking you to look twice before you post.
