I don't keep up with entertainment news, so out of curiosity I went to the link you left and read what happened... And if I'm understanding this right, what happened was Kings of Leon refused to let Glee use their music, at which point the creator of Glee got butt-hurt and publicly called them out, calling them assholes, accusing them of striking out against arts education, and telling them to go fuck themselves? Because that makes him look like a self-entitled douchebag. Personally, I hate Glee and think it has ruined most music it touched, and while I know there are tons of people out there who don't either, and tons of people who really do, it's a personal opinion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Kings of Leon not wanting to get involved. It doesn't make them assholes, or against music education, it is their music and their right, and I would probably feel uncomfortable anyone remixing my songs if I was a musician too, for which I would not expect to be drugged through the mud publicly because "HOW CAN YOU NOT WANT TO BE IN GLEE OMG ETC." :/
Of course, that doesn't, to me, make what Followill said in response either right or justified. I see why it would be considered both misogynistic or homophobic, and it is most certainly not humorous in any way, shape, or form. People whose words reach the world have a responsibility to think before they say it, and the fact that he followed it up with "Oh, I didn't mean it like THAT" is not excusable because he Twitted it. It's not like it escaped his mouth in the heat of the moment. He WROTE it. Could have re-read it.
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Date: 2011-01-30 10:28 pm (UTC)I don't keep up with entertainment news, so out of curiosity I went to the link you left and read what happened... And if I'm understanding this right, what happened was Kings of Leon refused to let Glee use their music, at which point the creator of Glee got butt-hurt and publicly called them out, calling them assholes, accusing them of striking out against arts education, and telling them to go fuck themselves? Because that makes him look like a self-entitled douchebag. Personally, I hate Glee and think it has ruined most music it touched, and while I know there are tons of people out there who don't either, and tons of people who really do, it's a personal opinion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Kings of Leon not wanting to get involved. It doesn't make them assholes, or against music education, it is their music and their right, and I would probably feel uncomfortable anyone remixing my songs if I was a musician too, for which I would not expect to be drugged through the mud publicly because "HOW CAN YOU NOT WANT TO BE IN GLEE OMG ETC." :/
Of course, that doesn't, to me, make what Followill said in response either right or justified. I see why it would be considered both misogynistic or homophobic, and it is most certainly not humorous in any way, shape, or form. People whose words reach the world have a responsibility to think before they say it, and the fact that he followed it up with "Oh, I didn't mean it like THAT" is not excusable because he Twitted it. It's not like it escaped his mouth in the heat of the moment. He WROTE it. Could have re-read it.