Eminem - still a homophobic, ignorant ass
Rolling Stone asked Eminem if his lyrics encourage violence against gays and women. His response, "I've answered this gay-bashing thing many a time. And I shouldn't even have to fucking explain myself. I could just say, 'faggot, faggot, faggot,' and leave it at that. But I even go on to justify what the fuck I'm talking about." So they ask if he'd say "nigga" on a record. Eminem responds, "Nah, I don't use that. That word is not even in my vocabulary. And that's just out of the respect that I do black music. I don't think that you can put race alongside gender, a man preferring a man. A gay person can be of any race, you know what I'm saying? Those are two completely different things."
Interviewer Anthony Decurtis doesn't leave it at that. He inquires, "But there is a lot of violence against gay kids," to which Eminem says, "Let me ask you this: Has anybody went out yet and bashed a gay person when they listened to my record? So what's the point? And the term 'faggot' to me doesn't necessarily mean a gay person. I used that word coming up as a battle MC and that was a way to battle another dude and to take away his dignity, take away his manhood -- 'You faggot!' Everybody uses that fucking word. Everybody's sitting around in their living room, 'Oh, dude, you're a fag.' And I don't think they're talking about a gay person. They're talking about 'fag' as an asshole -- 'Quit being an asshole. You're being a fag. You're being a dick. You're being a jerk."
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