Current events-Common Controversy

http://youtu.be/gonNsAHMAFM

Some of the things people were saying in the comments section is WILD!

My whole issue is this. One person writes that he speculates (or she-couldn't tell gender by handle name)

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• lol. Stewart destroyed him? Stewart's argument came down to

  1) I will defend bad behavior by pointing to other supposedly bad behavior.

  2) Common has every right to go visit and defend a convicted cop killer/escaped convict, because he THINKS she is innocent (for some unknown reason, but I think we can easily speculate it's a racial issue).

  Besides- Common is on record saying he disapproves of inter-racial marriage. Liberals should hate him if they're consistent.

So here's the thing. The guy is basically saying that Common is being "bad" by agreeing to meet with and speak with convicted or accused cop killers. However, at no point in this interview did they even discuss that Common publicly said that the two people in question were not guilty. He may have said it elsewhere, not here, it was not addressed. SO for the benefit of the doubt, it's my belief that it's any person's right to speak to and assess for themselves the guilt or innocence of another. They can't out-rightly JUDGE since that's God's job, but they can try to come to their own conclusion, rather than accepting the "official story". In our world there are three sides to every story. The truth, what he or she said and the "official story". So he took his God given right to find out and interview these people for himself. There is no crime in that. He didn't aid and abet them either.

The other thing is the whole racist crap. First of all racism only has the power WE give it. It was manufactured the same way the class and caste system was, a sort of one up man-ship. I am a black woman and of course being called a "bitch" or a "nigger" is supposed to be the WORST thing ever to happen. It's like OMG He called me a nigger bitch! How horrible. But here's the thing. Nigger is what I like to call a racist identifier term. It helps us to know who we shouldn't associate ourselves with. So when someone calls you a nigger, KEEP YOUR SELF MOVING!!!!! It's not that damn serious!!!! And black people can be racists too! So what does that mean!!! It's all just perception and has NO power over you! Racism is a fact of life. I don't hate people who hate black people. They were raised that way. They don't know any better. They don't realize how dumb it is to hate someone based on two superficial things skin color and racial identity (or national identity). They don't know it's ignorant and using the word Nigger helps me to see "That motherf-er is dumb!" So what do you do if someone is racist to you? Call them out. If you notice someone saying or doing something that clearly shows their racism, say something to shame them about it. See how flustered they look. ANd if they call you a nigger, a spic, a chink or whatever else dumb names they can come up with (as if we are still kids on the playground) if they talk about your disabilties, if they talk about your social status, shake your head, don't get mad and say, Damn you are ignorant, how about come and talk to me when you finish reading a book or two?

The guy in the post says Common is being racist basically because of him meeting with these convicted black cop killers. SO WHAT!!!!! There are racists everywhere. They make the rules and we have to allegedly abide by them. They are in the White House, in bars, in clubs, in schools, at the workplace, on the street. WHO CARES? Being racist is really just being dumb. So hat means there is idocracy everywhere!!!! And if he doesn't like interracial marriage he is NOT the first person, and isn't the only non-white person and he won't be the LAST person!!!! Being a racist is like being tall, or short, or fat or skinny. It's like being male or female. It's an ingrained part of who the person is! And it won't go away because I want it to. It won't go away because YOU want it to. So if a grown ass man wants to travel to Cuba to see a woman and judge for himself if she killed a cop and she is black and he is black, who the F cares!!!!!! All they wanted was for this man to read some God Dang poetry!!! Not make any laws or create any constitutional amendments. DAMN!

I especially love that Jon Stewart spoke on how BONO and SPRINGSTEEN both were invited to the White House for the same thing, and they BOTH made songs about convicted cop killers, but NO ONE made any fuss. It's also racist as well. They branded Common (COMMON FOR CRIPESAKES!) as a gangsta rapper when that man ain't got a gangsta bone in his body!!! Is he a racist, most likely kinda since I think inherently we all kind of are but seriously, what he did for poetry had nothing to do with his racial beliefs. So shut up Bill O'Reilly. Go be racist somewhere else!