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If you want to attack songs, listen to some of these and compare them:
Marvin Sease “Condom On Your Tongue”
Eezy E “I’d Rather F*** You”
ODB “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
Project Pat “Let’s Run A Train”
Three 6 Mafia “Slob On My Nob”
2 Live Crew “We Want Some P****”
There are many others that are vulgar and sexually explicit and you want to get upset about "Baby its Cold outside"? I think some people need a serious reality check not to mention how stupid it is trying to put a political spin on the topic to begin with. Personally I do not think the OP gives a whit about the song lyrics. They are just looking for another way to degrade a political party they dislike.
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That song is absolutely a prelude to date rape, and I don't think it's a great idea to play it over the radio.
That said, I really like that tune and any other Rat Pack/Nat King Cole/Bing Crosby/Elle Fitzgerald-type interpretation of classic Christmas songs, and they're always on when I'm in the kitchen this time of year.
I completely understand why some folks find "Baby It's Cold Outside" offensive, but it isn't one-tenth as offensive "Jingle Bell Rock." The opening guitar riff of that song is like a dentist drill.
I mentioned in another thread that I am far from young and I've never been sexually assaulted, but even I find the song a little creepy. I've never liked it. Commercial Christmas songs are generally obnoxious, and very rarely are they even tangentially related to the holiday. Christmas music is something you hear in church and has a religious foundation, which is anathema to Top 100 radio, so we end up with music like Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer at this time of year rather than O Come, O Come Emmanuel. I've never considered myself particularly prudish, but today I hear stuff on the radio that makes my jaw drop, stuff that is completely inappropriate for polite company. You want to celebrate Christmas with music? Fine, but let's please remember what it's supposed to be all about and stop pretending that this 74-year-old song about a guy hoping to get lucky has anything to do with it.
Since I loathe pretty much all XMAS music, by all means please, boycott them all. The constant barrage of these inane songs for 3 months every year just make me grateful for public radio. If I could escape hearing them in stores, doctor offices and other public places it would be great.
That song is absolutely a prelude to date rape, and I don't think it's a great idea to play it over the radio.
That said, I really like that tune and any other Rat Pack/Nat King Cole/Bing Crosby/Elle Fitzgerald-type interpretation of classic Christmas songs, and they're always on when I'm in the kitchen this time of year.
I completely understand why some folks find "Baby It's Cold Outside" offensive, but it isn't one-tenth as offensive "Jingle Bell Rock." The opening guitar riff of that song is like a dentist drill.
I hate when it's played in the grocery store, and someone starts whistling along. It's like adding insult to injury.
Since I loathe pretty much all XMAS music, by all means please, boycott them all. The constant barrage of these inane songs for 3 months every year just make me grateful for public radio. If I could escape hearing them in stores, doctor offices and other public places it would be great.
How is this a "Liberal" thing, as your title implies?
And, it seems that your analysis is that it IS a "dog whistle for date rape". So are you saying that because you think Liberals are against Date Rape, that you are for it? You didn't say that, but your OP sure does lead one to think that:
1. You think it is bad that "Liberals" are wanting to ban this song
2. That you openly think is advocating date rape
What is your point, or do you have one?
I'm a liberal, I'm Jewish, and I wish people Merry Christmas. Sometimes I'll say "happy holidays" if I'm not sure of the context, but I default to Merry Christmas. I put lights up in my house, and I wear red and green at the company "holiday" party. (Their name for it, not mine.)
There is no attack on Christmas. Only a bunch of irrelevant pseudo-conservatives trying to drum up some victimhood to get attention.
I challenge the damn libs that hate Christmas to just stay at work, if you even work, and don't take anytime off during the holidays. Just go about your pathetic lives and leave the rest of us alone.
The radio station in question is owned by the mainstream corporation CBS Radio. Hardly "liberal". LOL
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