Current Events > Were The Beatles a transphobic band?

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KazumaKiryu 01/16/18 11:39:15 PM #1:	I would say yes. In one of their most famous songs, Get Back, they denegrate a transwoman for no reason and basically tell her to go back to who she was. Here are the lyrics. Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman But she was another man All the girls around her say she's got it coming But she gets it while she can Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Loretta! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u05B_mUgQU What does CE think? --- Just your bad luck... to run into me. <cite>KazumaKiryu posted [p:894204768] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>I would say yes. In one of their most famous songs, Get Back, they denegrate a transwoman for no reason and basically tell her to go back to who she was. Here are the lyrics. <quote>Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman But she was another man All the girls around her say she's got it coming But she gets it while she can Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Loretta!</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u05B_mUgQU What does CE think?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UncleBourbon33 01/16/18 11:39:59 PM #2:	Tansphobia's not a real thing. --- "Wanting something doesn't make it a human right." https://i.imgur.com/aqrImUY.gif <cite>UncleBourbon33 posted [p:894204809] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Tansphobia's not a real thing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KazumaKiryu 01/16/18 11:43:13 PM #3:	UncleBourbon33 posted... Tansphobia's not a real thing. Tagged as transphobic user --- Just your bad luck... to run into me. <cite>KazumaKiryu posted [p:894204966] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote><cite>UncleBourbon33 posted...</cite> <quote>Tansphobia's not a real thing.</quote> Tagged as transphobic user</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EnterTheTekken 01/16/18 11:46:49 PM #4:	Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady." <cite>EnterTheTekken posted [p:894205145] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KazumaKiryu 01/16/18 11:48:05 PM #5:	EnterTheTekken posted... Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady." Isn't that just a joke about all the rockers of the time having long hair, Steven Tyler included? --- Just your bad luck... to run into me. <cite>KazumaKiryu posted [p:894205216] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote><cite>EnterTheTekken posted...</cite> <quote>Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady."</quote> Isn't that just a joke about all the rockers of the time having long hair, Steven Tyler included?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheJBD 01/16/18 11:50:13 PM #6:	Didn't they do different versions of it to protest popular beliefs they didn't like, like racism and anti-immigration stuff? Or is that just Beatle mythology I picked up somewhere or imagined? --- "i don't get recreational boners" -Philoktetes "it still feels good getting your butt eaten through a barrier." -Blumenkraft <cite>TheJBD posted [p:894205329] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Didn't they do different versions of it to protest popular beliefs they didn't like, like racism and anti-immigration stuff? Or is that just Beatle mythology I picked up somewhere or imagined?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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averagejoel 01/16/18 11:54:04 PM #8:	calling out The Beatles for transphobia is a bit like calling out Al Jolson for using blackface, or, to take the analogy even further, Shakespeare, for using so few female characters. The Beatles broke up almost 50 years ago, and even then, it's not like they were claiming to be bastions of progressive ideals. I'm not sure if people think they're discovering something new and exciting that no one's thought of before - wow, a band was transphobic in the 60s, what a surprise it's a much better use of time to examine contemporary media that claims to be progressive, and think about whether or not it actually is. --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:894205534] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>calling out The Beatles for transphobia is a bit like calling out Al Jolson for using blackface, or, to take the analogy even further, Shakespeare, for using so few female characters. The Beatles broke up almost 50 years ago, and even then, it's not like they were claiming to be bastions of progressive ideals. I'm not sure if people think they're discovering something new and exciting that no one's thought of before - wow, a band was transphobic in the 60s, what a surprise it's a much better use of time to examine contemporary media that claims to be progressive, and think about whether or not it actually is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EnterTheTekken 01/16/18 11:54:48 PM #9:	KazumaKiryu posted... EnterTheTekken posted... Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady." Isn't that just a joke about all the rockers of the time having long hair, Steven Tyler included? It was inspired by Motley Crue. Namely Vince Neil. <cite>EnterTheTekken posted [p:894205570] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote><cite>KazumaKiryu posted...</cite> <quote><cite>EnterTheTekken posted...</cite> <quote>Not as progressive as Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady."</quote> Isn't that just a joke about all the rockers of the time having long hair, Steven Tyler included?</quote> It was inspired by Motley Crue. Namely Vince Neil.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anteaterking 01/16/18 11:55:58 PM #10:	They don't misgender her. --- http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/Anteaterking/scan00021.jpg <cite>Anteaterking posted [p:894205629] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>They don't misgender her.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MonsterZed 01/16/18 11:57:19 PM #11:	Oh for fucks sake. Lets go back to ancient times and find evidence of transphobia among the cavemen too why dont we? <cite>MonsterZed posted [p:894205700] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Oh for fucks sake. Lets go back to ancient times and find evidence of transphobia among the cavemen too why dont we?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darklit_Minuet 01/16/18 11:58:26 PM #12:	The song clearly isn't about someone who is transgender so why would it be transphobic? --- Posted with GameRaven 3.3 <cite>Darklit_Minuet posted [p:894205755] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>The song clearly isn't about someone who is transgender so why would it be transphobic?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
matteus70 01/16/18 11:58:41 PM #13:	Shaking. My. Fucking. Head. --- http://i.imgur.com/WI706xP.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN02DZh1qWA The blues are still required. <cite>matteus70 posted [p:894205764] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Shaking. My. Fucking. Head.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PepsiWithCoke 01/16/18 11:59:41 PM #14:	Go back to tumblr you fucking snowflake. --- https://i.imgur.com/fEKRafh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hgwNfD8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/cgQKJhR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0CU0ivF.gifv <cite>PepsiWithCoke posted [p:894205811] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Go back to tumblr you fucking snowflake.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Waluigi7 01/17/18 12:00:52 AM #15:	Oddly enough, the Beatles and 'Get Back' were my first introduction to transgenders. When they said Jojo thought he was a loner, I thought that they said woman. --- Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you are a trump supporter -UnfairRepresent <cite>Waluigi7 posted [p:894205870] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>Oddly enough, the Beatles and 'Get Back' were my first introduction to transgenders. When they said Jojo thought he was a loner, I thought that they said woman.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 01/17/18 7:21:50 AM #16:	How many people were transgender back then? --- http://i.imgur.com/OlAyuQb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KnLuqux.jpg <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:894217320] in Were The B... [t:76210318]...</cite> <quote>How many people were transgender back then?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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