Current Events > Breitbart: Kanye West is a man. Shania Twain is a mouse.

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As someone who is tired of seeing people bullied, persecuted, and hit with the scarlet letter of social ostracism for the sin of holding controversial or unacceptable personal opinions, rap superstar Kanye West is a revolutionary breath of fresh air, while Shania Twain has proven to be a sniveling coward.
This has nothing to do with politics. This is about preserving free speech, which these days means standing up to organized social media mobs. And I can prove it. In December of 2016, I praised actor Charlie Sheen for refusing to apologize after he used his Twitter account to ask God to take President Trump. Sheen belligerently closed this request with a fuck you emoji.

Sheen is facing some serious blowback and still standing his ground, I wrote at the time. I say this is good for America. We need more of this. We need more people willing to express themselves in ways that make others uncomfortable. And we need fewer spineless cowards like Steve Martin who assume the fetal position as soon as Disapproval rears its fascist head.

If you recall, comedian and actor Steve Martin scurried away like a punk after he was criticized for using the word beautiful to describe the late Carrie Fisher.

Sheens tweet (which is still live) is something I would never tweet about anyone, much less a president, which is the whole point of my defense. My personal opinion and values are not the point. If you want to live in a country where everyone is free to express themselves without fear of losing their jobs or careers, without fear of being blacklisted from the public square by a Twitter or Facebook, without being bullied into an Orwellian apology, you have to defend those who personally offend you.

We all have a God-given right to be an asshole, and those assholes are the canaries in the free speech coal mine. As long as assholes are free to be assholes, the rest of us are safe.

So this is about free speech, not Trump.

Prior to today, all I knew about Kanye West is that he was the guy who said President George W. Bush does not care about black people (and later apologized), that he was not at all happy when Taylor Swift beat Beyonce at the 2009 video music awards, and that he is a giant in the world of music and culture.

I also know Kanye met with then-President-elect Trump at Trump Tower, which was a pretty big deal at a time when Americas corrupt media and cultural elite were still reeling from Hillarys loss and already in a desperate crusade to polarize the country against Trump by toxifying him. But there was Kanye, not only meeting with Trump but agreeing to a photo-op.

All I know about Shania Twain is that about 15-years-ago she starred in some sexy music videos, sold a gajillion albums, and disappeared for a long time.

So I have no dog in the Kanye/Shania thing, no pre-conceived biases.

This week that all changed.

Despite his past boorish behavior, Kanye has proven himself a man. Despite her good looks (which in my book forgives a woman almost anything), Twain is a pathetic mouse.

Kanye not only stood up for Candace Owens, a black woman who dares to espouse conservative ideas, according to reports, he is openly telling friends that he loves Trump. Naturally, the blowback from the fascist left, the organized left that demands ideological purity and conformity, most especially from black people, has been brutal.

Kanyes response, however, has only been to double down, to stand up to the mob, to defend intellectual freedom. He refuses to apologize. He refuses to back down. While I have no idea what his politics are, he is firmly standing up for free speech, and that is good enough for me.

Yes, some believe he is just trying to garner attention to promote his upcoming album.

So what?

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/04/24/nolte-kanye-west-man-shania-twain-mouse/
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ledbowman posted...

This has nothing to do with politics. This is about preserving free speech, which these days means standing up to organized social media mob

Thinking emoji
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lol breitbart
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I miss the old Kanye, straight from the Go Kanye
Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye
I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye
The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye
I miss the sweet Kanye, chop up the beats Kanye
I gotta say, at that time I'd like to meet Kanye
See, I invented Kanye, it wasn't any Kanyes
And now I look and look around and there's so many Kanyes
I used to love Kanye, I used to love Kanye
I even had the pink polo, I thought I was Kanye
What if Kanye made a song about Kanye
Called "I Miss The Old Kanye"? Man, that'd be so Kanye
That's all it was Kanye, we still love Kanye
And I love you like Kanye loves Kanye

Were_Wyrm posted...

lol breitbart

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ledbowman posted...

Despite his past boorish behavior, Kanye has proven himself a man. Despite her good looks (which in my book forgives a woman almost anything), Twain is a pathetic mouse.

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There is a lot going on here
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Breitbart.....they try so hard...
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Shania Twain's apology was shockingly gutless.
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What does any of this have to do with free speech though?
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breitfart lol. Too much use of the term "god" (but in caps) for me to take seriously... but on the other hand I don't care about shania twain and the only enjoyment I've had from anything she's done was that one commercial with the bunch of dudes in the car and that one side is singing that song of hers about feeling like a woman and gets into so hard that it's awkward. That always brings a grin and a chuckle...
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UrCa1988 posted...

What does any of this have to do with free speech though?

Conservatives have a very strange understanding of what "Free Speech" means...
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ledbowman posted...

This is about preserving free speech, which these days means standing up to organized social media mobs.

Another person who doesn't understand that free speech doesn't mean free from criticism. Seems to be really common on the Right.

Despite her good looks (which in my book forgives a woman almost anything)

Uh-huh... How about those child support and alimony issues?
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This article is incredibly dumb
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How have they actually gotten MORE desperate and ridiculous since Milo left?
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spudger posted...

Were_Wyrm posted...

lol breitbart

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The Great Muta 22 posted...

ledbowman posted...

Despite his past boorish behavior, Kanye has proven himself a man. Despite her good looks (which in my book forgives a woman almost anything), Twain is a pathetic mouse.

I like this gif
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TheVipaGTS posted...

UrCa1988 posted...

What does any of this have to do with free speech though?

Conservatives have a very strange understanding of what "Free Speech" means...

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I read like half the article and have no idea what's going on. All I gained from this is that it's apparently ok if your primary source is an article you wrote a while ago and if you constantly reference what your own words were in that article.
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BIg Ed 14 minutes ago
Vote Democrat ShaRia Twain!

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