[QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]The same thing could be said about any entertainer, doesn't mean their work negatively influences people, or that they negatively influence people. Blaming rap music solves nothing, and is just a scapegoat for something that is either a lack of education and thought by a person or parenting. To go with my example, true you will not find many people idolizing a video game character, but hey its interactive, the player is the one chainsawing someone in half, beating someone with a baseball bat, and shooting people.JustBeYourself
Um I'm saying that the propagation of a violent, misogynist alpha male caricature negatively affects many young people, especially those who are more easily influenced. People look up to singers/artists and often grow to respect what they say and how they act - if said artist is rapping about how women are worthless and that a true man is always carrying a gun - how is that not a bad thing? Your counterargument seems to be saying "you can't blame rap for everything" but that doesn't at all refute what i'm saying which is that overall it does have a tangibly negative influence on many young people - how they act, think and see the world.What I'm saying is the propagation of violence, and objetification of women for entertainment purposes negatively affects many young people, especially those who are more easily influenced. People play vidoe video games and often grow desensatized for what they saw and played - if said video game depicts people being cut in half, beaten to death and making women merely objects for pleasure - how is that not a bad thing? Your counterargument seems to be saying that rap is a negative influence while ignoring every other facet of life that is filled with many could be negative influences, such as video games, movies, books, and other genres of music. What I am saying is that is it possible for art to affect someone negatively? Yes ofcourse it can, but there are plenty of people who listen to rap and are nice, respectful, and peaceful people. The whole "rap music is bad for the children" argument is just as stupid and irrelavent as the "video games caused Colombine" argument. You are using rap music as a scapegoat for stupidity, lack of direction, poor environments, and/or bad parenting. People have been doing stupid things, commiting crimes, committing horrible attrocities, and being violent and mysoginistic well before rap music, well before video games, well before movies, comics, and Buddy Holly. I think saying that any of these mediums have a widespread negative impact on people is completely false. Yeah maybe they will negatively affect a small number of people, but that will be true of anything.
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