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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 hours ago

Annoying generalization and useless Internet noise what even is journalism

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 hours ago

So sick of these clickbait headlines. From the headline to the body "Melts down" -> "wasn't too impressed". BORING. Journalists need to do some actual work like they used to instead of just farming rage bait.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I like Kendrick Lamar and still found it kind of boring.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Huh. I like Kendrick Lamar and found it awesome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I just like big visual stuff at halftime. Katy Perry’s huge tiger was a memorable one, as was U2 after 9/11.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Fair enough.

I do think the visuals here were great. We had crips and bloods colours both sharing the stage. That’s a bold statement.

I’ll go watch the two you mentioned as I’ve not seen them. Although I’m not a fan of either of those people, musically.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

You're not alone, many feedback I heard is that it wasn't "big" enough - but also, that's sort of Lamar's style. This is the guy that preformed at SNL on an empty stage with only a microphone and white lights.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Why would the pedophile Matt Gaetz be offended by a song dissing pedophiles?

But also fuck this type of partisan rage bait article. This type of writing is what divides us, even if it's saying things you wanna hear.

[–] MaxPow3r11 8 points 6 hours ago

don't forget about Trump...and Musk.

[–] MothmanDelorian 16 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Im 50 and white. A lot of the people I know who hated the halftime show aren’t hip-hop fans and/or have trouble interpreting dance performances. The racist people I know just didn’t watch it at all.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why? It was straight up nationalist propaganda

[–] Dkarma 3 points 5 hours ago

Maybe you don't know 1. Gang colors or 2. TV networks are bound contractually to always support the military or they can get their broadcasting licenses revoked.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 hours ago

Shocking that MAGA wouldn't like someone who disses pedophiles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago
[–] cabron_offsets 23 points 11 hours ago

If all MAGAts just spontaneously died that would be fucking boffo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Where can I watch the halftime show? Gotta see him dunking on these pedos.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 15 hours ago (9 children)

Kendrick dropping truth bombs on the NFL’s biggest stage? Cue the MAGAverse hyperventilating into their flag-print fainting couches. Nothing terrifies fragile hegemony more than Black artistry that isn’t sanitized for their comfort. Oh no—a Pulitzer-winning rapper dared weave politics into the sacred ad-break circus! Next they’ll demand halftime shows be replaced with Lee Greenwood AI covers.

The meltdown’s a feature, not a bug. Conservatives need perpetual outrage to mask their cultural irrelevance. Imagine stanning a draft-dodging conman but seething when an actual poet weaponizes the mic. Stay mad—the future’s rhyming without you.

[–] feedum_sneedson 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

Writing’s just thinking with structure, friend. Some of us wield words like a scalpel; others prefer crayons. Both have their place, but don’t confuse one for the other.

[–] Lightor 7 points 6 hours ago

Remember, these are the free speech absolutes that are anti cancel culture. Right?

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[–] xc2215x 12 points 11 hours ago

Good to see.

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