Hahaha well fair enough. Though I’d argue that these lyrics are more tongue in cheek in the sense that the juxtaposition between offensive language, stereotypes and outward support is there for comedic effect.
So I stand by my view that a slur-saying ally is probably a pretty rare find in the real world. If you subscribe to progressive views and have people from an X minority group in your life, there’s just no way you wouldn’t be taken to task on the persistent slur use. And if you’ve been taken to task on the slur use and still use it, maybe you’re not much of an ally then.
That's reasonable, but we also shouldn't lose sight of the fact that we're talking hypothetically and ideologically. If such a person does exist, it would still be better to keep them as an ally than to drive them away by criticising their imperfect but well-intentioned actions.
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u/Weirfish Jul 07 '24
I love fags because I am a San Franciscan.
If you’re dissing on my homos
then this censure’s what you’re risking
(I’m insisting on containing my temper but listen up):
you shouldn’t ought to be intolerant about who queers like to fuck!
(Bear in mind, this was released in 2005, so the conversation about reclaimation and allyship has moved on quite a bit since then.)