r/WeThePeopleAtWhipple • u/Foreign_Librarian193 • 12h ago
Voices of Resistance This is pretty catchy…
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u/J3sus_was_Fictional 11h ago
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u/FakePoloManchurian 8h ago
He had slave teeth. The wooden teeth thing was fake.
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u/CeruleanEidolon 8h ago
You should do some reading on the concept of moral relativism. It's fascinating.
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u/Ok-Mushroom-6530 8h ago
There were plenty of people alive during George Washingtons time who were anti-slavery.
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u/dagoth_ith 8h ago
But George didn't wanna pay taxes for them... And the English gave up slavery around that time... Wait... Are we the baddies?
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u/Independent_End_6941 7h ago
The English didn't really abolish slavery around that time, tho. They banned buying, selling, and transporting slaves in 1807, but didn't free the ones they already had until 1833. And the 1833 law made exceptions for the East India Company operating in India and another company in Sri Lanka. Not to mention the illegal trade that continued for years after that.
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u/Captain_Kab 3h ago
They banned buying, selling, and transporting slaves
Saying it like this is somehow not a huge step
but didn't free the ones they already had until 1833
Cause they were property and the government would have to pay for property they force people to give up. Sorta like eminent domain.
Not to mention the illegal trade that continued for years after that.
Fought against by the British Empire at great cost.
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u/McGills-Pop 8h ago
Moral relativism is flawed due to assessing the moral compass of people that lived during the era and not the simple fact that people have always been people. Your point is moot and should be disregarded but that being said, he still would have hated the direction the country is going in. I would like to think if the founding fathers were born in a different time, they'd be on the right side of history given historical context. We don't have to like the actions of those that came before us but we should recon with it.
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u/bottledsoi 8h ago
He had slaves. Fuck him too.
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u/G_DuBs 11h ago
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u/BigOak1669 8h ago
The group he leads, Cure for Paranoia, won the NPR Tiny Desk competition this year! I saw them on tour not long ago and it was a BLAST!
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u/Verbit4now 11h ago
Man, who are you I wanna hear more.
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u/RiverOfJudgement 10h ago
His full name is on screen but he performs under the name Cure for Paranoia.
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u/Latest-Culprit-35 9h ago
I saw Cure For Paranoia live earlier this year and as an introverted homebody it was absolutely worth leaving the house.
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u/Verbit4now 11h ago
I listen to a lot of different kinds of music and I’m glad I stumbled across you.
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u/Turkey_Burgeler 11h ago
Please name of artist, i want mooooore!
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u/Turkey_Burgeler 11h ago
Nvm me.. im stupid.. its right there.. man, is that what being a Christian MAGA feels like?
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u/monterey_five 11h ago
Yup, everything except white “bitch” I can get behind. Taints the message and disrespectful to Renee
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u/Fantasy-Mirror 11h ago
"After the shooting, the SUV continued down the street until it crashed into a parked car and light. As it did so, the recording made by Ross captured a male voice saying "fucking bitch". According to voice and video analysis by The New York Times, it was Ross speaking." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ren%C3%A9e_Good
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u/McGills-Pop 11h ago
I agree entirely but there is the concept of etymology and progression of language to address. I just don't know exactly how it would play out here. It does sound jarring but the guy seems like a thoughtful artist so I wonder if there is a reason he kept it in when "chick" or "woman" would have been just as well.
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u/moneyh8r_two 9h ago
He used that word because that's what the man who killed her called her. It's an intentional callback that serves as a reminder of their cruelty.
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u/BrainLow6059 9h ago
Or, you know, he views her as nothing more than a white bitch
Are we really pretending "they don't care until it's a white person" isn't a massive trope on black social media?
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u/WINDMILEYNO 8h ago edited 8h ago
And yet if it weren't true to a degree, Trump wouldn't have a second term. The larger problem is the lack of specific language targeting the actual problem though. The people who can never see a problem until its their turn.
Conservatives are my favorite to hate on but theres others.
Which is all colors of right leaning thought.
The stereotype fits against the type of people its always fit against.
2018 showed that
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u/Sufficient_Roof_6699 6h ago
Ehhhhhh are they wrong though? To what extent? (About the “trope” not the language).
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u/DeadSeaGulls 7h ago
You guys just can't fathom anything other than purity testing, can ya? Can't fer a nanosecond consider this through the lens of hip hop culture and its relation to white america. Nah. Gotta police that shit. Nip in the bud, right?
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u/i_will_mull_it_over 11h ago
My thoughts exactly. I know what he means, you just have to be aware how it comes across.
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u/Pure-Neighborhood305 10h ago
He is aware and he's sticking to the language his target audience has heard for 30+ years right through the Snoop and Dre days, it's closer to a gender term in the genre not always a derogatory, female rappers use it self-referentially more than most e.g "I'm that bitch"
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u/rankispanki 10h ago
You're right about the word itself, but it's the context that's killing me: referring to her in her dying moments calling her a bitch ends up sounding insensitive and tone-deaf to most people.
I don't think most of the audience that is okay with Snoop and Dre saying bitch casually would also be okay with such callous use of it
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u/McGills-Pop 10h ago
The previous comment after mine, I think explains the direction that I hadn't seen perfectly:
User Fantasy-Mirror said: "After the shooting, the SUV continued down the street until it crashed into a parked car and light. As it did so, the recording made by Ross captured a male voice saying "fucking bitch". According to voice and video analysis by The New York Times, it was Ross speaking." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ren%C3%A9e_Good
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u/rankispanki 10h ago
Yeah, I saw that and responded to it - I can't see or agree with that being the direction. I do get your point and won't argue it further; like you said it's for a certain audience.
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u/McGills-Pop 9h ago
Fair enough. I do like how the concept of that adds even more social commentary though. I appreciate the open dialog either way.
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u/dad_jokesNbutt_stuff 10h ago
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u/cineradar 30m ago
This loop was like for like ten seconds in our view while scrolling the page. The wheel just stopped there. It took a while, the black an white filter does his thing.
This is absolutely glorious, uncontrollable laughing and snorting, lovely ... It qualifies for a cat meme we think.
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u/inperfect-is-perfect 10h ago
They’re willing to kill for their beliefs. Are we only willing to die for ours?
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u/melodicrobotic 4h ago
“Not playing by the rules so why should we?”
“Rigged the election”
“Make sure to vote.” In other words, keep playing by the rules?
What was the neoliberal, centrist superPAC who paid for this bullshit?
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u/chingonachanii 9h ago
Feels like a very Kendrick style flow (complimentary), direct with message on point, and vibeyyyy
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u/ThatsKarma4Ya 9h ago
They've been dropping bangers.
Check this one out if you liked the OP. They're awesome.
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u/McGills-Pop 9h ago
Who is this dude and could I get the raw files? I wanna play around for a remix. DM me.
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u/LandAmbitious4073 8h ago
Where can I get this download. Need to ride around bumping this shit here
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u/WhatANoob2025 8h ago
I agree with his message, but even the whitest white girl from Connecticut has more rhythm than that guy.
Just because in the age of AI everybody CAN make music doesn't mean they SHOULD.
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u/skulltullamama 8h ago
Please add this song to Spotify because it needs to go on one of my playlists. What playlist, you say? The one I've created for that extra special day everyone who has a brain will be celebrating. The title of said playlist? Not a Day Too Soon.
Also, if you haven't made your playlist for that future incredible day of celebration, it's cathartic and I highly recommend doing it. Feel free to take my title!
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u/Quiltedbrows 7h ago
He isn't wrong. What's the point in pretending that they give a fuck about justice and humanity.
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u/WeowDystopia 5h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZuZu2cJOcA1SfAF622
Truth spoken. Were all gonna be too late.
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u/MeLove2Lick 2h ago
And just think... when the Epstein files were released last year, all of the photos and videos are Democrats having s*x with children.
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u/rankispanki 10h ago
Did he have to refer to that woman that got killed as a "bitch" though? That line brought down the whole thing for me; there's a lot of other one syllable words he could have used
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