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by Anonymous User on Monday January 28, @07:22PM EST (#1)
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MTV has become a conditioning station to expose youth to alternative lifestyles, and misandry has been a central theme in much of it's programming...
If you are gay, a woman or a minority, you can bet that MTV will portray you in a positive fashion. Men (boys) - are the enemy and are only "cool" if they are overly in-touch with their feminine side, or act like complete Jackasses (hence the show "Jackass" that is about boys (often naked) intentionally putting themselves at risk doing stupid stunts).
Part of the whole "grrl power" thing is teaching young girls how to intentionally disrespect the opposite gender... it's easy to get this message across, especially after seeing shows like Jackass. Also, no one really complains that most of the music marketed towards young girls vilifies the male gender, yet is wrapped in cool contemporary sounds that are appealling to youn girls.
MTV is all about "catchin' em' while their young." Rock has always been anti-establishment, MTV barely shows music anymore, it's all about the message now, and the message often isn't very good if you are male.
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I agree.
Worthy of note is that MTV doesn't show much rock anymore. It's mostly pop, rap, and R&B/hip-hop. I was waiting FOREVER for them to show the new Tool video ("Schism", which is nominated for a Grammy) and they won't show it! Not to mention they rarely show videos from even popular bands like Creed, P.O.D., Staind, etc. They must hate white males or something.
And to the girls who dissed the guys: if you really believe men and women aren't equal, childish name-calling and harassment is no way to level a playing field.
"Female men's activist" is not an oxymoron.
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by Anonymous User on Monday January 28, @07:55PM EST (#3)
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Perhaps we should have MTV charged for inciting hate, that is if it's possible under the hate crimes laws.
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Don't you know that is only hate if you are hating a protected group. Just as you cannot be racist towards whites or discriminate against men. Jeez, don't you understand that the laws are there to put us ALL POWERFUL white males in our place. To take back the MONOPOLY on power that ...
hold on my 1040 just came in....
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or VH1 either. Its pretty sad that I have to preview most of new music over Limewire. Maybe MP3.com will start there own music network that actually... get this... plays music.
I have dumped MTV ages ago. It all stated going down hill with Remote Control (reaching back anyone?). Once they stopped the music, I stopped watching.
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(hence the show "Jackass" that is about boys (often naked) intentionally putting themselves at risk doing stupid stunts).
Damn! When did MTV start showing nudity? I've heard about "Jackass," but I didn't realize it was a misandry-fest. I haven't watched MTV since way back in 1993. I was getting disgusted with it even then.
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The other male image that MTV does like to portray is the hardcore, kneecapping, thuggin, I slapped that bitch upside the head, gangster.
To make it on MTV, you have to be a badass or a dumbass. Wonder what message that send to both young women and men.
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by Anonymous User on Tuesday January 29, @10:13AM EST (#9)
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We mustn't forget the boyband phenomenon. I daresay most of the music directed towards young girls is actually of this variety.
Being a cookie-cutter pretty boy without a brain in your head who spends his whole life writing love ballads to the criminally underage is in. The most individually you're allowed is being the "outsider" in the band, which is to say behave exactly the same, but wear a goatee and say "yo" or "word" once in awhile.
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Being a cookie-cutter pretty boy without a brain in your head who spends his whole life writing love ballads to the criminally underage is in. The most individually you're allowed is being the "outsider" in the band, which is to say behave exactly the same, but wear a goatee and say "yo" or "word" once in awhile.
LOL!
The popular music scene today is sooooo lame. It was much better than this when I was fifteen - which, unfortunately, was twenty years ago! Come on, we want bands that can play their instruments, band members who are old enough to shave, and songs we'll remember twenty years from now. No wonder they hate men so much; men are everything they aren't: energetic, talented, and post-pubescent. I have neighbours who play crappy dance music for hours, and it makes me fear for civilisation. I should break into their house, tie them to chairs and play them some early Black Flag. You see, all this moden music is just so much [rants on through fade-out]...
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This sounds like a candidate for the Media Watch page. What do you say, Nightmist?
"Stereotypes are devices that save a biased person the trouble of learning."
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This sounds like a candidate for the Media Watch page. What do you say, Nightmist?
Nightmist says, "Yup." I'll update it as soon as I get a chance.
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Uberganger, I think instead of "word" it's word-up", but being white and middle class, I might be wrong :-)
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"Uberganger, I think instead of "word" it's
word-up", but being white and middle class, I
might be wrong :-)
Frank, if I may be allowed to modify your statement a bit:
"Uberganger, I think instead of "word" it's
word-up", but being white and [oppressor] class, I
might be wrong :-)"
You need your beets -- you recycle, recycle!
Don't eat your beets -- recycle, recycle!
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Modify all you like, Anthony, but your modification appears to me to be redundantly redundant. Shouldn't it be more like:
"... being [oppressor] class, I might be..." ?
Frank H :-)
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"I should break into their house, tie them to chairs and play them some early Black Flag. You see, all this moden music is just so much [rants on through fade-out]..."
LOL
If you need help need someone to help, drop a line..
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by Anonymous User on Monday January 28, @09:31PM EST (#5)
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I've watched those MTV hags,
for too many years.
I've seen them from the front.
I've seen them from the back.
I've seen them in their chairs.
I've seen them in the sack.
I've seen them crouch.
I've seen them on that stupid couch.
They got old.
They got mean.
They won't cook or clean.
I do not like them on TV.
I do not like them swinging from a tree.
I do not like MTV hags.
I do not like those crusty old nags.
The Madcap Misogynist
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