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Good points Tony!
I do not think it's appropriate, to be honest. While I applaud the ingenuity and savvy it took for entertainers to get to that 'next' level, I can't support it when I see that they present the worst images of our community to the masses.
I mean, on some level I think that we are way too sanctimonious about some of these issues- we think that NO one should EVER say ANYTHING bad about us but US while ignoring that the images they see are being sold by the wealthiest of us (Bob Johnson I am looking at you). But at the same time, I don't see that we should applaud the people who are exploiting our community heritage and values.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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