Why did no one hate on Jello Biafra for saying "nigger"

>>73222587
They weren't popular enough.

He doesn't use it in a negative way

He's making fun of rich white liberals who think they know everything about black people but are actually inherently racist

>>73222587
He's pseudo-quoting the foolish subject of the song, whomst he is criticizing.

Wikipedia dot org slash use-mention distinction

>>73222587
black drummer said it was okay

>>73222717
DH wasn't on their first album.

>>73222587
read the verse and it makes perfect sense. no one but a select few people would care.

Bob Dylan did the same thing.

>>73222786
this

it's the same as "to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger"

>>73222667
>>73222670
this. context matters.

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>tfw Serj Tankien covered the song but said "How the brothers feel" because he's too much of a coward to say a no-no word

>>73223344
he's not even white so he should have nothin to be scared of
lmao

>>73222667
projecting that they are inherently racist and not just ignorant

>>73223344
>>73223370
he's tied to a label and could potentially see backlash from it, not worth it for a dumb cover of an 80s punk song 2bh

>>73222587
And don't forget the use of that word in "We've Got an Even Bigger Problem Now" (or California Uber Alles Part 2 which was about Ronald Reagan being elected POTUS)

>>73222743
oh
well im dumb

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How did they get away with it?

The European taste for sugar cane
Tobacco in thick
Precious leafy fronds
Amenities not found in colder climates
Are sought

Above the steaming jungle
Lies snowy heights of honor
Foundations of empire are laid
On sweating backs of nigger slaves

To alien invaders flesh was made
An offering for economic gain
Lives traded for tusks of ivory
Are sought

Above the steaming jungle
Lies snowy heights of honor
Foundations of empire are laid
On sweating backs of nigger slaves

Superior beings compelled
Into the dark enclave
Drum beats along the congo
Forewarn of raids into
The primal Eden of the low

From darkened children
Priceless gold was had
Diamonds mined by captives
Built a throne
Enflared nostrils breathed
The jungle air
But not for long

Above the steaming jungle
Lies snowy heights of honor
Foundations of empire are laid
On sweating backs of nigger slaves
Compelled into the dark enclave

From their labors gold was had
Diamonds fed the empires thrones

Rampant prognathism
Reduced cranial girth
Dark children led away
Evidence of the rape
In chains

The cargo lies in chains
Aboard merchant ships
Anchored at the coast
Await the sign to sail
For the white empire

if your name is Jello you can get away with a lot of shit desu senpai.

>>73223344
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVxszUSl_7Y

yeah but

>>73224048
nigga =/= nigger

https://youtu.be/a-b89Kr-ov4

>British man saying nigger

Still pretty edgy desu

East Bay Ray got his back

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Why did no one hate Mark Knopfler for saying "faggot" in Money for Nothing?

>>73222587
because back then racism accusations weren't memes, people knew it for what it was and didn't immediately hang someone for just uttering the word and cared about the context

>>73224382
they were distracted by the worst music video of all time