I have listened to a lot of sub-genres of rap - and I simply don't like the repetitive chanting associated with rap; it simply gets on my nerves, and I don't want someone to force me to listen to music I don't like against my will.

Really??? "...you don't get to decide what is and is not music." And neither do you.

Thinking that 100% of all people are supposed to like all things 100% of the time is unrealistic.

I don't like rap, and my dislike has nothing to do with the ethnicity of the performers. I'm simply irritated by the repetitive chanting. If you're going to say that 100% of all people are supposed to like everything 100% of the time...

What makes you thing that expressing an opinion is being a "troll"? Why would you want to live in a dictatorship, where it's literally a crime to express a dissenting opinion? Do you really think 100% of all people are supposed to agree about everything?

Ummm...People are allowed to define what is and what isn't music. You do realize that all people should be allowed to thing for themselves, right? Do you really want to live in a dictatorship?

Do explain.

What??? Oh, come on. There's no such thing as an opinion that's "pretty wrong". Just because you disagree with someone's assessment doesn't mean they're wrong. If you thing that 100% of all people are supposed to agree about everything 100% of the time...

Stop. Please. Just stop.

And that's perfectly fine for you to state your opinion. It's weird when rap fans go berserk when someone gives their opinion that rap is not really music, that it's just a monologue set to a beat (and I agree with your assessment, by the way). For some odd reason, a lot of rap fans become irrational when they think…

Please explain.

Just because someone doesn't like the same things you like doesn't mean they don't "know anything about music". That's not logical. What makes you think all people are supposed to share identical impressions and opinions about literally everything? That's not humanly possible, and it's not realistic.

Not silly, because it's unrealistic to expect that 100% of all people are supposed to like all of the same things.

What??? Huh??? Really??? "But to say that something isn't music when. it. clearly. is. is just sorta nuts." Your statement is "sorta nuts" if you expect all people to share all opinions about everything. So what if some people don't think rap is music? That doesn't detract from your opinion about rap. So what if…

Through the years, I've listened to all varieties of rap, and I simply don't care for it. Why? I simply don't like the repetitive chanting of rap; it irritates me and gets on my nerves. But that's simply my opinion, which to I'm entitled - oh, wow: how shocking to actually have an independent opinion! If you don't…

Agreed. Just because you don't like what someone says doesn't justify labeling them a "troll". Labeling someone a "troll" only because you disagree with their comment is a dangerous form of censorship.

"...you don't get to decide what is and is not music." And neither do you.

For anyone to say that disliking rap is racist is really silly. I don't like rap - surely you don't think that automatically make me racist? How logical is that? (If your only response would be to say something like, "Oh, please. Just stop." then, well...)

Just because someone says something you don't like doesn't justify labeling that person a "troll". Do you really think all people are supposed to share the same opinions about literally everything? How realistic is that?

Ummm...Newsflash: not everyone is going to like the same type of genre. Do you really think all people should have identical tastes and identical opinions about literally everything? Not exactly realistic.