Could you tell me how the word 'cracker' has benefited white people? I can understand it being thought of as neutral, but I'm curious as to what tangible benefits it has brought.

Nah. When black people die of heroin overdoses, it's because of the "culture" or something. It's not they had it coming, but it was totally expected b/c blackness is gross. Shift in the view, but still shitty, ya dig.

You are basically coming in here to tell the straight white people that its a-okay with you that they just keep on telling us we should be ashamed and shutting us down.

Your reply is full of fairly disingenuous sleight-of-hand:

But don't you know he's oppressing LGBT artists by writing a song in support of equal rights? Duh.

Anyone who says they're an ally of an oppressed group and then seeks to minimize the opinions, words and reactions of that oppressed group is not. an. ally.

You're just really annoying with your continued insistence on giving straight people some credit for the movement and the legal concept of gay rights.

Now there's the LGBTQ solidarity which we all knew you had!

He's so cute :')

These revisionist bitches think we don't know our history. They need to take a seat and let us figure our shit.

You do not speak for gay people, you deluded cretin. Sit down.

The last thing we homos need is some west coast recovering junkie to speak for us.

Stop oppressing me :'(

HE WAS ASKED TO WRITE THE FUCKING SONG FOR THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON STATE. SO HE WROTE THE SONG IN SOLIDARITY. How is this objectionable? I would rather hear this on the radio than the Jay- Z crap that gets played about how hard his life is as a celebrity.

Macklemore is white, straight and he's here to save you from the evils of hip-hop. Ladies and Gentlemen a "very special message" about social justice brought to you with all the lack of self-awareness and condescension that only a corporate zeitgeist can provide. Shank me with a dirty shank.

It's bad if a guy is a homophobe, it's also bad if he's an ally? Are you never happy?

So queer people are suppose to forget about the horrific acts we have suffered at the hands of patriarchal society and straight men?

Honestly I don't get the hate that allies get. So we /can't/ support human rights for all?

I thought Rob was just a'trollin'

OK, well just know your opinions on non-normative sexualities are just as valid as anyone else's, and that the arguments you put forward are more important than your physical or sexual characteristics :o)