Respectfully, gotta disagree — and pretty strongly.

Good point, but actually there’s even more nuance there.

It is true that most people how are abused don’t *necessarily* go on to abuse.

But if you have been abused, you are still more likely to become an abuser, as the majority of abusers have some kind of history of being victims themselves.

So it’s a myth that if you…

“Because conservatives are evil people.”

Evil?

Want to walk that back even a little? ; )

Good point.

A rare side effect of trauma, for certain, but there may be a constellation of factors that we don’t know about that also play a role.

Certainly even mere depression raises the risk of one committing acts of violence.

It’s an unpopular statement, as it’s also true that many people with depression do no act outwardly —…

“This woman director is a horrible person” — respectfully, the thing that popped in my head was: what a weird way to speak.

That’s why, as a consumer, I tried to find music that is eclectic, fresh, and as “independent as possible” — you’ll likely support more diverse artists in this way, as well as penalise labels who put out nonsense.

The problem is — Taylor Swift is SO DAMN CATCHY. So it’s just naturally going to draw more fans.

Means real…

I agree. ; )

People seem to be confused between appropriation and influenced — all music is influenced by sounds around us, including from other traditions.

Certain forms of music wouldn’t exist as they do today without a bedrock from European traditions, mixed with black traditions (and likewise, tunings and phrasings from…

The only musical form no one EVER wants to appropriate.

There are folk traditions in Europe that stretch back to the age of minstrels, long before America was even discovered — the fact is, there’s a folk music tradition in every culture that was geographically isolated, and they share many identical features (storytelling through song, simple song structure, often…

Thundercat is a genius. But the music is more challenging.

But there’s a problem with point 3 of his argument that we shouldn’t gloss over — all American music was not created by black people. This just isn’t accurate enough for me. And before people jump on me, that’s not to say that white Americans didn’t inappropriately appropriate forms of African-American music, I’m not…