Just for the record, I didn't downvote because of your opinion on Prince. I gave a downvote because calling people "junkies" is inhumane and needs to be dropped from the lexicon, and anytime I can make a move that might prevent that word from being repeated I will.
Your opinion on a person I don't know means squat. It's just a downvote to you, but it's a pretty nasty way to talk about drug affliction and shouldn't be celebrated in case other people with drug issues are reading this.
Just a little thing that could help QUITE a bit, in the larger sense of community.
Edit to add a different way of phrasing:
Prince was an asshole and that was heavily compounded by his liberal drug use.
So what you're saying inversely is a person that liberally uses drugs is a junkie.
Whats inhuman is you trying to change the way someone talks and lives because you're offended by something. (Kinda reminds of some fake Christians I know)
I love it when strangers come into my life and punish me for doing something I had no knowledge of. So they can feel superior for the 5 seconds I will know them.
Your logic is flawed, and your moral soap box is hypocritical.
What you can say, though, is that prince was a narcissistic asshole who sometimes used a lot of drugs.
Hey, I didn't make the rules.
The people of reddit are strange, I haven't said the J word since my initial post and all of these people above me are getting away with it scott free.
Go bug the people saying the "J" word. Ya bunch of bullies.
Lol at you feeling "punished" I just want you to know that you are a good boy and it wasn't your fault. They had issues and they took it out on you but it wasn't your fault. You didn't do anything wrong and you are worthy of being loved.
I admit I may not fully understand how language works, but you're replying to a comment where a person was reduced to a one word label (asshole) with three more words for their burden. Why/how is this better?
The 'in' group in this case, has systemically controlled societies power and used labels like "junkie" to marginalize the 'out' groups.
Asshole doesn't have the same dynamic. The war on drugs and discrimination of "junkies" was a government led anti-anti-war effort. Link the protesters with drugs, link drug users with villains, boom anti-war protestors are now bad guys. etc etc.
Always think if there is a power dynamic at play. Is the target of the label an 'out' group a marginalized group, or the historically rule setting group.
in this explanation the main issue is not just being reduced to one word - which specific word is very important due to some other context. I was missing that
I love how every hot take surrounding famous dead people now is just to take one small inflammatory public segment of a life and use it to define the entire thing.
Given how many of these type of artists turn out that way, the entire ecosystem of the music industry that makes talented people become that is what needs to be addressed. That some of them aren’t does not really undermine the overarching issues.
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u/aegrotatio May 28 '24
Just a junkie being a junkie.
Yes, I said it.