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Like rain on your wedding day
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- Subject: Like rain on your wedding day
- From: "Knightowl" <knightowl>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 22:30:12 -0500
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- Reply-To: babel-list
- Sender: owner-babel-list
> IF it wasn't for the fact that the song is AGAINST racism,
> and I would assume that people singing along to it, KNEW this.
> Then the scene of white teens yelling the n-word aquires a whole
> new delightful aura of irony.
The irony that seems to be missed and I enjoy most is how she has
resurrected R&R Nigger proudly, sings "outside of society" with full gusto
and then urges people to register and vote.
Participatory democracy - how utterly rebellious! ;-)
God bless ya Patti.