The most recent buzz is about Kanye blowing Taylor Swift's moment at the Video Music Awards last night. With all consideration I was not pleased with his actions. It was rude and distasteful and kudos to Beyonce who was very gracious in the way in which she handled the situation. However I'm really not making this post to focus on the celebs, I want to draw attention to a somewhat similar situation where South Carolina Republican Congressman Wilson had a huge outburst ("You lie!") during President Obama's healtcare speech to congress. I believe that his comment was inappropriate and extremely disrespectful (these are my opinions and does not represent anyone else but myself). However I am juxtaposing these two incidents in order to ask readers a few questions. Answer one or answer many.- Why wasn't there as much uproar (from youth) about Wilson's comment as there was for Kanye's?
- Entertainment or Politics?
- Has free speech gone too far?
- Should it (free speech) be confined and appropriated?
- If so will it still be FREE?
- How do we deal with people who exercise their freedom of speech even if we do not agree with the context, time and place in which it is used?
- Should there be consequences?
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http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07ImeU05GK81y/340x.jpg
http://www.exposeobama.com/
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/09/kanye_west_apologizes_on_blog.html
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