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Bill Donahue
Okay, so today in class a girl was talking about Lady Gaga and how much
she hates her and her music. Now, I'm pretty apathetic towards Lady Gaga
- some of her music is pretty catchy, some of it is just meh. The girl
said, "Did you hear? Lady Gaga's new song is all about how Jews are
better and how Christians are stupid! It's making fun of Christians! And
she's just doing it to get people to buy her albums!"
I pointed out that no artist who who wants to make money would be willing to alienate the devout Christian segment of their viewer base. It would ruin their reputation for life. Also, most Jews I know (including myself) are not Jewish supremacists. Seeing as how Jews have kind of been on the receiving end of prejudice for a while now, it seems stupid that any Jew would be a racist.
She said that Lady Gaga isn't a "real Christian" and all that stuff. I was going to bring up something about Scotsmen, but I didn't know much about Lady Gaga or the song in question at the time because I'm illiterate at the whole pop-culture game.
So I go home and look up the new song. It's called "Judas" - I looked at the lyrics. They're provocative, but not as "anti-Christian" as she claims. My definition of "anti-Christian" is "All Christians and Catholics worship a wafer god, burn non-believers at the stake, and get their rocks off on molesting little boys." Her definition of "anti-Christian" is "I don't believe what you believe, so DEAL WITH IT." And there is NO FREAKING WAY that they were Jewish supremacist. In fact, they weren't saying anything about Jews at all.
Eventually, I traced it all back to a dumbass named Bill Donahue. Bill does... distasteful things like blaming the homosexual victims of bullying, claims that gays are responsible for most child molestation, and even said once on air that a cabal of secular Jews who hate Catholics and Christians are controlling Hollywood and are trying to subvert our nation's "moral values." When a rabbi called him out for being an anti-semite, he tried to retcon the whole thing. (To be fair, there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood... but from what I understand, it's more because most companies and agencies would not accept them when they first immigrated to America.)
I don't have any ill will towards Christians. Most of my friends are Christians. What bothers me is when people don't do their freaking research first and end up blaming people for imaginary crimes, and say stuff that REALLY PISSES ME OFF, then... L:HDGDFJS:AOSCMJOEWI{ANLDSKNFDSN::SDFJK:LDKN:LKSJF*angrish*
/rant
I pointed out that no artist who who wants to make money would be willing to alienate the devout Christian segment of their viewer base. It would ruin their reputation for life. Also, most Jews I know (including myself) are not Jewish supremacists. Seeing as how Jews have kind of been on the receiving end of prejudice for a while now, it seems stupid that any Jew would be a racist.
She said that Lady Gaga isn't a "real Christian" and all that stuff. I was going to bring up something about Scotsmen, but I didn't know much about Lady Gaga or the song in question at the time because I'm illiterate at the whole pop-culture game.
So I go home and look up the new song. It's called "Judas" - I looked at the lyrics. They're provocative, but not as "anti-Christian" as she claims. My definition of "anti-Christian" is "All Christians and Catholics worship a wafer god, burn non-believers at the stake, and get their rocks off on molesting little boys." Her definition of "anti-Christian" is "I don't believe what you believe, so DEAL WITH IT." And there is NO FREAKING WAY that they were Jewish supremacist. In fact, they weren't saying anything about Jews at all.
Eventually, I traced it all back to a dumbass named Bill Donahue. Bill does... distasteful things like blaming the homosexual victims of bullying, claims that gays are responsible for most child molestation, and even said once on air that a cabal of secular Jews who hate Catholics and Christians are controlling Hollywood and are trying to subvert our nation's "moral values." When a rabbi called him out for being an anti-semite, he tried to retcon the whole thing. (To be fair, there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood... but from what I understand, it's more because most companies and agencies would not accept them when they first immigrated to America.)
I don't have any ill will towards Christians. Most of my friends are Christians. What bothers me is when people don't do their freaking research first and end up blaming people for imaginary crimes, and say stuff that REALLY PISSES ME OFF, then... L:HDGDFJS:AOSCMJOEWI{ANLDSKNFDSN::SDFJK:LDKN:LKSJF*angrish*
/rant
Comments
"When he comes to me, I am ready
I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs
Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain
Even after three times, he betrays me
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
A king with no crown, king with no crown"
"In the most Biblical sense,
I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind
But in the cultural sense
I just speak in future tense
Judas kiss me if offensed,
Or wear ear condom next time
I wanna love you,
But something's pulling me away from you
Jesus is my virtue,
Judas is the demon I cling to
I cling to
I'm just a Holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a Holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby "
~~~~~~~~~~
Okay. And let's hear Bill's comments:
"This is a stunt... Lady Gaga tries to continue to shock Catholics and Christians in general: she dresses as a nun... she swallows the rosary. She has now morphed into a caricature of herself.”
"She is trying to rip off Christian idolatry to shore up her talentless, mundane and boring performances. Another ex-Catholic whose head is turned around... Is this the only way to jet up her performance? This isn't random, we are getting closer to Holy Week and Easter.”
~~~~~~~~~~
It's debatable whether Gaga's actually "a caricature of herself", or if her performances are "talentless, mundane and boring". In fact, I'll admit that a lot of her melodies are quite catchy. But can you actually look at those lyrics, to this song released so close to Easter, and think that she's NOT hoping to "shock Catholics and Christians in general"? Do you think it's inaccurate to say that she's purposely aiming at controversial imagery?
The problem with Bill Donahue is that his language is awfully aggressive, so it reaches Shoot the Message territory. I have that problem myself, you might notice. :-) But I don't think the argument is off in this case... you know, other than the quip about her talent.
You know what would've been cool? If this song had been about Judas Maccabeus or St. Judas the One Who Wasn't a Tool.
EDIT: Also, looking at that song, I don't think your friend had to necessarily listen to anything Bill Donahue said to reach a conclusion that Lady Gaga wasn't a "real Christian", or anything of that nature. :-) I'll repeat the primary question: "Is this the only way to jet up her performance?"
EDIT: For full effect, release this song toward the end of January (near MLK Day):
"Free at last, oh oh oh
Free at last, oh oh oh
I love James Earl Ray
And he makes me free at last
I have a dream, and he is my man
I'd march by his side any day, yeah
Free at last, oh oh oh
I love James Earl Ray"
Never knew that, never cared.