Activists Protest ‘Homophobic’ Singer’s Performance

[Kadie]

Activists Protest ‘Homophobic’ Singer’s Performance
November 28, 2010 11:05 PM

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A group of activists gathered outside a downtown Sacramento nightclub Sunday night to protest the performance of a Jamaican reggae singer who has been criticized for strong anti-gay lyrics.

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“He doesn’t like gays, he’s against them and he has called for the killing of gays in his music,” said Ken Pierce of Equality Action Now, a Sacramento-based gay rights group.

Some of Capleton’s songs, such as “Burn Out Di Chi Chi,” have attracted the ire of activists who say a recent string of suicides by gay youths show that anti-gay bullying and threats can cause serious harm. (In Jamaican patois, “chi chi” refers to gay men.)

Harlow’s owners say they’ve supported gay-friendly events in the past but also support an artist’s right to free speech, even if it’s divisive. The club cancelled a Capleton performance last year amid strong condemnation from the gay and lesbian community.

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http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2010/11/28/activists-protest-%E2%80%98homophobic%E2%80%99-singer%E2%80%99s-performance/

[joeybee12]

1. hey club owner, you are not SUPPPORTING his right to free speech, you are PROMOTING

his hateful speech...and if the guy didn't make you money, you wouldn't be booking him.

[rocktivity]

2. When I went to Jamaica, I was glad that I wouldn't have to worry about a language barrier

Until I heard the patois!

;)
rocktivity

[GSLevel9]

3. pardon me for saying this...

but if he were singing about killing Jews, the ADL and a half dozen organizations and MSM entities would have him banished to Siberia.

[Poll_Blind]

4. And hopefully one day enough people will recognize the severity of hatespeech in...

..regards to homosexuality.

When it comes to anti-Semitism the reason why there's such a close eye looking out for it is that a bunch of people have made it their priority to do so. There don't exist those kinds of organizations and/or the organizations that do exist to help combat anti-Homosexual hatespeech still need more pumping-up.

America is a great, wild, place. But if you want to make an imprint on it, you have to throw thousands and thousands of keen-eyed people out there to start enforcing your view of the world. Good or bad, that's mostly how it works.

PB

[blondeatlast]

6. +1. nt

[xchrom]

5. Indeed. Nt

[Ian David]

9. The ADL has come down against this stuff, too.

http://www.adl.org/NR/exeres/6790B751-4589-40C7-A926-7E5B3AB034D3,26E18451-BBEC-4CE2-9340-16A816972585,frameless.htm

http://www.adl.org/media_watch/newspapers/20040730-villagevoice.htm

[jberryhill]

7. Jamaica voted to approve execution of homosexuals

Jamaica was on the list of countries that voted to remove homosexuality from the UN's list of "things you can't summarily execute people for".

Jamaica has anti-gay laws and they make it clear that "one love" is not for everybody.

It is an intensely hateful place.

[Ian David]

8. Burn Out Di Harlow? n/t