Thursday, March 21, 2013

Michelle Shocked

I'd never heard of this woman before, but man this audio is interesting!
Basically she started throwing out homophobic slurs in the middle of her gig in San Francisco...of all places she seriously chose San Fran.. anyway the audience begins to question her, many are confused but most of them leave half way through. Some even applaud her bold statements. It starts at around 4:15-4:30.

I didn't pay much attention to this article a few days ago when it was just a write up on how a musician said "God hates faggots" and told someone in the audience to tweet it. In fact I was confused as to what happened, and I didn't really care, the hate isn't worth listening to most of the time. What grabbed me was when this audio was released today. I started thinking about freedom of speech, and hate speech and the relationship between the two. It's my interest as a queer person that is showing you this article however I just find this audio fascinating. It almost sounds scripted. The sounds of the audience fading in and out as Shocked get's louder, and the mumbling in between mixed with her singing is intriguing to me. I like pulling it a part. Trying so hard to listen to what they're saying.

Read the rest of the article here

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