Follow-Up: Justify My Thug
Perez Hilton in this month's Advocate
There were some questions from folks–ok, maybe just one folk–regarding my inference that Perez Hilton really meant nigger when he called will.i.am a thug last month after the Much Music Awards. Well, earlier today, a friend of mine sent me a link to a story about Perez’ interview in this month’s Advocate. In it, Perez admits he wanted to call will.i.am a nigger, but instead settled for faggot because he thought it would be “even worse.” That doesn’t automatically mean that nigger was on the tip of Perez’ tongue when he exchanged it for thug, but I do think it was in the throat area, at least.
I think this makes my argument a lot less flimsy.
(I’d say that I hate it when I’m [quasi-]right, but that would be a lie.)
Summer,
I am not sure if I ever said it was flimsy. I just find meta-conjecture just a tad-bit more telling about the sensitivity of the writer than about the event or the interaction.
Didn’t you say that Perez Hilton by saying the word Thug he meant it as the stand in for the N word, whereas I pointed out that the power was in the F word? Secondly, you aligned both this event and some other event together where the word thug was used to point to Thug being the new N word.
In terms of your supporters, they heralded your analysis and agreed to your exact terms (i.e., thug=nigger). I admitted then and i will admitted again that i agreed with you in theory.
Thanks for the update…and they way you did. I plan to address/update my Cocaine Blog as well.
Summer,
I am not sure if I ever said it was flimsy. I just find meta-conjecture just a tad-bit more telling about the sensitivity of the writer than about the event or the interaction.
Didn’t you say that Perez Hilton by saying the word Thug he meant it as the stand in for the N word, whereas I pointed out that the power was in the F word? Secondly, you aligned both this event and some other event together where the word thug was used to point to Thug being the new N word.
In terms of your supporters, they heralded your analysis and agreed to your exact terms (i.e., thug=nigger). I admitted then and i will admitted again that i agreed with you in theory.
Thanks for the update…and they way you did. I plan to address/update my Cocaine Blog as well.
i never said you said it was flimsy. obviously this whole post was about what i picked up on/found interesting, so of course–like, i dunno, so much of the other writing in the world, esp. blogs–it probably says a whole lot more about me (the writer) than it did the event. and yes, though you agreed with me in theory, you took issue with my example of the theory, questioning my assessment that when P said thug he meant nigger. i think what this shows is that not only was P thinking nigger at some point(s) during this altercation, he also knew that calling will a nigger on some level would be a problem, so he picked a different word(s).
looking forward to your update on the cocaine blog.
i need to catch a flight.
sm.
i never said you said it was flimsy. obviously this whole post was about what i picked up on/found interesting, so of course–like, i dunno, so much of the other writing in the world, esp. blogs–it probably says a whole lot more about me (the writer) than it did the event. and yes, though you agreed with me in theory, you took issue with my example of the theory, questioning my assessment that when P said thug he meant nigger. i think what this shows is that not only was P thinking nigger at some point(s) during this altercation, he also knew that calling will a nigger on some level would be a problem, so he picked a different word(s).
looking forward to your update on the cocaine blog.
i need to catch a flight.
sm.