Ability to call each other illiterate as long as I'm a credentialist (Reply #376)

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Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:35 AM

JustAnotherGen (27,352 posts)

376. Ability to call each other illiterate as long as I'm a credentialist

Thanks for this - didn't realize it was allowed at DU. Now I know!

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439 replies	Author	Time	Post
What is Kanye Wests malfunction? [View all]	VScott	Feb 2015	OP
President Obama said it best -	cwydro	Feb 2015	#1
First thing...	3catwoman3	Feb 2015	#2
Actually I think he said "jackass."	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#20
Even better!	cwydro	Feb 2015	#29
He did..He called him a jackass.	whathehell	Feb 2015	#203
So are Kanye's blushing bride, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#254
He said jackass.	Lil Missy	Feb 2015	#31
He hit the nail on the head! nt	cwydro	Feb 2015	#52
How so? n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#137
Because he IS a jackass!	cwydro	Feb 2015	#182
Okay ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#196
Exactly	Tsiyu	Feb 2015	#263
LOL, so you think rich people can never be assholes? Nice way to judge people. nt	Logical	Feb 2015	#269
No ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#277
so money equals intelligence	backwoodsbob	Feb 2015	#397
Might I suggest that ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#405
Obama did not call Kanye an asshole. Why would you insinuate such a thing about Kanye?	Dr. Strange	Feb 2015	#421
I really don't know.	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#3
Kim's dress looked like a bathrobe	Bettie	Feb 2015	#6
A beaded, sparkley 80s nightmare bathrobe.	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#9
It even had the horrible beaded pockets	Bettie	Feb 2015	#16
Yeah.	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#22
The get-up at a pre-Grammy party was a big ol' mess, too.	WorseBeforeBetter	Feb 2015	#77
What's wrong with bathrobes?	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#18
lol!	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#23
.	one_voice	Feb 2015	#25
Dayum - there she is, doing what she's famous for.	calimary	Feb 2015	#28
LOL!	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#34
WOOO	Capt. Obvious	Feb 2015	#59
Someone said it looked better in person than in pictures...	Phentex	Feb 2015	#428
Probably Kim said that.	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#429
LOL!	Phentex	Feb 2015	#431
My 21-yo daughter told me she saw an interview where Kim said Kanye picked out that dress.	Chiyo-chichi	Feb 2015	#67
"Once he started calling himself a genius...."	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#8
sigh!	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#10
Ohforcryingoutloud...	calimary	Feb 2015	#27
As the saying goes - A legend in	840high	Feb 2015	#237
This message was self-deleted by its author	azmom	Feb 2015	#26
Jimmy Kimmel will have a field day with him, again.	VScott	Feb 2015	#56
So, I guess we won't see Kanye on Kimmel soon.	progressoid	Feb 2015	#62
lol!	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#66
Re: Kim's dress -	LibertyLover	Feb 2015	#385
That's just bizarre to me.	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#386
Maybe "Childish Egotism" should be a category for a Grammy.	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#4
We could add sub categories... My vote is for "Petulant Narcissism".	Glassunion	Feb 2015	#49
Well said!	Shrike47	Feb 2015	#79
Good one. Gotta remember that.	840high	Feb 2015	#307
He's garbage.	Action_Patrol	Feb 2015	#5
Garbage weighed in. Well, at least Shirley Manson did.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#302
Nice!	Action_Patrol	Feb 2015	#365
He seems to have a thing for Beyonce	GummyBearz	Feb 2015	#7
Taylor Swift was a little girl...	rainbobryte	Feb 2015	#110
motorhead for album of 2015	flobee1	Feb 2015	#131
Believe it.	hifiguy	Feb 2015	#139
Taylor Swift was 20 years old, no where near a "little girl" and Beck is older than Kanye	Number23	Feb 2015	#191
I think maybe the poster meant that Taylor Swift is slight of stature	mythology	Feb 2015	#219
At 5'11, Swift is taller than Kanye. And all of these "theories" are really quite fascinating.	Number23	Feb 2015	#246
She probably weighs 110 pounds soaking wet.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#285
I have to say this: When Kanye headed toward Beck and	tblue37	Feb 2015	#394
I dunno. He looks like a smug bastard in this pic...	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#402
Watch the video, though. Right as he turns he briefly flashes a very cute, playful smile. nt	tblue37	Feb 2015	#403
I still don't think it was appropriate. It was very limelight-hogging...	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#411
You seem EXCEEDINGLY invested in portraying the man in the most negative light possible	Number23	Feb 2015	#406
It pleases me to no end that you find it quite... interesting.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#410
Oh it's obvious that you have no qualms about making your intentions quite clear.	Number23	Feb 2015	#415
And what intentions would those be, #23?	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#416
Says the one posting all of the ever so "friendly" emoticons in between Kanye rage posts	Number23	Feb 2015	#417
LOL... "rage."	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#420
Yeah, you're just in every last thread on this because it is such a monumentally important topic!	Number23	Feb 2015	#422
Wait. I've been in two threads...	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#423
She was a young woman...	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#264
... and did you notice for awhile Kim K was dying her hair blonde-ish, like Beyonce?	Myrina	Feb 2015	#430
It's MORE than a thing for Beyonce	rocktivity	Feb 2015	#438
He thinks he is important and talented and he is neither	Lurks Often	Feb 2015	#11
He can't sing worth a shit	Mosby	Feb 2015	#39
Apparently I play music for different reasons.	Throd	Feb 2015	#12
Grammy's keep inviting this moron back	vankuria	Feb 2015	#13
We should skip the Grammys and just toss the award to Beyoncé every year.	Autumn	Feb 2015	#14
Because he's a complete dick?	MohRokTah	Feb 2015	#15
You can tell how twisted and immature he is by the importance he attaches to winning a Grammy	world wide wally	Feb 2015	#17
He's never, ever attached any real importance to anything but his music. This is ignorance.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#68
Then why does he throw a fit if the winner isn't who he wants it to be?	world wide wally	Feb 2015	#80
That's the script for making a scene for black folks to see SOME press at industry executive levels	ancianita	Feb 2015	#83
The Grammys are bullshit and so are the Oscars. They all just pat themselves on the back and talk	world wide wally	Feb 2015	#120
If that point had been made earlier in the thread, I'd believe the climate here as anti-Grammy, as	ancianita	Feb 2015	#273
LOL, so you think anyone who disagrees in award shows should storm on stage and whine? Really? nt	Logical	Feb 2015	#279
Of course not. But in Kanye's case, I understand. Unlike most people here.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#294
Every rude idiot could justify doing that. You just do not understand rudeness! Nt	Logical	Feb 2015	#298
Rudeness in the name of recognition is no vice. Manners in the pursuit of art is no virtue. Deal.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#305
Lol, Kanye is this you???? You need to post in Creative speculation! nt	Logical	Feb 2015	#313
I take that as a compliment.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#319
the only reason he's able to do so is that he has the power to do so without being sanctioned	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#380
So I guess Kanye doesn't think Beck is a real artist, what a d-bag. n/t	dilby	Feb 2015	#19
But he thinks Beyonce is.	Iggo	Feb 2015	#40
+1 nt	hifiguy	Feb 2015	#42
Oh she is an Artist for sure, just not as good as Beck	dilby	Feb 2015	#48
I think of her more as a Performer.	Iggo	Feb 2015	#51
She's a pop singer. Beck is a musician.	tridim	Feb 2015	#85
beck sucks, kanye sucks, beyonce sucks. imo.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#221
Guess who else sucks?	bravenak	Feb 2015	#229
taylor swift. (your personal attack is duly noted. par.)	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#231
Rings a Bell. I like Taylor Swift.nt	bravenak	Feb 2015	#234
good for you. i don't. i also don't attack you personally. manners.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#235
You felt attacked? Hmm. Such a mild statement from me is an attack. Lord. Poor u.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#242
not a good act.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#325
Neither is yours.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#330
I'm not acting; and I don't insult people & pretend I didn't. Good night to you.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#331
Good night.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#332
I didn't pretend.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#333
Good. So neither one of us is nice. I was just surprised you felt insulted after yesterday.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#339
i'm surprised you're surprised.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#343
You called us a gang. Tired of black people being called gangsters. It was offensive.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#344
Here's the thread in question. It's full of posters attacking Mad Floridian.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#348
Ha!	bravenak	Feb 2015	#349
...	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#351
Why don't you listen to what Kanye himself says about Beck.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#300
Look how many self-described 'liberals'	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#364
ego the size of a planet	ProdigalJunkMail	Feb 2015	#21
Kanye is pretty much the archetypal douchebag.	Recursion	Feb 2015	#24
Please	linuxman	Feb 2015	#258
So fucking what! Sgt Pepper album came out & we all did that. When Yeezy does it, it's pathologized.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#338
? "we all did that"? what?	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#381
loved it during the Katrina nightmare when he said	ALBliberal	Feb 2015	#30
That he exists?	calimary	Feb 2015	#32
Love your comment!	onecaliberal	Feb 2015	#54
After all these long-ass verses I'm tired, you tired, Jesus wept	azmom	Feb 2015	#33
I only know who he is because of the last time he interrupted	TwilightGardener	Feb 2015	#35
Says the man who married a pretender.	GeorgeGist	Feb 2015	#36
The Grammy Awards	MurrayDelph	Feb 2015	#37
The mental picture of Kanye getting tased made me smile	Lurks Often	Feb 2015	#45
He's a perpetually sullen assclown with	LibDemAlways	Feb 2015	#38
What a maroon, to quote Bugs Bunny.	hifiguy	Feb 2015	#41
I was kinda with him on Taylor Swift	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#43
He still had no reason to interupt Taylor Swift	HappyMe	Feb 2015	#46
I agree	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#50
"music ain't a sport "	olddots	Feb 2015	#44
He hates himself. Period. nt	Dreamer Tatum	Feb 2015	#47
Marrying a Kardashian kinda proves that.	SammyWinstonJack	Feb 2015	#425
I was kind of shocked this morning to read online	Blue_In_AK	Feb 2015	#53
I was shocked to hear that Beck's album had actually won.	countryjake	Feb 2015	#152
Me too ... but for a different reason ...	Myrina	Feb 2015	#433
I had to go look him up	Marrah_G	Feb 2015	#291
I've always enjoyed his music.	Blue_In_AK	Feb 2015	#323
Good grief. I'm a 68 year-old grandma and have both artists albums and, given Beck's white	ancianita	Feb 2015	#334
Chill.	Blue_In_AK	Feb 2015	#336
Not against a black artist making a point about the position of black arts in a democratic society.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#345
I repeat ... chill.	Blue_In_AK	Feb 2015	#347
You, BIA, should have read this thread earlier when it was 99% Kanye unqualified cultural bigotry.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#353
Gotcha. I'm out. Have at it.	Blue_In_AK	Feb 2015	#354
Just Wow!	ProfessorGAC	Feb 2015	#370
Those are your words, not mine. Anyone who's followed the post numbers here knows what I've	ancianita	Feb 2015	#375
A Light Year From Reality (eom)	ProfessorGAC	Feb 2015	#379
Gimme a break.	Desert805	Feb 2015	#424
You mad? If those artists stood up with the same issue as Ye, the OP probably wouldn't even exist.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#427
LoL. All those words and you ask if I'm mad?	Desert805	Feb 2015	#435
That you somehow think that his industry	Desert805	Feb 2015	#436
Is he the one married to the girl with the huge ass?	B Calm	Feb 2015	#55
Two huge asses	Crabby Appleton	Feb 2015	#71
He's just speaking out against the "industry"	Act_of_Reparation	Feb 2015	#57
What?	ancianita	Feb 2015	#61
What is difficult to understand?	Act_of_Reparation	Feb 2015	#65
No. Beck deserved it. Kanye uses award times to exploit corporate occasions.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#69
I suppose I come from a very different school of thought here.	Act_of_Reparation	Feb 2015	#90
Glad we both are, even if for different reasons. Seriously? Albini? Back in the day?	ancianita	Feb 2015	#100
That does make sense, and I apologize for jumping to invectives.	Act_of_Reparation	Feb 2015	#129
...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#143
Fantastic.	Action_Patrol	Feb 2015	#398
I wouldn't go that far.	Act_of_Reparation	Feb 2015	#399
I'll take abrasive over	Action_Patrol	Feb 2015	#401
This message was self-deleted by its author	GReedDiamond	Feb 2015	#267
The "nominating committee" is made up of...	GReedDiamond	Feb 2015	#274
Thanks for the info about the committee that isn't public knowledge. But the demographics of the	ancianita	Feb 2015	#289
I say it is not a perfect system, because, it isn't.	GReedDiamond	Feb 2015	#324
Okay, so let's see. Grammy committee demographics are a "mystery," major labels have advantage	ancianita	Feb 2015	#329
There is one "Grammy Committee" in regards to the Grammy voting process:	GReedDiamond	Feb 2015	#342
...	ancianita	Feb 2015	#350
I don't care how many lists "Yeezus" was or is on...	GReedDiamond	Feb 2015	#356
Flavor Flav did it best	Capt. Obvious	Feb 2015	#58
He has no malfunction. None. I "get" him, followed him since before his first hit. You all don't.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#60
He's still a dick.	Throd	Feb 2015	#63
A whole thread on hating a dick. This thread says a lot more about the Kanye haters than about Kanye	ancianita	Feb 2015	#70
I think it's hysterical that anyone can believe	Codeine	Feb 2015	#73
You really don't know what you're talking about. Black people don't agree with you. You speak from	ancianita	Feb 2015	#76
Oh for fuck's sake. The man's a carnival barker.	Codeine	Feb 2015	#78
I'm glad all the blacks on DU are reading everyone in this thread, seeing how culturally stupid and	ancianita	Feb 2015	#88
Sometimes you can glean extremely interesting tidbits about posters by reading the	randys1	Feb 2015	#93
Being unimpressed with Mr. West's product	Codeine	Feb 2015	#96
Great. Soften your "for fuck's sake he's a barker" stance. Because he will re-structure the industry	ancianita	Feb 2015	#103
She'll have better sense and taste than that. nt	Codeine	Feb 2015	#111
"You may not ever"....	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#123
"Do people need your permission"? LOL	whathehell	Feb 2015	#136
Heh heh... no demand for permission. It's colloquial. LOL? Millions of black people consider	ancianita	Feb 2015	#318
You may not EVER?	AndreaCG	Feb 2015	#408
Perhaps you could discuss a single line of Mr. West's unimpressive product ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#148
I'll bet you've never listened to Kanye West for any length of time.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#156
I agree.	NOLALady	Feb 2015	#352
Don't get mad. There are a lot of shitty white musicians who are popular too.	Throd	Feb 2015	#82
Don't even compare the two. You're just showing your own ignorance about how Kanye is	ancianita	Feb 2015	#84
I get it. He is God. All future awards, regardless of category, shall go to him.	Throd	Feb 2015	#87
That's it? The right wing argument used against Obama? You got nothing. Nuh-thing.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#92
All my comments have been about him being a world class nariccisstic asshole.	Throd	Feb 2015	#95
Didnt you call Kanye a shitty artist with your first comment?	randys1	Feb 2015	#97
I honestly don't care for autotuned music.	Throd	Feb 2015	#99
What you personally think is meaningless as to a discussion of Kanye or Beyonce's	randys1	Feb 2015	#101
You mean the discussion I wasn't having?	Throd	Feb 2015	#107
From narcissism to auto-tuning, moving those goal posts must be almost as difficult as rationalizing	LanternWaste	Feb 2015	#112
Not liking Kanye West is now racist?	Nuclear Unicorn	Feb 2015	#113
No, saying that the shit of Beck has more value than those two people kind of is and let's	randys1	Feb 2015	#114
Beyonce doesn't even write her own songs!	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2015	#186
Why is writing your own songs a requirement?	kwassa	Feb 2015	#195
It isn't a requirement, apparently, it is just my opinion.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2015	#200
The art of interpretation is very important, too.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#215
Hell, I think we should have separate but equal Grammy's, all the good white folk	randys1	Feb 2015	#393
Cool story bro.	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#395
I'm not sure why this was posted in response to me.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2015	#396
Thank you, randys1. This ain't got fuck all to do with music.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#255
Imagine that. I don't	840high	Feb 2015	#316
For the record, I'm white. But that has fuck all to do with my ability to recognize great talent	ancianita	Feb 2015	#326
Kanye is hardly the pinnacle of black music.	Codeine	Feb 2015	#108
Professional music critics disagree with you. Strongly.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#146
I knew Kanye was the shit when I saw a devout Hindu woman singing "Je..Sus..Walks" under her	Number23	Feb 2015	#163
I wonder how Taylor Swift and Iggy faired ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#224
Taylor Swift is very popular with critics. Iggy, I don't know.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#228
Thanks. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#232
You hate Oasis?	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#126
Hate? No. Undeserving of the hype at the time? Yes.	Throd	Feb 2015	#128
Ummm.... so Kanye should just get to decide what's best?	Adrahil	Feb 2015	#116
Yeah, putting Beyonce over Beck in an "art vs commerce" argument is just backwards.	cemaphonic	Feb 2015	#118
+1, lol	Marr	Feb 2015	#238
I don't know if I want to defend the Grammys	el_bryanto	Feb 2015	#104
LOL, what a load of BS! He is an asshole. Most people complain without being rude assholes. nt	Logical	Feb 2015	#151
Still remember when Kanye was on Def Poetry Jam...	BklnDem75	Feb 2015	#249
I "get" that he's a fucking wanker who picked the wrong target in Beck...	Violet_Crumble	Feb 2015	#355
Seems like they loved it when it was John Lennon	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#368
Soooo	cwydro	Feb 2015	#378
Against my better judgement, I now know who Kanye, Beyonce and Beck are.	LanternWaste	Feb 2015	#64
Seriously, everyone. Here. Let me help this thread's haters a little more.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#72
Post removed	Post removed	Feb 2015	#89
And you're just the guy/gal to give it to him. Right? n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#225
Kanye may be the next (or current) Elvis	philosslayer	Feb 2015	#122
Beck has taken shits that are more important	Codeine	Feb 2015	#74
Truth. (n/t)	Iggo	Feb 2015	#75
Singers like Beyonce and Etta James been dealing with people like you all their lives.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#81
Beyonce sings sharp	KT2000	Feb 2015	#86
OMG	BuddhaGirl	Feb 2015	#121
I've seen Etta James perform--no way Beyonce is anywhere near her class.	panader0	Feb 2015	#130
So have I, and I disagree. Etta ain't all that.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#243
Hater!	WorseBeforeBetter	Feb 2015	#132
No. I explain how the film, Cadillac Records does that. Did you watch the video, though?	ancianita	Feb 2015	#358
LOL.	Iggo	Feb 2015	#124
And she certainly isn't a talented songwriter	TBF	Feb 2015	#125
Thank you ancianita.	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#157
Thanks, lovemydog. When I got here I thought everyone had lost their minds about the issues.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#359
They have indeed lost their minds about these particular issues.	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#363
Lovemydog? I love you. Thank you for your understanding, and for being in the world.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#387
Ancianita, I love you back.	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#413
West and Beyonce arent worthy enough to lick the sweat from Becks balls.	VScott	Feb 2015	#91
all I see is the biases of some white music fans.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#147
And his Hip Hop peers, rate him among the greats ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#153
Too write something that idiotic, I assume you have.	brush	Nov 2020	#439
STUNNING arrogance and ignorance of music	randys1	Feb 2015	#98
Just so I got this straight...	bravenak	Feb 2015	#109
Don't forget partaking of the testicle perspiration of the singer as posted above. nt	benz380	Feb 2015	#144
Yes. I'm getting a mighty fine education in this thread, mighty fine.nt	bravenak	Feb 2015	#145
What Kayne was saying went right over all of their heads...	giftedgirl77	Feb 2015	#164
I ain't never seen a more disgusting display!	bravenak	Feb 2015	#167
Nothing like a thread to bash successful black people. ..	giftedgirl77	Feb 2015	#168
I found it.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#169
Weird how that list keeps popping up...	giftedgirl77	Feb 2015	#172
It's all over this thread.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#173
Lololol, we need to just turn them into ribbons....	giftedgirl77	Feb 2015	#176
That might work.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#177
He's a "loud mouthed angry asshole" for interrupting Beck (who I like)...	WorseBeforeBetter	Feb 2015	#179
I thought Kanye was funny. He was satirizing what he did to Taylor Swift.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#197
Hijacking others' moments is not funny, IMO.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#271
No, he was serious.	Dr. Strange	Feb 2015	#392
LOL!	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#171
What a disgusting ignorant fucking post.	giftedgirl77	Feb 2015	#159
That's a bit much.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2015	#198
What is DU's issue with Beyonce?	gollygee	Feb 2015	#369
Cranial testosterone poisoning	KamaAina	Feb 2015	#94
he should have stuck	MFM008	Feb 2015	#102
I love Kanye's music.	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#105
Y'all keep showing off your ignorance. I'll be back later. Life is happening.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#106
Kanye, do you like fishsticks?	DesMoinesDem	Feb 2015	#115
He is NOT a gay fish.	Dr. Strange	Feb 2015	#149
Stevie / Kanye -> Genius / Moron -> Artist / Hack -> Class Act / Shitbird ...	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#117
- > knowledge/you	kwassa	Feb 2015	#150
Wow ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#154
I think you are on to something.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#162
Bullshit	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#165
Bullshit right back at you.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#188
To the Google, he goes! n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#205
Nice work	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#213
Kanye's behavior is part of his persona.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#226
I agree, his persona is interesting.	betsuni	Feb 2015	#328
Rich, successful, powerful moguls typically are like that.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#383
NotAllMoguls	betsuni	Feb 2015	#400
Good points Kwassa	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#193
I knew you'd understand ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#201
even Malcolm X has been dead so long white people can like him.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#206
LOL ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#212
see the connection?	kwassa	Feb 2015	#230
Guess you got me	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#245
Because	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#166
Here is how much you don't know about Kanye West.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#190
Not to mention ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#209
I'm not terribly interested in which celebrity gets which award.	LiberalAndProud	Feb 2015	#257
Beyonce has 20 Grammy awards herself.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#268
So what is Kanye's beef?	LiberalAndProud	Feb 2015	#280
Kanye is always this way.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#299
I guess artists have their temperaments.	LiberalAndProud	Feb 2015	#303
LOL ... Yeah. Okay. LOL. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#207
Your non-answer	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#216
I'm laugh at you ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#220
Well to start	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#233
LOL ... Shhh! ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#240
The Malcolm discussion wasn't about you, unless you choose it to be.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#241
Right, I get the concept	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#244
Your opening post in this subthread was hardly informative and insightful.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#248
I said some harsh shit about Kanye's behavior therefore	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#256
Your tolerance towards Kanye West is duly noted.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#270
Well you should hear the shit I say about white people	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#281
I'd like to hear.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#286
By me?	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#292
NO!!	bravenak	Feb 2015	#293
I never even suggested you were a bigot.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#296
Right	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#310
well, apparently I am fooling you ...	kwassa	Feb 2015	#317
Uh huh...	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#321
Hi, whatchamacallit!	kwassa	Feb 2015	#322
:)	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#327
Kanye West is quite full of himself.	Dr Hobbitstein	Feb 2015	#119
Anybody hear what Bob Dylan said about Tom T. Hall?!?!	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#127
Why should we care...as Dylan is a libertarian asshole...	VanillaRhapsody	Feb 2015	#133
Oh wow...	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#134
Really now?	VanillaRhapsody	Feb 2015	#140
I'm missing the libertarian bit. And wondering about your contempt.	elias7	Feb 2015	#346
Tom T. Hall fan^	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#189
Bwahahahahaha!	countryjake	Feb 2015	#192
I did & I thought he was right on. Cracked me up & I'm still chuckling.	countryjake	Feb 2015	#141
Here's the transcript for anybody who cares...	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#187
Wow....well played. nt	msanthrope	Feb 2015	#262
I don't know who beck is	gwheezie	Feb 2015	#135
No, you don't have to pay attention to this stuff.	graegoyle	Feb 2015	#161
I thought they were talking about Jeff Beck, LOL	aint_no_life_nowhere	Feb 2015	#214
Me too	gwheezie	Feb 2015	#357
ego	n2doc	Feb 2015	#138
He is a mark.	AngryAmish	Feb 2015	#142
I think it's the latter ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#158
This is spot on	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#174
How could anyone doubt the integrity of the	Bonx	Feb 2015	#178
Mrs. 1SBM was married twice before we meet ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#217
You just compared your wife to Kim Kardashian?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Feb 2015	#282
They are both females, both married twice before find a third mate ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#288
You're married to Khloe, right?	kwassa	Feb 2015	#297
Nope ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#301
like this?	kwassa	Feb 2015	#304
LOL ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#309
What do you have against wrestling marks?	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#382
Who fucking cares? About Kanye or some bullshit industry award show like the Grammys?	Chakab	Feb 2015	#155
Well people may see it as a symbol of things wrong with our culture	el_bryanto	Feb 2015	#218
If by "things wrong with our culture" you mean obsession with trivial nonsense like this while the	Chakab	Feb 2015	#227
His mind resonates with a whole other harmonic	seveneyes	Feb 2015	#160
He's Yeezy!	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#170
Why does he feel he needs to do this on beyonce's behalf? He's not her guardian.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#175
I think he's on twitter	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#185
i'm not that interested. more of a rhetorical question.	ND-Dem	Feb 2015	#199
I get that so many hate rap music, claiming they can't understand it or...	countryjake	Feb 2015	#180
I think that's cool	aint_no_life_nowhere	Feb 2015	#210
I like Kanyes' music..	one_voice	Feb 2015	#181
Why Did Beck Win A Grammy For Album Of The Year?	lunasun	Feb 2015	#183
Everyone involved in this "controversy" sucks.	PeteSelman	Feb 2015	#184
I guess he really likes Beyonce'	Vic Tree	Feb 2015	#194
First of all, Kanye, Beck plays guitar, so that makes him more of an artist than you.	muntrv	Feb 2015	#202
Huge ego.......Big Mouth.......Tiny brain.......Minimal talent.......Nonexistent class	WillowTree	Feb 2015	#204
Tiny brain? what do you base this assessment on? Minimal talent? The music world disagrees.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#208
"Nonexistent class"	VScott	Feb 2015	#211
Who are you calling a shitbag, sir?	bravenak	Feb 2015	#222
Well, he's obviously more literate than you	VScott	Feb 2015	#247
You think I'm illiterate?	bravenak	Feb 2015	#252
Ability to call each other illiterate as long as I'm a credentialist	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#376
Voted to hide the personal attack below. It's being adjudicated now. nt	DisgustipatedinCA	Feb 2015	#251
Thanks. They probably will leave it. Thanks, though.nt	bravenak	Feb 2015	#261
I alerted. The jury did vote to leave this personal attack upon you. Typical.	kwassa	Feb 2015	#276
It's perfectly fine to say that I cannot read.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#284
No worries	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#377
Yes. The better than you attitude is getting stupid.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#384
Heh - I think OP	JustAnotherGen	Feb 2015	#390
He should have five by now.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#391
You scared to explain why it's okay to call a black man a shitbag and shitbird?	bravenak	Feb 2015	#236
It looks like he was having some fun with his....	one_voice	Feb 2015	#272
Ah, I forgot about his boorish behavior in Sydney.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#414
His brain is just fine.	bravenak	Feb 2015	#223
I like his music AND he's an asshole.	zappaman	Feb 2015	#239
Agreed. I am a 56-year-old white woman and I have Kanye's music on my	phylny	Feb 2015	#311
Kanye benefited hugely from the downfall of rap music	LittleBlue	Feb 2015	#250
Lots of great talent there...	one_voice	Feb 2015	#290
Worth $130 Million and counting ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#253
So are Britney and that little twit Beiber and Miley.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#259
The "entertainer, not artist" is your opinion ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#275
That it is. And I disagree with said critics and hip-hop peers.	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#295
I hope you recognize ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#308
So now we're judging people based upon how rich they are? (nt)	Nye Bevan	Feb 2015	#337
He is rich, tho.nt	bravenak	Feb 2015	#340
Why not? ...	1StrongBlackMan	Feb 2015	#366
It's funny how DU trips over itself in its eagerness to decry pop "music"	Orrex	Feb 2015	#260
I wouldn't consider Kanye a pop star.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2015	#306
Sure, just like Country =/= Pop	Orrex	Feb 2015	#314
my take	steve2470	Feb 2015	#265
I agree. Musical taste is subjective.	NaturalHigh	Feb 2015	#373
Grammy's are full of shit. Grampa rock ACDC ...and stupid dance pop garbage. Mean while...	L0oniX	Feb 2015	#266
Celebrity drama is useless, and the fact that it has a thread this long at DU is disheartening.	Calista241	Feb 2015	#278
doesn't a thread like this belong in the lounge?	yurbud	Feb 2015	#283
West is no genius	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Feb 2015	#287
Wu-Tang!	countryjake	Feb 2015	#312
Oh yes, Wu Tang	LittleBlue	Feb 2015	#315
!	countryjake	Feb 2015	#320
This message was self-deleted by its author	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#335
This message was self-deleted by its author	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#360
This message was self-deleted by its author	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#361
This message was self-deleted by its author	A-Schwarzenegger	Feb 2015	#362
If Beck's cool with West, why the butthurt from everyone else?	Tsiyu	Feb 2015	#341
With all this new information	lovemydog	Feb 2015	#367
Toward that end I'd say you've gone above and beyond effort posting. Thanks.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#388
Are you familiar with Beck's catalog?	MuttLikeMe	Feb 2015	#409
Of course he is. Got his albums. Seen him in concert. But comparing isn't my focus here.	ancianita	Feb 2015	#432
I respect artistry.	LWolf	Feb 2015	#371
1%er is an assohole.	NCTraveler	Feb 2015	#372
He is a spoiled brat. nt	City Lights	Feb 2015	#374
...	Catherine Vincent	Feb 2015	#389
Ok here	DonCoquixote	Feb 2015	#404
Pathological narcissism.	Marr	Feb 2015	#407
LOL Delightful!	SMC22307	Feb 2015	#412
And to think	whatchamacallit	Feb 2015	#419
Cripes	arikara	Feb 2015	#426
This is gonna be one of those threads that won't die.	octoberlib	Feb 2015	#418
I don't recall a train wreck of a thread like this one with such pronounced positions of ugly	Jefferson23	Feb 2015	#434
The devil makes him do it	rocktivity	Feb 2015	#437

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