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203849, Context for that though....
Posted by denny, Wed Aug-24-16 12:27 PM
Not sure if you are aware....but the Beastie Boy's first album was intended to be a PARODY of frat-boy culture. They were coming from a punk-rock background that had progressive values....so songs like 'fight for your right to party' were satirical in nature....they were projecting an image and persona with tongue-in-cheek. So naming the album 'Don't be a faggot' was an extension of this satirical theme. The Beastie boys themselves have admitted that as time passed...what began as a parody became more and more 'real' sort of speak. And they had fallen into the trap of becoming what they had originally set out to making fun of or satirize. This point has been part of their multiple public apologies throughout the years.