I was simply asking the question "where is the line" out of curiosity.

By no means am I defending the song.

I always thought this was an interesting topic and have started to make a post about artists and albums we loved back in the day that wouldn't get a pass today. And not only do we champion these artists and albums, we still listen to them today.

Common would definitely be one of those MCs.

The other aspect that is interesting is because of my age, it was NEVER ok for a white person in my mind to use the N word even if singing along with a song and at the same time because of my age, we grew up using homophobic slurs because it wasn't viewed like it is today.

Again, not saying that it makes it right, but I find the desensitization intriguing.