>Is it a matter of hateful shit or ignorant shit?

huh?

LOL

it's hateful. and ignorant.

the real question is whether one is willing to issue a pass. if one is willing to excuse the hateful bullshit b/c the group was 'young' and 'ignorant' then go on w/that. i'm not willing to largely b/c Phife came back w/more of that bullshit on the NEXT album after the label had already given the smackdown w/this GP thing. so clearly the homophobia was real important to him and since the group allowed it was important to them too. and all of these years later no apology or anything. no evidence of 'growth' - they just stopped talking about it. i don't know that they changed at all.