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>>show me how any of that says she's implying ALL rap music is that

let's look at the quote

"It.. along with most music nowadays.. is about falsenesses and vanities."

the "it" is rap music, you know this because of the context. The preceding sentence says:

"Don't be guided by rap. Gangsta or otherwise. Sure.. enjoy it.. adore it…as I do.. but realize this.. rap ain't about your civil or spiritual rights, baby boys and girls."

What else could the "it" be? And note she didn't quantify. She EXPLICITLY said "Gangsta or otherwise"

when she gets to "Rap ain't about your civil or spiritual rights" she's talking about all of it there too.

Next - just in case you missed it in the previous sentence she casting the net wider rather than reducing it to "some" rap

"It.. along with most music nowadays.."

Followed by her explanation of what rap (her word) is about:

It.. along with most music nowadays.. is about falsenesses and vanities. Bling, drugs, sex, guns and people- dissing.

After the list she summarizes the affect of it:

"Its giving you the message you ain't 'good enough' if you
don't have bling and ting.. and money. Or if you're not what it deems 'sexy'. (This is true of all popular music not rap alone. I know. Its tragically true of all popular youth culture the world over)."

The ONLY hedge is throwing in "popular" but that contradicts the previous.

If you can't see that, at best, she is sloppy then I can't call it

  

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sinead oconnor letter on trayvon [View all] , philpot, Sat Mar-24-12 11:38 AM
 
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I love Sinead, she's a bit nutty tho so I can't read that whole thing
Mar 24th 2012
1
yeah i tried to be cautious w/ my comments
Mar 24th 2012
2
she is a bit nutty but that was cool
Mar 24th 2012
3
yup, she came at the Catholic Church for the molestation shit
Mar 24th 2012
4
      shes a rastafarian now
Mar 24th 2012
5
      yup, I actually liked the reggae-covers albums she did w/Sly & Robbie
Mar 24th 2012
6
           i still haven't heard it. i downloaded it once but my
Mar 25th 2012
12
      Didn't she become a Catholic nun for a bit..
Mar 25th 2012
7
      Catholic Priest(ess)
Mar 25th 2012
8
      Ahhhh, I see..
Mar 25th 2012
9
      it wasn't a sect recognized by the Catholic Church in Rome
Mar 25th 2012
10
           *Vincent Price laughter*
Mar 25th 2012
11
      I always thought she got boo'd b/c of the SNL thing
Mar 26th 2012
16
Anyone into her discography?
Mar 25th 2012
13
I lost touch with it awhile ago but I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Mar 25th 2012
14
RE: Only thing in my library is this:
Mar 25th 2012
15
nobody got a problem with her dissing the shit outta rap?
Mar 26th 2012
17
yeah, you did misread that, she actually said the opposite
Mar 26th 2012
18
      uh, actually she kinda did
Mar 26th 2012
19
           show me how any of that says she's implying ALL rap music is that
Mar 27th 2012
20
               
hohohohohohoho.
Mar 27th 2012
21

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