-Respectfully or not, I debate rationally. It is rational, and impartial to your opponent to lay the benefit of the doubt on ignorance on a subject, rather than claim your opponent is plain stupid. Ignorance is the lack of knowledge of a subject, and is taken as offensive when a rational argument cannot be made in defense of the original argument. I have made no negative comments against you either. I've merely stated the facts, and corrected you where you needed to be corrected- especially in your miscategorization of my statements.
-Being a Latino does not make you more apt to making intelligent assessments of the Latino culture as a whole, or of a nationality within that culture as an individual. The fact that you referred to us as "spanish" speaks for itself. You said:
"Puerto Rican's, anymore, have a European decent from the source of Spain making them "spanish or latin"
Within the context of this, and your follow up statements you were clearly attempting to make a distinction between Puerto Ricans and African-Americans as if Puerto Ricans were hijacking African-American culture. I corrected this assumption, and pointed out the African roots in Puerto Ricans as a nationality, and in our music and culture. I didn't "portray" your statements as you suggest, rather I quoted you.
-If words are your life, you should attempt to use them wisely. In attempting to sound intelligent, or endowed with a verbal gift you succumb to ignorance and refer to me as "nig" when none of my communication suggests I would not consider that derogatory or disrespectful. Note- it is not your simple use of this term that is offensive, rather the praise you bring upon yourself in the same sentence.
-As I pointed out in my last post, it was neither "technically" what I was saying, nor "essentially". "Technically" in this context would actually be synonymous with "essentially", as both are only derivatives of what could have "literally" been said.
-(Not that any of my statements had anything to with this...but) These are opinions, and not facts. Maybe these forms of Rap are not the purest, most artful, or expressive (or any other opinionated judgment you can make of these forms of Hip Hop), but they are definitely part of the overall culture and music of Hip Hop. In fact, some of the earliest Hip Hop artists, if debuting today, would be considered Gangster Rap (I have no defense for Crunk). Afrika Bambaata was a warlord member of the Black Spades, and incorporated the gang into the Universal Zulu Nation. Schooly D, KRS One and Boogie Down Productions (among others) are considered the pioneers of gangster rap, along with Ice T on the West Coast.
-The masses cannot adulterate what I will always love.
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