Posted on 12/07/2012 7:57:05 AM PST by RobinMasters
He has the most-watched YouTube video ever (more than 900 million views), and is set to perform at the White House later this month.
Eight years ago, however, the Gangnam Style K-pop singer advocated the murder and torture of US military personnel and their family members.
HAPS, an English-language Korean magazine, says news of PSYs anti-American views have long been known in Korea, but only recently surfaced in the US.
The lyrics of the anti-US song performed live by PSY and several other popular Korean singers in 2004 (shortly after the US invaded Iraq) were first translated into English two months ago on CNNs iReport:
(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...
So I guess we can consider him an American entertainer then, he’ll fit right in.
Where would this ingrate be if American soldiers had not come to his country’s rescue in 1950?
Oh, but now it’s all good, since we’re under socialist rule.
What’s the problem? He’ll fit right in at the White House. They will probably throw a big dinner party for him and invite all the rest of the hate-America entertainers.
He went to Boston University for a couple of semesters, something we should remember about all these foreigners who supposedly like the USA.
Sorry to hear it. I thought that that video was masterfully performed and photographed.
It was morally vacuous, I suppose, in the sense of lacking any moral or political point, either positive or negative. But not obviously harmful, as far as I could see. Just amazing and amusing.
This guy is making millions.
Think about that while you’re job hunting. :)
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