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Lizzo Changes ‘Ableist Slur’ Lyric After Cancel Culture Outrage
New York Post ^ | June 13, 2022 | Erin Keller

Posted on 06/15/2022 12:48:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

After being dragged by disability advocates on social media on Monday, Lizzo has responded to her use of an “ableist” lyric.

Her statement comes after social media users nearly canceled her for the lyric: “Do you see this ----. I’m a sp-z.”

“It’s been brought to my attention that there are [sic] is a harmful word in my song ‘GRRRLS,'” the “Truth Hurts” songstress wrote on Twitter. “Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I’ve had many hurtful words used against me so I understand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally.)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ableist; bikinimodel; chat; hippo; lizzo; notnews; woke

1 posted on 06/15/2022 12:48:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Well, somebody is in a spaz. And not in the physical sense, their thinking is in a spaz.

Gives spastics everywhere a bad name. They really deserve much better.


2 posted on 06/15/2022 12:58:05 PM PDT by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: nickcarraway
Bloom County November 14, 1982 - Offensensitivity

Love him or hate him, Berkeley Breathed saw it coming.

3 posted on 06/15/2022 12:59:30 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: nickcarraway

“The year is 2088. Society has deemed greater than 90% of the English language to be offensive to someone somewhere. I will now compose the greatest song in the history of mankind with words we’re allowed to use...”

‘The’


4 posted on 06/15/2022 1:02:13 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: nickcarraway

Wouldn’t want anyone’s feeeeelings getting hurt now would we?


5 posted on 06/15/2022 1:03:48 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: toddausauras
You sir, are jumping to the conclusion that I actually have feelings -
and that, quite frankly, offends me.

;-)

6 posted on 06/15/2022 1:17:11 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: nickcarraway

Should she be cancelled for describing herself accurately? What if I called her a fat black female? I can’t keep up.


7 posted on 06/15/2022 1:25:01 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: nickcarraway

Best to tell such folks to “blow it out their ass”, or to “go piss up a rope”.

Or you can simply respon, “Well, that’s retarded”.


8 posted on 06/15/2022 1:52:09 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: nickcarraway

Who/what is Lizzo?


9 posted on 06/15/2022 2:03:08 PM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: nickcarraway

You can reliably gauge the character of a person by noting the importance of what blows their cool.

If somebody else can get your goat; that’s YOUR OWN damned fault for leaving it tied up out in the open.

Whoever can control your attitude can control YOU.


10 posted on 06/15/2022 2:26:30 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Lizzo popped up on our screen New Years Rockin Eve. We thought it was Abrams. She sings but I couldn’t understand a word.


11 posted on 06/15/2022 6:27:25 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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