I was mindlessly listening to the radio today, when I was shocked awake! I typically do not like top 40 music, but Marco loves to dance to it... he's in a hip-hop dance phase... yes, at 1 year old! LOL. So, I pump up the music in the car and he dances along. Most of it does not bother me, but the song I heard today was shocking.
It was the Eminem song featuring Rihanna... Love the Way You Lie. Ok, so the hook is catchy and singable... then I usually tune out the rap part. Today, I happened to catch a lovely line or two. Eminem says "And if she ever tries to F with me again, I'm gonna tie her to the bed and set the house on fire", followed by Rihanna's beautiful voice singing the chorus.
Ummmm, did I hear that right?! Are you serious?! How in the WORLD is this ok? I mean, does anyone even do a double take or think about what he said?!
If you want to dish out the $15 to buy Eminem's RESTRICTED CD, or even just the $1 to download the single, that's your choice. BUT I do not feel that THIS quality material should be broadcasted on the PUBLIC radio at ALL hours of the day and night. I'd even be a little more forgiving if it was only played past 8pm. But that is not the case. In fact, the same exact song was playing when I got out of the car at 10:30 AND when I returned to my car at about 1:30. So, how many times a day are we being exposed to this material?
Oh, I also love the way they block out the F word, to make in "censored". That is NOT censoring! In fact, I'd rather my child hear the F word than hear the REST of the line! Not only that, but we STILL can HEAR the Fffff part of the word, so it's not like we have ANY question as to which word it is! I am honestly appalled and disgusted by the lack of censoring.
We are being desensitized every single minute of the day... with movies, tv, music, internet, advertisements and more. And it's targeting so many evils of this world... sex, violence, hatred, drugs and alcohol. Why is it that the evils are the ones that get the most exposure? This is why so many teens are not only diving head first into these things, but they also think it's so cool to do so. When I was a kid, it wasn't till high school, but now, it's 6th graders, and younger!
Needless to say, I will not be supporting that radio station any longer. That's the only thing I can do to protect my child's innocent ears. Yes, he's only 1, but how long will it be before he begins catching little things? Will I even notice when he does?
A friend of mine posted on FB that her niece was singing "I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad", and how cute it was! Sure, it's kinda cute. But really... it's not. It's not cute for a 3 year old to be singing about money and saying "freakin'". It's already putting these evils into their hands and into their heads and into their hearts. Then the desires of their hearts become the things they see and hear about... money, sex, etc.
We need to protect our children... and ourselves! I don't ever want to think that what I heard was "normal". I ALWAYS want to be offended and taken aback. I should ALWAYS say "wait, that's not right" when I hear something that isn't. It's important that if we want our children to be a certain way, that WE are also that way. "Do as I say, not as I do" doesn't work too well. So I say, I do not want to be DEsensitized... help me stay "sensitized"!
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