Political commentary and music go hand in hand. Sometimes it is for the betterment of society and is a push for change. At other times, commentary can be so blind and stupid that you just want to tear apart a phone book. Sean Hannity, infamous radio host and TV presenter during the opinion hour of Fox News and radio, decided to add his two cents to the recent debate about whether or not it was right for state governments to have the confederate flag fly above their capitol buildings. In response to the recent backlash against the symbol of the Confederacy and thus, for some, slavery, many retailers have made the decision to pull all items pertaining to the flag from their shelves. In making his point, Hannity reached for the thinnest string imaginable and tried to say if retailers are pulling confederate items then they should also stop selling rap CDs.
On his radio show yesterday, Mr. Hannity used the examples of Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, 50 (pronounced "Fiddy") Cent and Ludacris and their usage of the n-word, b-word and h-word to make his point.
"Some retailers, Sears, Walmart, Amazon, eBay, and the rest of the retailers in the last 24 hours have announced that they intend to discontinue sales of the Confederate flag. I have a question: Can you still buy a Jay Z CD at Walmart? Does the music department at Sears have any Ludacris albums? Can I download Fiddy Cent on Amazon? Can I do that? Can I get some Snoop Dogg on eBay?" asks Hannity. "Now why do I say that? Because a lot of music by those artists are chock full of the n-word and the b-word, and the h-word."
He also takes the time to mention Prince for no real reason because he "doesn't get it." Hannity does concede that the retailers can pull the Confederate Flag, but they should do it with these CDs (who buys a Ludacris CD at Sears?) also coming off of the shelf. If Sean had ever been to these stores, he would have been aware that the "clean" versions of these albums are everywhere for the kids he is so desperate to protect.
He is learning from the resident expert on hip-hop in the Fox News office, Bill O-Reilly. Listen to the excerpt below via Huffington Post.
