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Do whatever you like or ask a mod. I must admit that the "shouldn't be reposting" part was mostly a snipe at whatever might be offered to defend his mischaracterization of the shooting, I don't personally feel strongly at all about you posting this so much as I just hate the "song" in itself. If I was you and just realized what I posted I would have taken it down purely based on the "I'm a white folk artist and I say you're bad for being a white folk artist" element, let alone the rest of it, but if you think there's any kind of worthwhile conversation to be had (even one you didn't intend) then I think keeping it up with that caveat is perfectly defensible. I'm not sure what the mods think, though my bet is they'll delete it for body-shaming.
I was so caught up in his absurd rhetoric on race that I totally forgot about the start where he was basically just calling Welles a manlet, which paired with the white folk artist thing makes me think this dude just hates himself and is projecting his insecurities onto Welles (besides the crying for Kirk thing, which again is a totally valid criticism). It makes me wonder what he self-censored at the end to merely be about not having the muscles to pander to the right. I wish outspoken critics of Welles wouldn't be such embarrassments to the elements of substantial criticism they present.
Yeah the race angle of this is really cringe. Like, we're all leftists here, we should have a cursory understanding of the ways black culture has been appropriated, not exactly a prescient critique. Self loathing might be it. "I might not be as talented as welles but at least im not a lib!!" Is the energy this is giving off.
I'll maintain that welles presents a foot in the door for conversation at best. We'll see if that changes.