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Straight dope
Reggae artists on the Taking Care Of Our Own Productions (myspace.com/tcooo) label are planning a Straight Pride Parade for Sunday 31 at 10am, starting at Church and Flatbush Avenues in Crown Heights and continuing down Bob Marley Avenue. It was organized in response to accusations made by gay activists, specifically Peter Tatchell, founder of the activist group OutRage!, that certain reggae songs, including Stapler’s “Hit Them Hard,” incite violence against gays. “The issue is not homophobia,” explains Tatchell. “It is incitement to murder gay people, which is a criminal offense.”
Gregory Larson, president of TCOOO Productions, views the parade and song quite differently, calling it “pro-family, not anti-gay.” Adds Larson, “It just talks about a man and his wife, but the gay community takes it as a hit against them. Maybe because they can’t have children, I don’t know.”
To help mediate, we asked local pop star Jonny “Gay Pimp” McGovern (of Keep It Faggity: The Gay Pimp Remix Project and This is NYC, Bitch! The East Village Remix fame; gaypimp.com) to rewrite the lyrics of “Hit Them Hard” in response to the parade.
STRAIGHT PRIDE VERSION
“Hit Them Hard”By Stapler
Jah Jah gonna hit them hard All the men who visit men backyard Leaving all the women to starve…
Hand in hand with my lady Hug her and kiss her ’cause she carried my baby But some boys moving shady While I’m chilling on the ends making sweet love to Sadie…
Remember you are a king, what happened to your queen The youths need a role model to instill self-esteem So live your life clean and you will see what I mean…
Children live what they learn Aren’t you concerned of your choices in society We need to preserve the value of a male and a female in every family
Time Out New York / Issue 674 : Aug 28–Sep 3, 2008
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You said it Karl! Talk about "flaunting one's sexuality." Everywhere I look, straight people are advertising their straightness, from Main Street to the streets of Gotham. Every day we're swamped by heterosexual images. I remember when Brokeback Mountain came out and straight people were suddenly complaining that they felt marginalized. They don't even know the meaning of that word!
Kansasgirl, Are you a member of the Westboro Baptist Church or something?
To Patricia: Every day is a straight pride parade. Every single day.
.. Plop, plop fizz fizz.... Let the heterosexuals feel important on this day. This, too, shall be as eventful as my last farting spell. Peace.
Good for these people. I don't think anyone including gays should be out parading their sexuality around, but as long as gays can have their gay pride, I think straight people should be able to celebrate pubicly as well. I'd go to a straight pride parade!
What a bunch of homophobic nonsense, spun as "pro-family." The lyrics are ignorant and clearly promote violence. They protect no "straight" families, and harm gay families. The artist is patently dishonest and should just admit his music is designed to harm gay people. Why wrap it up in the guise of morality? The ugliness of this Murder Music is a disgrace to the music industry and no one should buy it. People should boycott Jamaica until they overcome their bizarre and psychotic gay obsession.
The heterosexual dictatorship at it again. Heterosexuals parade themselves every chance they get and that is not enough they also have to lord over gay people to feel happy. GROSS! GREEDY! For heterosexuals everything has to be about them. SELFISH! Peace to gay people, you have my support.
These gays are ruthless. I will not allow them to take my children. You will lose this battle.