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I encountered something revealing on the following page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYY4zyiRwq8 If any of you read the blog essay just prior to this one, it is the same link to the same excerpt of "The X Factor USA." It's the episode segment where Simon Cowell calls "Astro" on his arrogant attitude. What I found fascinating was that I left a simple comment thus: "Astro" is not an a**hole; he's a symbol of the 21st century. Now, I realize this isn't a glowing praise of the fourteen-year-old rapper, but it is far from anything near as caustic as many of the vulgar and rude comments being left by others, many of which contain the f-bomb. Many of the comments are disgustingly and unabashedly racist. My comment was actually a reaction to someone calling "Astro" an a**hole. "mariana5791" another YouTube user, left the following comment before TheXFactorUSA deleted mine: @spongefreddie i dont wanna live in the 21st century then... (HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT) So I have to ask: Why bother to remove my comparatively tame comment? I can only speculate on the why, as I have no access to the individual who clicked the 'remove' button on behalf of The X Factor USA (it's their YouTube channel). As I don't want to get too wild with my suppositions, I'll simply observe that the decision to delete my comment was most likely based on anger, and that anger motivated by fear. Fear of what, you ask? Truth can be a lot more unsettling than cynical sarcasm and ignorant vulgarity. |