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I am the last person ever to support censorship and I loathe political correctness however I have a different point of view on this.

Going to high school in the 80's kids would get called "fag" and "homo" as the default insult. If you wanted to call someone an idiot/loser you would call them a "faggot", as if being gay was the worst thing in the world to be. I don't know if it's the same now or if teenagers are more accepting of gays. Anyway as a kid/teenager I got the message loud and clear from parents and peers that homosexuals were the lowest of the low. And I bought into this bullshit.

One kid I know tried to hang himself because of this.

A while back I looked up an old school friend on Facebook and found a picture of him with his (male) partner. I had had no idea. How many times had me and my friends used the word "fag" in his presence. I feel bad knowing he had to put up with this and pretend to be OK with it.

It's true the song takes on the persona of someone else to call someone a "faggot". Still, we would not accept a song about filthy niggers, greedy Jews, or crafty Chinamen, but "faggot" is OK.

Lastly no one censored the song. There is a voluntary group of broadcasters who voluntarily agree to adhere to a set of standards. Any radio station is free to play this song if they wish.