We must accept that their art mirrors some deep fissure found in our society, citizenry and country. The fans of this music recognize this. Mr. Mathers railing against the political correctness of society and America holds with it an important lesson. It is one thing to be civil to acquaintances and strangers, but it is quite another thing to posture such civility in a manner that gives no outlet for true feelings, however politically incorrect they could be. Remember it s only by honoring our true feelings that we often move past them.
Repression often equals self destruction, insanity or death.
Parents and adults are often incapable of hearing and respecting the truth from young people, whether it s about sexuality, racism or sexism, allowing for festering resentment to build up. Young people know the hypocrisy with which so many of their adult mentors live their lives, and as far as they can see things, honesty is more liberating and life affirming. Kids don t want to live the lives of the adults they witness, because most of those adults are already dead in some way. This rebelliousness is traditional. We ve come through the period where acknowledgment about politically correct attitudes has been drilled into everyone s head, heart and mind, but it takes more than dogma to reinforce an ideology that must permeate society and change its discourse from the roots.