Censorship on TV - American Idiot

I just watched the American Idiot performance of Holiday on Letterman. It caught me off guard when I heard them sing the lyric "Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree."

Perhaps I am naive but I would assume that this would be censored on national television...

Or has this word never been censored?

Hey, it's only about killing fags so what's the problem? The Teabaggers see it as a wholesome American ideal. Don't let anyone say Sh*t or F*ck though.

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What tea baggers want to murder homosexuals?

I'm willing to guess quite a few.

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Be careful what you say, there are a lot of tea baggers that have no problem with fags and homosexuality.

What tea baggers want to murder homosexuals?

None -- they'd view it as justifiable homicide, which isn't murder.

I was out of the country a few weeks ago and heard "Money for Nothing" with the "faggot" line in it, which I hadn't heard in years, since it's censored from US radio. As with the AI song, since it's not being used in a derogatory sense and is making fun of the person using the word, it doesn't really bother me either way.

Updated On: 4/30/10 at 03:49 PM