One of the reasons debates about the harmful effects of music are as rewarding and productive as yelling at your fellow motorists on the freeway is because, well, musicians are stupid. Even the good ones, or maybe
especially the good ones. And so, because they are stupid, they have a hard time making cogent counter-arguments to the people who want music to be less violent or offensive or pseudo-Satanic. All musicians can do in response is throw out vague notions about the First Amendment or go with the old "you don't have to listen to it."
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