It should not come as a shock that it was only a matter of time when the bitchy PC queens would come out with their glittered pitchforks and rhinestoned torches once T.I. defended unfunny comic Tracy Morgan's recent stand-up routing in regards to gay people in the latest issue of Vibe.
The rapper, who has a new reality show premiering next Monday on VH1 defended his comments to TMZ.
Said. T.I. to Vibe: "“They’re like,‘If you have an opinion against us, we’re gonna shut you down.’ ... That’s not American. If you’re gay you should have the right to be gay in peace, and if you’re against it you should have the right to be against it in peace.’"
TMZ asked T.I. about the comments:
"I was quoted correctly, but I was taken out of context...I'm not saying that being gay is being un-American. What I was saying was to use whatever power or authority you have to shut people down because they don't agree with you that's not what America was built upon. The institution allows us, it affords us the right, to speak out peacefully and respectfully in opposition of any point or any topic that comes up...I'm not against gay marriage...but for the people who may have an opinion against it, then for the corporations to throw their weight around to shut them down, that's not fair."
He added: "It's about people who take themselves too seriously, any group. It's not just about gays, I think that African Americans groups sometimes take things a tad too seriously too...If you use the "n" word like Don Imus and say something that's completely derogatory and disrespectful, that's understandable. But if you just have an opinion on something that just happens to be related to the African American culture and it's in opposition, then they have no right to shut you down either."
I said it before and I will say it again. T.I. is right that all groups like GLAAD, NAACP, LMNOP and whatever little groups out there trying to stay relevant have become to sensitive when it comes to what can be and cannot be said in public, but he is wrong in regards to what Tracy said. When you say you will kill your son if he were gay, I don't see where that is funny. But overall I am the most politically incorrect person you will ever meet, so I'm always for a dirty joke.
Listen to T.I. defend his comments below...
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