“Fine, it may not be legal to flip the bird on television, but that’s simply a remnant of the fifties we haven’t shaken. Unless somebody was handing out Xanax with the foam fingers, Lucas Oil Stadium was ringing with the music of profanities last night. More to the point, television viewers were submitted to ad after ad that likened women – negatively – to sofas, cars, and candy. Mr. Winter didn’t have anything to say about that, so I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks profanity is somehow more harmful to our children than images of violence and misogyny.”
Sasha Frere-Jones to Tim Winter of the Parents Television Council, from M.I.A. Shouldn’t Have Apologized. (via jedsundwall)
Combine the above quote with this and you’ve got a compelling argument, eh?
(via jedsundwall)
