Lil’ Wayne Treads On The American Flag, Probably Too High To Realize His Mistake
12 years ago

God dammit Weezy, what were you thinking man? While on the set of his latest music video “God Bless Amerika,” Wayne found himself committing a dastardly act that surely would’ve been chalked up as treason and commanded some tar and feathering had it happened at an earlier point in AmeriCan history.

Look at this fool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8P6ZuUwX5k&feature=player_embedded

I get the fact that this likely happened mistakenly, and I could accept if he only did it once and then came to his senses and thought, “Wow, I probably shouldn’t be jumping on the American flag, it’s like the paramount insult to the country I live in,” but no, Weezy F. Baby didn’t go that route at all. If I had to guess, he was probably too high on purple drank and weed so strong that it would knock even a seasoned hippie on his ass to even feel his feet on the ground, let alone realize he was repeatedly stomping out Old Glory. Basically Lil Wayne has no idea where he is anymore. My guess is he has early onset and extreme demential brought on by his aforementioned vices.

My question though, is why not one person on the set had something to say about this while they witnessed it happen for a good :50 seconds? I mean, if you’re a producer, director, or even a publicist or agent standing on this set in New Orleans watching this unfold, I hope you fully comprehend the day and age we live in and realize that A LOT of people will eventually see your artist embarrassing himself with every second the shot is rolling – it’s your God given duty to your country to be screaming for the take to be cut instantaneously. That shit doesn’t just hit the cutting room floor if you eventually realize it’s a bad idea, it hits Twitter.

It’s ridiculous that no one had balls big enough to stand up to Tha Carter here, especially in the name of patriotism. We’ve got to draw the line somewhere with these bigger than life celebrities getting away with anything they damn well please; I’m not sure there’s been a more justifiable example recently.

[via The Kansas City Star]

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  2. Rob Fox

    Hey true story, you write something racist in this comment thread and I’ll ban you until further notice because I’m too fucking busy today to police the kindergartners who want to be internet tough guys by trying to drop n-bombs. You’re going to have to keep having your moms tell you how cool you are, because I don’t feel like allowing you to try to validate that on here.

    12 years ago at 3:40 pm
    3. Rob Fox

      Wrong, unfortunately the TFM audience has proven themselves almost wholly incapable of policing themselves in regards to racism towards, quite specifically, African Americans. The sexist comments, while I’m sure they are offensive to every feminist alive, are still done almost always in jest, and with quite a bit of cleverness. However the racist comments, the vast majority of the time, are at best uncreative (and therefore pointless to allow), and at worst full of vitriol and hate. The negative connotation they give the site, combined with their previously stated uselessness, not to mention the advertisers they scare away, make them pointless to allow.

      12 years ago at 3:54 pm
    4. Rob Fox

      For some reason the comment I was replying to got deleted. It was asking why we don’t allow racist comments like we do sexist comments.

      12 years ago at 3:59 pm
    8. Dorns_Dads

      Forgot one more thing: “The negative connotation they give the site, combined with their previously stated uselessness…”

      You guys DID post a ruger_dern column… just being objective.

      12 years ago at 4:11 pm
    9. Rob Fox

      There’s a user named Nate Higgers. Yes, if you’re clever and funny (and not using the n-bomb) it has a much better chance of making it through. We all appreciate off color humor here, believe it or not.

      12 years ago at 4:12 pm
      2. TheKappaClapper

        As long as the advertisers approve? You guys are selling out. Have fun with PGP

        12 years ago at 3:30 pm
    11. TrickleDown

      Yeah it was my comment that got deleted, but Bacon pretty much answered it. I think what it really comes to is, as you said, the advertisers. The site ultimately is here to make money and if hateful comments keep the cash away, then the site might as well filter them.

      But in the spirit of the thread here’s my favorite black joke: This white girl at a bar starts to flirt with a black guy. They hit it off and decide to head back to her place. She starts to strip then pauses and asks, “So, is it true what they say about black guys?” He responds “yeah”, stabs her, and steals her purse.

      12 years ago at 4:17 pm
    14. Denzel FRATington

      It’s great to see TFM finally taking a stand against the extreme racism by the fringe hicks. God bless capitalism.

      12 years ago at 5:23 pm
    18. JohnFratYatesSommers

      If you are actually a racist, you are just as un-American as lil wayne.

      12 years ago at 7:07 pm

    20. ^ Whoa. If there were anyone who has what it takes to clean up immaturity, it’s ‘Dusky.

      Good to have ya back.

      12 years ago at 8:08 pm
    27. becon

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      12 years ago at 10:19 pm
    1. LadieslovetheDeke

      Let me rephrase. Lil Wayne does a million ignorant things and because he’s such a central part of pop culture many people aspire to be like him. The fact that people walk, talk, and act like him, makes prejudicing them very tempting for the simple-minded folk.

      12 years ago at 3:55 pm
    4. LadieslovetheDeke

      Oh exceptionally intellectually lazy and there’s so much more I could have said. But, I don’t have class on Mondays meaning I didn’t take my adderall and I don’t follow through on anything that requires thought on those days.

      12 years ago at 12:54 am
  4. Sand Saver

    Seriously, fuck this dude, his shitty music, and the culture that he cultivates around him.

    12 years ago at 4:02 pm
  6. Dorado

    Doesn’t the first amendment allow for any comment to be made, as well as restrict the forced silence of said comments with threats of punishment and consequences? Just playing devil’s advocate. I think Lil’ Wayned blows regardless of his color.

    12 years ago at 4:30 pm
    1. Das Boot

      This is a private sight, not a government operation. What you say reflects on them so they have the right to delete any comment that they want.

      12 years ago at 6:59 pm
  8. WtF_

    Yea, he’s pretty much retarded by now, ODing on cough syrup seriously fucks your brain up. Still not an excuse for stepping on our flag though. It’s sad that this fuck is still even semi-relavant. Lil Wayne isn’t even a musician, he’s a brand. He made a few good songs, then every time he released an album people bought/downloaded his music no matter how much it sucked, just because it was Lil’ Wayne. Fuck you Wheezy, I hope you go back to prison and some militia member rapes you Deliverance style.

    12 years ago at 4:52 pm
  9. TheMadFrattar

    I remember when TFM actually catered to the Greeek community, sad to see the normalization of censorship against anything deemed ‘politically incorrect’. I know y’all want to make money through advertising but you wont have anyone left to advertise to if you persist in alienating your core readership base.

    Also fuck Lil Wayne and God bless America.

    12 years ago at 5:08 pm
    1. TFM Tech Guy

      The core readership isn’t 100 or so ignorant racist commenters. The core readership is the almost 700k Twitter followers and 130k+ other registered users that don’t comment on every article. I think you vastly overestimate the significance of the commenter community in regards to our total audience.

      12 years ago at 5:22 pm
    2. General Fratmoreland

      ^ Thank you. It’s pretty sad that y’all even have to explain that.

      12 years ago at 8:19 pm
    3. TheMadFrattar

      Those ‘marginal ignorant commentators’ sure were getting a lot of ‘^THIS’ hits

      12 years ago at 9:35 pm
    4. TFM Tech Guy

      “A lot” is relative. 40,000 people have read this, and it’s only the 9th most popular article today. Even 500 points on the comment wouldn’t qualify as “a lot” with regards to the total audience. Even more importantly, 78% of those visitors don’t even read the comments, so 3/4ths of our visitors will never notice the actions we take to moderate the comments and stay advertiser friendly.

      12 years ago at 9:56 pm
    5. TheMadFrattar

      To assume that the comment section, and by extension relative ‘THIS^ upvotes, is not nevertheless representative of your larger readership is absolutely naïve.

      12 years ago at 1:40 am