Conservative website concerned that "thugs" are ruining SXSW

There were a couple gun-related incidents at SXSW this year. Luckily no one was hurt, but they were still enough for conservative website American Thinker to run a racist article titled “Will Thuggish Hip-hop Culture Destroy Austin’s SXSW?” It begins:

It is Austin’s most important and coolest festival: South by Southwest. But after two gun-related incidents at this year’s SXSW, both involving volatile hip-hop crowds on March 18 and 20, the festival’s organizers and Austin’s liberal political leaders must be in a panic — wondering how to get rid of all the thuggish hip-hop shows while maintaining their high-minded values of political correctness.

The mayhem at SXSW’s music week together with other hip-hop thuggishness over the years — including the deaths of four festivalgoers three years ago caused by a black rapper who was eluding police in a stolen car — has stirred public outrage. The talk on social media and in online posts in recent days has veered into the politically incorrect, with many slamming hip-hop’s thuggish culture. They worry that unsavory rappers and volatile hip-hoppers have hijacked large swaths of SXSW — and are causing mayhem that now overshadows SXSW’s trendy music, film festival, and hi-tech media exhibits and trade shows, among other events. Put another way, the worry is that thuggish hip-hop culture and unsavory rappers are destroying SXSW’s brand and reputation from within.

… Uh huh. Let’s not forget how NFL player Richard Sherman defines “thug.”

It continues:

SXSW’s whitebread performers during its popular music week segment attract a far different crowd than the fringe hip-hop shows: young yuppies and film people and hipsters, along with ordinary festival goers who are not generally the types to attend hip-hops shows where, as during one Austin act, a black rapper spews epithets such as “faggot,” “bitch,” and “nigga.” How ironic that Austin’s liberal ruling class tolerates this yet won’t hesitate to ruin the careers of those who violate the rules of political correctness, as recently happened when they forced a city employee to resign after he had unveiled a politically incorrect map of Austin to liven up a dull meeting on zoning policies.

Surely political correctness is something this writer is all about. And man, those fringe hip-hop shows like Drake, Nas, 2 Chainz and Future really distract from the real music at SXSW!

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