The Guardian view on censoring music: hitting the wrong note | Editorial

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Editorial: Blaming drill for fomenting violence is a distraction from looking at the causes of crime

Last year, YouTube removed 30 music videos after requests from the Metropolitan police, who claim they incited or glorified violence. All the tracks were made by exponents of drill, an often grim and slang-ridden London take on rap. While Britain’s rise in violence comes amid falling police budgets and vanishing youth services, the authorities treat lyrics as culprits. True, the street argot of “shanking” and “fishing” – both used to denote stabbing – may cause alarm if people understand it.

 

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....think you guys could mention my name & get me an interview.....that;s actually not it, the issue requires elevated insight of the illumibated! MEANING the heart pumper got to stop squeezing, has a thing for midwesterners! hard 2 read n ventricles trickle like streams lol?

You have to laugh. Overt violent, deeply anti social lyrics. Muh youth services, muh policing, society. Object to a political viewpoint. Deplatform them, nazis, boycotts. It’s not even worth picking apart it’s so transparent. If these were white lads from Manchester? Well....

At a time like this censoring arts is akin to chopping fingers off.

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