28/10/2025
I need to address something. An artist I play on my show, who I will not name right now, is a parody artist on YouTube who specializes in conservative themed political parodies. He's been a victim many times of copyright strikes for his parodies that even though parodies are protected under fair use, some corporations flat out ignore that. The other reason I think his parodies get targeted is because the artist whose song he spoofs was offended by his differing opinions and wants to take him down. The last time that happened was when Universal Music Publishing Group attempted to take down his parody of The Mamas And The Papas' California Dreamin', and they can claim it was because it was a "copyright infringement," but what it could've been was because of his conservative views and the subject of the song which was on Kamala Harris.
Now I know some might say "Well, he's attacking her! It's hate speech! He deserves to be silent!" I call bull on that because if he was "attacking" her, he'd say horrible insults and say things worse. All he did was criticize her and the policies she wanted to make. The same thing that many do when they make fun of Trump. Yet somehow it's not satire when you make fun of a liberal politician. The artist in question who I play on my show has the right to free speech as does any other artist with liberal views. I just choose not to play them, and that doesn't mean I'm silencing their right to free speech. I simply don't agree with their political opinions. Hell, most of the times I don't agree with this artist's opinions all the time so I don't play all of his songs on my show. Ever since Charlie Kirk's murder and Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, I'm sick and tired of one side and another trying to claim that one needed to be silent because he was "hateful," and the other having his free speech "violated." Both men have rights to free speech just like everybody here in America does. I sometimes wonder if they even know what they're staying because if they supposedly don't have the right to free speech, then why are they still allowed to talk and share their views? Contradictions my friends. Contradictions.
One last thing to address. I did manage to get the artist's parody in time before it was removed from YouTube, so I'm playing it on my November 7th show. Unfortunately, I recorded the show in advance before the take down, so I didn't get to address the song's removal from YouTube. I should point out that it was Joan Jett who took down the video because I bet you she was offended by what the parody was about. It's bad enough that we still have major record labels still trying to remove song parodies from existence because of the so-called "copyright violations," but it's worse that parodies on a political party, doesn't matter which side, are trying to be taken down because someone was offended. When that happens, then said person is anti-free speech, which means Joan Jett is anti-free speech, Universal Music Publishing Group is anti-free speech, and anybody who tries to take down any parody be it music, comics, etc. Free speech is very important in our country of the United States of America, and that's a right we need to protect. Good night.
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