#30DaySongChallenge - Day 20
May. 15th, 2020 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johncomicDay 20: A song everyone loves but you can't stand
Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
I could argue about how if the genders in this song were reversed, that no one would approve of its sentiments. But then I'd be in for a bunch of arguments about "punching up vs. punching down" -- and while those might not be completely without merit, they wouldn't convince me of the rightness of this song, and I don't feel like going through all that.
More importantly, I hate this song because it glorifies revenge. I simply don't believe in revenge or the rightness of it. Try to reframe this song as "justice" if you will, but I have tried to do so, and in this case I can't. True justice is about righting wrongs, IMHO, restoring, undoing damage.... not "balancing the scales" of damage with more damage. The appeal of revenge runs deep in our culture, and I despair of it.
Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
I could argue about how if the genders in this song were reversed, that no one would approve of its sentiments. But then I'd be in for a bunch of arguments about "punching up vs. punching down" -- and while those might not be completely without merit, they wouldn't convince me of the rightness of this song, and I don't feel like going through all that.
More importantly, I hate this song because it glorifies revenge. I simply don't believe in revenge or the rightness of it. Try to reframe this song as "justice" if you will, but I have tried to do so, and in this case I can't. True justice is about righting wrongs, IMHO, restoring, undoing damage.... not "balancing the scales" of damage with more damage. The appeal of revenge runs deep in our culture, and I despair of it.
