Kansas Lawmaker's Anti-Obama 'Redneck Rap' Taken Down

Zoom-boing · Oct 15, 2009

Freedom of speech . . . . only if it doesn't offend?

A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Republican Rep. Bill Otto said he didn't remove the video, titled "RedNeck Rap," and didn't know why it had been taken down. Google Inc., YouTube's owner, could offer no explanation.

Otto said criticism of the video was unfounded. He said the hat's saying, which he repeats at the end of the short video, refers to redneck stereotypes, not Obama.

The White House declined to comment Thursday, but Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, called the video "disturbing." He said it's logical to see the reference as being to the first black president's race.

In the video, Otto pauses after criticizing Obama and his policies, repeats the saying on the cap and adds, "A little greasy, but hey."

"It's a reference to rednecks," Otto said during a telephone interview from his home in LeRoy, a small town about 75 miles south of Topeka. "It's like 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' eating opossum bellies, grits and pigs' feet."

The flap comes less than two months after U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, another Kansas Republican, remarked in a public forum that the GOP was still looking for "a great white hope." She later said she wasn't referring to Obama and didn't know of the phrase's past link to pre-civil-rights era racism.

Attempts by AP to access Otto's video Thursday night resulted in a message stating that it had been "removed by the user." Google spokesman Scott Rubin said if a video is removed for violating YouTube's standards, a message would say so.

"With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, we cannot comment on individual videos," he said in an e-mail message.

Meanwhile, Hensley accused Otto of "bigotry."

"If opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to?" Hensley said. "It is not only thoughtless, but outrageous."

Otto replied: "I don't know where he's getting that."
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bodecea · Oct 15, 2009

Zoom-boing said: ↑

Freedom of speech . . . . only if it doesn't offend?

A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Republican Rep. Bill Otto said he didn't remove the video, titled "RedNeck Rap," and didn't know why it had been taken down. Google Inc., YouTube's owner, could offer no explanation.

Otto said criticism of the video was unfounded. He said the hat's saying, which he repeats at the end of the short video, refers to redneck stereotypes, not Obama.

The White House declined to comment Thursday, but Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, called the video "disturbing." He said it's logical to see the reference as being to the first black president's race.

In the video, Otto pauses after criticizing Obama and his policies, repeats the saying on the cap and adds, "A little greasy, but hey."

"It's a reference to rednecks," Otto said during a telephone interview from his home in LeRoy, a small town about 75 miles south of Topeka. "It's like 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' eating opossum bellies, grits and pigs' feet."

The flap comes less than two months after U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, another Kansas Republican, remarked in a public forum that the GOP was still looking for "a great white hope." She later said she wasn't referring to Obama and didn't know of the phrase's past link to pre-civil-rights era racism.

Attempts by AP to access Otto's video Thursday night resulted in a message stating that it had been "removed by the user." Google spokesman Scott Rubin said if a video is removed for violating YouTube's standards, a message would say so.

"With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, we cannot comment on individual videos," he said in an e-mail message.

Meanwhile, Hensley accused Otto of "bigotry."

"If opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to?" Hensley said. "It is not only thoughtless, but outrageous."

Otto replied: "I don't know where he's getting that."
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C'mon! Stuff like that needs to stay up.

Elutherian · Oct 15, 2009

Freedom of Speech? I remember hearing about that once... it used to be what we had in this country at one time.

Fatality · Oct 16, 2009

well if anyone downloaded it or can find it on the net they can put it back up, give it a new name and just keep the ball rolling.

Fatality · Oct 16, 2009

bodecea said: ↑

Zoom-boing said: ↑

Freedom of speech . . . . only if it doesn't offend?

A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Republican Rep. Bill Otto said he didn't remove the video, titled "RedNeck Rap," and didn't know why it had been taken down. Google Inc., YouTube's owner, could offer no explanation.

Otto said criticism of the video was unfounded. He said the hat's saying, which he repeats at the end of the short video, refers to redneck stereotypes, not Obama.

The White House declined to comment Thursday, but Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, called the video "disturbing." He said it's logical to see the reference as being to the first black president's race.

In the video, Otto pauses after criticizing Obama and his policies, repeats the saying on the cap and adds, "A little greasy, but hey."

"It's a reference to rednecks," Otto said during a telephone interview from his home in LeRoy, a small town about 75 miles south of Topeka. "It's like 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' eating opossum bellies, grits and pigs' feet."

The flap comes less than two months after U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, another Kansas Republican, remarked in a public forum that the GOP was still looking for "a great white hope." She later said she wasn't referring to Obama and didn't know of the phrase's past link to pre-civil-rights era racism.

Attempts by AP to access Otto's video Thursday night resulted in a message stating that it had been "removed by the user." Google spokesman Scott Rubin said if a video is removed for violating YouTube's standards, a message would say so.

"With 20 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, we cannot comment on individual videos," he said in an e-mail message.

Meanwhile, Hensley accused Otto of "bigotry."

"If opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to?" Hensley said. "It is not only thoughtless, but outrageous."

Otto replied: "I don't know where he's getting that."
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C'mon! Stuff like that needs to stay up.
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no only stuff you approve of needs to stay up, everything else should come down

Zoom-boing · Oct 16, 2009

I call bullshit on this being taken down if it wasn't by the person who put it up. It's censorship plain and simple . . . .because someone's feelings got hurt. BFH.

It amazes me how some people are just fine with giving away their rights like they were candy.

Single Dad · Oct 16, 2009

You can find the "Redneck Rap" video here.

Forward Kansas. :: Rep. Bill Otto's "RedNeck Rap"

rightwinger · Oct 16, 2009

Freedom of Speech means that you can't be prosecuted for what you say or write.

It does not mean that the owner of a website can't pull any material that he wants off the site. If you want something posted, you are free to build your own site

uptownlivin90 · Oct 16, 2009

Elutherian said: ↑

Freedom of Speech? I remember hearing about that once... it used to be what we had in this country at one time.
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When was that?

uptownlivin90 · Oct 16, 2009

rightwinger said: ↑

Freedom of Speech means that you can't be prosecuted for what you say or write.

It does not mean that the owner of a website can't pull any material that he wants off the site. If you want something posted, you are free to build your own site
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That DOES make sense... I agree.

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