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Israeli rappers call for death of Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid and Mia Khalifa in chart-topping anthem
(www.independent.co.uk)
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"shot in the head" that's misrepresentation big time. He shoots a gun towards the clowns head but it's one of those gag guns with a flag coming out with the word "bang" on it... Which rhymes with Trump being depicted as a clown. It's far more metaphorical than the other examples and you need to be pretty fucking dense to see it as a call for violence against Trump or anyone else.
The Israeli one and the South African ones are in my opinion comparable in that they both call for explicit violence and their only defense is basically "it's art, I can do what I want"
Call to violence might be a stretch. However, I think it's either incredibly naive or incredibly dishonest to overlook the depiction of a gun, pointed at a person, the trigger being pulled, the gun going bang, and the president/clown flinching in response.
You only point a gun at something if you intend to shoot it, possibly kill it. There is no exception.
It is indeed an artistic expression & not real, but the imagery is unmistakable. He casually plays out this scene & displays it to the world, basically saying, "Yeah, if this happened...I'm totally okay with this. I put this in my rap videos. No big deal."
And I think a lot of people on Lemmy feel the same way about Trump.