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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

lol some of the “cool” stuff are explicitly against homosexuality. Like Rastafari and Reggae (not all) Lots of homophobic lyrics in reggae music. And often just calling for straight up murder of gays like the song Boom Bye Bye by Bunju Banton which is a very popular song in Jamaica.

[–] zarkanian 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it wasn't for the weed-smoking, nobody would think that Rastafarianism is cool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Even without weed, they still had Bob Marley and reggea in general.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Rastafarianism killed Bob Marley. He had an infection in his toe that got bad enough that it needed to be amputated. He refused because it was against his religion and the infection wound up killing him.