Originally posted by Renee:
Ok, is there any reason you just typed the same thing I did while quoting me? I DID say that Outkast meant it "figuratively", but added that most people who listened to it did NOT know what context to put it in. They just knew the name was "Rosa Parks" and they were talking bout hushing up and going to the back of the bus, that's IT.
Most people do not listen to any other part of that song BUT that. In fact, I love the song myself, and then a friend of mine(black woman in her late 40s) told me that song was an "insult to Rosa Parks" and all that, then I REALLY listened to the 'hook' of the song and saw what she was saying. That's my point. Nancy(my friend) didn't bother listening to any other part of the song, as did many others. They were offended by it. I still like the song, but honestly, why name the song Rosa Parks if it had NOTHING to do with her, except to mention moving to the back of the bus?
I agree though, the lawyer seems like a bottom feeder trying to get his name in the paper and money from the group.


Yes, because of this:
Originally posted by Renee:
That doesn't sound to me like they meant it figuratively.


Soooo...did they, or didn't they mean it figuratively? Maybe Bill Clinton should have sued for $5 billion since OutKast "insulted" him in B.O.B. The Rosa Parks/OutKast episode is just another in an ongoing fight between common sense and people that get offended easily.