The bombs bursting in air last night at the National Mall in D.C. were not the sort one expects of an event saluting our brave men and women in uniform past, present, and future. Those attending live or viewing the HBO live stream of the Veterans Day Concert for Valor were greeted by an unexpected fusillade of the most vulgar profanities known to school bathrooms everywhere — and tripping off the lips no less of a man who at age 42 should know better. His names is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, but he is known better to the world of rap as Eminem.
WARNING: The video that follows contains extreme profanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gctoHqkZhI
As TheBlaze reports, the performance ignited a storm of protest on Twitter, a sampling of which follows:
Turning off HBO after all the swearing coming out of EMINEM..they cld have put him on later..after kids like myself have gone to sleep
— Najat Dawaji (@NajatD) November 12, 2014
Is there really a need for #Eminem to be swearing like an idiot at the #ConcertForValor ? — Buff Jones (@buff1414) November 12, 2014
I love how @Eminem keeps swearing at the DC event “happy mother f**king Veterans Day” #SoClassy……
— emmmm (@emilyfrancis02) November 12, 2014
Not unpredictably, some on Twitter had Eminem’s back:
Everybody complainin about @Eminem swearing at #ConcertForValor needs to chill out. Soldiers fight for his freedom of speech. #GetOverIt — Tim Stroinski (@liltimmy323) November 12, 2014
Who cares if he’s swearing, Eminem is probably bringing the most energy #ConcertForValor
— Marc Pitarresi (@marc_pitarresi) November 12, 2014
One might note that with freedom comes responsibility, but one would be wasting one’s breath.
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