My view of the world

I just read an online article in the NY Times that had to do with racism.
It seems that a musician named Stephin Merritt doesn’t like rap or Hip-Hop.
In 2004 Mr. Merritt, writing in The New York Times, chose seven records for a feature called Playlist.
None of the records he chose were by black artists, prompting Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker, to conclude at the time on his personal blog that Mr. Merritt had a bias against black music, calling him ” ‘Southern Strategy’ Merritt.”
Mr. Merritt also committed the ultimate sin: He said he liked the catchiness of the song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” from the movie “A song of the south,” that many people consider to be racist. In their attacks, his critics failed to mention that he said he thought the movie itself was terrible.
Because he doesn’t like Hip-Hop, they label Mr. Merritt a racist, I guess they didn’t look at his picture. He’s a balding, admittedly gay, white dude that appears to be approaching middle age and therefore probably wasn’t exposed to any black artists, except those in the main stream.
He also dislikes, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, while admitting he does like Abba and anybody who doesn’t like the latest attempt at bubblegum can’t be all bad.
This guy isn’t racist, he just doesn’t like the latest fashion in music, big deal.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the blog wars continue, with the attackers now labeling him a “Rockist”.
It looks like they’ve decided he’s evil and won’t quit until they find some name or other they can call him. Which, by the way, has gotten this nearly unheard of indie artist a fair amount of publicity.

Is it just me, or are people getting sillier?