I mean he ain't wrong
Feel like his actual statement, based off that latest video has been massively overblown to be honest.
No one is being a raging transphobe by thinking their young child should not be able to make any life altering decisions at such a young age before they understand things more. You wouldn't let them get a face tattoo either.
Those are really cool jobs bro, my respects
I had to go back and watch the video cause I didn’t remember hearing about that goldfish line, and sure enough, I didn’t hear it. I was talking about the apology video, in which, he clearly says he didn’t mean to offend anyone, he is clearly miseducated about the matter and wants to get educated more. He is clearly admitting fault and essentially saying he may have spoken some of the wrong words, in the first video.
Of course you can always criticize peoples opinions, especially misinformed ones, but again my initial response was directly to only the second video.
(Point I was trying to make, being: NeYos words don’t hold as much value as you “feel” they do.)
I’m curious: are you implying that NeYo is secretly a bigot and he is not consciously aware of it yet? If so, imo, that’s a pretty wild assumption, respectfully lol.
A point I want to emphasize here connects with your next statement as well:
“That is an attitude that directly comes from anti-affirming rhetoric”
Again, you’re basing this off emotion. Off what you “think” is happening. You “think” NeYos subconscious demons are showing. You still have failed to show me any actual statistics or datasets backing up your claims.
respectfully, even though you keep writing “respectfully”, there’s nothing respectful about being transphobic
I believe his comment was that, as a parent, he wouldn't let a 12yr old make the decision if they want to transition or not?
Because thats a life-changing decision
Call me crazy, but what type of parent would just let their child make that decision at that age
He did not even say anything offensive to the LGBTQ, why does he have to apologize lmaoooo???
The woke mob has already spoken
Anything short of encouraging a double mastectomy or penectomy is transphobia, xenophobia, arachnophobia, homophobia and level 4 bigotry
The woke mob has already spoken
Anything short of encouraging a double mastectomy or penectomy is transphobia, xenophobia, arachnophobia, homophobia and level 4 bigotry
At that age, that’s terrifying
I promise you Im not projecting lol, and I dont trouble my mind in regards to the countless amounts of violence, hatred, and racism that goes on in this world, because I promise you, as long as humans are alive, it will exist by default, and I would drive myself crazy trying to over actively care about it ALL.
You did say one thing right though: which is that bigotry should not be supported or tolerated, and I agree 10000%
But in the 2nd video NeYo made (which is what this thread is about by the way, and what Im directly commenting on) there is no bigotry or racism being said. In fact he said he didn't mean to offend and come off in such manner, and has a lot to learn still. He was just trying to say he doesn't like the idea of young children making such brash decisions so young.
And I'll tell you same thing I was telling the other brother itt: y'all really place so much emphasis over what these dudes are saying, acting like Ne-Yo saying this is actively going to get more trans people killed. You say this off nothing more than a feeling, as there is no statistical correlation to prove it.
The mystification you engage in is very revealing. Just 135 years ago black Brazilians were considered property. That wasn't changed by people who threw their arms up and said "oh well slavery has always existed". There is no actual basis for your dismissal of every societal ill you choose not to "trouble" your mind with as timeless and intractable, one might say you're just going off your feelings lol.
As for the second video, the one which you are indeed commenting on, you're conveniently ignoring that Ne-Yo explicitly denies having said anything wrong in his first video before retracting his apology. In the first video where he just straight up denies the existence of transgender people and propagates the myth that children are being pushed into getting surgery. Whether he is speaking from a place of bigotry or ignorance or whatever, these are not beliefs we can just "agree to disagree" with.
I didn't say neyo will get ppl killed, I said Ne-Yo's beliefs get people killed. Shockingly, the things people believe and how we react to it have real world consequences believe it or not. If you don't think so, why are you agaisnt tolerating bigotry anyways lol? Is that just your feelings? These beliefs motivate discrimination, harrassment, murder, suicide, legislation, etc. Its important that when someone says something wrong, they get pushback on it, no matter who it is. On a macro level the beliefs we normalize and allow to spread unchallenged influence people who go out and act according to those beliefs. If you want research on this, look into prejudiced norm theory.
good for him for sticking to his ideals and not bending a knee to the majority. Do your thing KING!
I can see where he's coming from but He's so off... what a Clout Chaser..
But that doesn't excuse the fact that he hasn't had a hot song since 2011-2012
Nobody checking for Ne Yo in 2023
It's amazing how many people on here do ZERO RESEARCH on transgender people, what they're acrually advocating for, or the consensus among medical professionals yet accuse others of being sheep when all they do is repeat what some right wing media crank told them.
This is the most anyone has talked about Ne Yo in years
Maybe he got a new single or book coming
Bro kept going on about "my generation" in this vid, the discomfort and confusion older people have about modern times is hilarious

Gotta love cis people talking about how he isn't wrong and he didn't say anything crazy
But also, who gives a s*** what ne yo thinks about this particular topic or any topic for that matter
Do you guys realize than transitioning is a lot more things than just surgeries? Because if i listen to most people itt it definitely looks like that's all there is to it
Like genuinely there's a big difference between letting a 12 year old go by new pronouns and dressing the way they want, and cutting off their genitals lol like that's usually not something that's done on younger kids
Being trans isn’t a choice, it’s who they are. These parents keep passing down avoidable mental trauma like it’s grannies secret recipe.
The woke mob has already spoken
Anything short of encouraging a double mastectomy or penectomy is transphobia, xenophobia, arachnophobia, homophobia and level 4 bigotry
But what's the point of explaining anything when some idiot can just waltz in here and say dumb s*** like this with no basis and have someone else quote it like "oh god the imaginary scenario you made up is so terrifying 😢😢😢"