Radio Station STAR102 in Cleveland, responding to listener pressure, has removed a song from its seasonal playlist. “Baby It’s Cold Outside” will no longer air. Why? If you read the lyrics, it has a bit of a date rape vibe to it.
The neighbors might think – Baby, it’s bad out there – Say, what’s in this drink? – No cabs to be had out there.
Say, what’s in this drink?
Allahpundit at HotAir spins up the perception issues.
When I was young I found the song odd simply because it blended yuletide cheer with heavy-handed sexual seduction, not normally a pairing that go together. They might as well have called it “Christmas Boink.” But as I aged I came to realize that things were different in the olden days, that maybe it wasn’t unusual at the time for a man to invite a young lady over on a cold winter’s night, drug her, refuse to let her leave, and then drag her off to his rape dungeon. Gotta remember that every era is different.
Other stations should expect to be confronted with mob pressure to unplug this from their playlist.
Wouldn’t want a Creepy-Joe Biden, Kennedy, or Clinton to feel empowered by the lyrics, right?
