ah yes, the violent music lyrics, especially in rap and hiphop. i totally spaced on those, thanks for reminding me. being as i am a dead loss to songwriters' efforts because i don't listen to lyrics that's maybe not surprising, but i did read about the controversies.

certain sports and domestic violence / sexual abuse seem to go well together too, alas, yeah. hockey players and rape, hockey coaches and pedophilia are pretty well known issues here. but it's definitely not seen as ok (anymore). it's not entirely clear to me whether it was ever actually seen as ok, just that the shamefulness of talking about it happening to you was so great that people would simply not do that, and so it all happened underground, with few people shining a light into the dark corners.

it comes down to a judgement about whether or not being aligned with a progressive movement is going to fix more than it damages

that's a useful attitude. i am just not a good joiner to start with, and find it easier to align or distance myself on individual points, rather than a whole agenda.