Baby It's Cold Outside

  Baby It's Cold Outside, it's -16 so it's really cold out there, is the new "Happy Holidays" controversy for 2018. And it's driving me mental. Why? Because it is 99% made up. Someone with too much free time on their hands made one comment and boom social media overreaction. A controversy is born.

  Yet if it wasn't for us, by us I mean folks with a social media presence, this would have died a swift death a week ago. But we can't do that. We need to talk about it as if it's true. You would think by the way this has spread that everyone has been told at least ten times that the song is offensive and they never should be subjected to the song again for fear of permanent damage to their brains. 

  Now I know this entire blog is contributing to the insanity. The irony has not escaped me but I wanted to tell people it is fake. Yes, a few radio stations have gotten complaints. They probably get those same complaints about Cardi B or Maroon 5 or even the Stones. This particular song, which we've all heard over the holidays since 1949, seems to have invoked a response in many of us.

  The worst part of this controversy? Other than the insanity of it in the first place. It's being blamed on the #MeToo movement! Women are now being accused of being too sensitive and too politically correct. Social media is now filled with users complaining about how they spend their whole day worried about the feelings of others and how no matter what they say it's taken the wrong way. One person says it, another retweets it, the next one says someone was told....the cycle begins.

  Taking an issue as important as MeToo and reducing it to this makes me very sad. Almost every single woman in the entire world has a story to tell in this movement. Saying we are all now to blame for losing a holiday classic belittles the trauma and loss of dignity many went through. It's not fair and it needs to stop.

  If song lyrics are offensive to you turn off the radio, turn the channel or pick another song. Don't make up a controversy and don't blame it on a victim.

  Ang