Punk'd?

colage_edukatid said:
Okay, I live in Canada, so I've never seen the show; therefore, my opinion is far from well informed. But I'm just wondering how intentional MTV''s choice of a moniker for this show was. Taking into account their perpetual and shameless co-opting of urban (mostly) African-American culture, and delivering said culture in a less likely to offend and homogenized package directly into the homes of (mostly) white suburban kids who so desperately want to know what's cool in the "hood", or how they talk in the "hood", I find it hard to believe that the decision makers at MTV were unaware of the connotations of the word punk in contemporary ebonics. For those unaware: a "punk" is a young homosexual man, and rest assured that the term is seldom, if ever, used in a positive manner. So what the fuck? How fucking insensitive...it's a disturbing use of the word, which is unlikely to raise much of fuss, since I doubt many of the GLAD people are even aware of this new synonym for "fucking faggot" being used within certain cultural groups. Not cool though MTV; you should be ashamed.