Those against the song say it promotes date rape, describing a man pressuring a woman to stay despite her adamantly telling him "no, no, no." Other lyrics like "say, what's in this drink?" have also raised eyebrows. "The world we live in is extra sensitive now, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women the voice they deserve, the song has no place."
"When the song was written in 1944, it was a different time, but now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong," wrote Glenn Anderson, one of the station's hosts, in a post on the WDOK website. Meanwhile in Cleveland where the controversy began, WDOK said a poll on its website showed a majority of listeners supported the ban when the decision to retire the song was made.Ī poll on the WDOK Facebook page now shows overwhelming support to bring the song back. Nicola Makoway, a representative for CBC Radio, told The Toronto Star that the song would be officially removed Tuesday at midnight with "no plans to play it going forward." The debate also reached Canada, where multiple radio broadcasters have pulled the song from their holiday lineups. (And, we never got complaints for *not* playing it, either we had plenty of other great Christmas songs to play, after all.)" "We just knew it was the right thing to do for the audience we served and quietly removed the song from the playlist. "We didn't turn it into public debate, or turn it into a ratings stunt," Tony Lorino wrote in a Facebook post. "While we are sensitive to those who may be upset by some of the lyrics, the majority of our listeners have expressed their interpretation of the song to be non-offensive."Ī former Atlanta radio program director noted this is not an entirely new concept. His station, as well as others, "pulled this song 5+ years ago for the same reason." "Respondents voted 95 percent in favor of us keeping the song as part of KOSI 101.1's tradition of playing all of your holiday favorites," Program Director Jim Lawson said in the release.
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