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This reminds me of that guy who declared he wouldn't be listening to Rage Against the Machine anymore because Tom Morello had become too political 😂😂😂
How about when a republican Tweeted:
And Dee Snider:
Ah yes, the famously conservative hair metal singer whose stage getup was just shy of a drag performers. How could one forget this pinnacle of conservative values.
I've seen drag performers with less makeup than Dee Snyder. He was approaching "circus clown" in that song's video.
That's the funny part, and why he destroyed tipper gore's dumb parental advisory witch hunt; He doesn't drink or smoke, and is a family man. He's much closer to conservative family values than people expect. Here he is recounting that time he made a fool of Congress
You should also watch his full congress speech if you have time
They saw it was from Twisted Sister and probably thought they were into incest like them?
My favorite response the Morello tweet got was "what 'Machine' did you think he was raging against? The dishwasher?" Lol
Nah, definitely was a printer.
Well, in a way, raging against a printer usually is just raging against late stage capitalism with extra steps
It has to be a HP Printer.
Touché
I've definitely raged against printers........ (I'll see you in hell Epson ink refills!)
Epson didn't refill itself!
Pretty sure that's canonically done to "Damn it feels good to be a gangster" and not RATM. Could have been an air conditioner though.
“Ms. Gore claimed that one of my songs, ‘Under the Blade,’ had lyrics encouraging sadomasochism, bondage and rape. The lyrics she quoted have absolutely nothing to do with these topics. On the contrary, the words in question are about surgery and the fear that it instills in people. … I can say categorically that the only sadomasochism, bondage and rape in this song is in the mind of Ms. Gore.”
-Dee Snider at the PMRC Congressional hearings.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dee-snider-on-pmrc-hearing-i-was-a-public-enemy-71205/
The most stereotypical drag band aren't conservative? What a shocker
My wife's theory was they only caught the first 20 seconds of the video and assumed the father was the protagonist.
Get this in front of AMC to get picked up for 5 seasons with 3 or 4 good ones
smh Tom Morello talks so much about politics these days you'd think he has a degree in it
I love when I learn things from sarcasm.
Back when I used to watch Bill Maher's show before I couldn't take him any longer, Morello was on, and some right-wing guest said something like, "white guys like you and me" to Tom Morello and he just slowly and calmly told the guy that he's black in such a disarming way that the guy had absolutely nothing to say in response and it was awesome.
Any more assumptions you idiots want to make about Morello and his band?
This reminds me of people who accuse Star Trek of being too political also.
I saw one a while back where people were getting upset that X-Men had become "woke" lol
That pissed me off soooo much. Really soured the game for me. The imagery of worshipping the founding fathers was the best part.
I know the "both sides" thing is something we're all sick of now, but there's no way Levine could have imagined what 2020+ would look like. Not to say that isn't something that's always happened, but man 2012 didn't have it to our current degree of insanity. Also I always figured the Vox were modeled more after the Russian revolution which... yeah... Stalinism was the end result, so it fits. I think that's the crux of the bad writing. You model the Vox after real world socialist uprisings, but they're predominantly black in a crazy racist planation in the sky. Now you're borrowing context from two real world things, and need to be careful about what you're saying, intentionally or not, about each of them. You have a responsibility in your messaging now. Given how it landed with you, I'd say they didn't do a great job.
Also Booker's view of it fits. He's a drunk, gambling, Pinkerton who sold his daughter. He's going to be a jaded misanthrope. Oh yeah and the part where he is also Comstock. Everything is there for us to know this is not a character we should be rooting for. But while these are facts about him, they never really make it into the "feel" of booker. So the information is there, it's just not great writing.
In contrast Elizabeth is really well done. She starts naïve and pure (if only because of the whole fucked up locked in a tower bit), and Booker does genuinely "lead the lamb astray". He's the reason she gets exposed to everything, and as a result rains fire from the sky. While we know booker is an asshole but doesn't feel like one, we definitely feel Elizabeth getting darker. I also think it's a great touch that the one that saves Elizabeth is, Elizabeth. Booker can't even take credit for that one.
I'm rambling now, I have a lot of mixed feelings on the game. It's got some really great and well done parts, and some serious blunders.
Nah, that wasn't a "looks bad now" thing, it looked bad any time. Saying that people rising up against their oppressors are just as bad as the oppressors is bullshit in any era. One can claim that that was just Booker's point of view and the game wasn't saying he was right, but the narrative did nothing to imply that he was wrong in any way, especially considering you were encouraged to mow down the slaves who were revolting just like you did the slavers previously. And having them dress like this? What were they thinking?
I agree with all of this except what you said about Hank Hill... I think he would be very uncomfortable at first, then get to know them on a personal level, and then become cautiously accepting by the end of the episode.
And while King of the Hill features a bunch of right wing characters, I don't think I'd consider the show itself right-leaning. It respected its characters but also constantly made fun of them regarding their beliefs. Like when Hank would say Bobby isn't alright, I didn't get the impression that's what the show wanted to say; the show respected Bobby as much as it did Hank. And Peggy and Luanne.
Like when Khan moved in.
Similar, but also remember that by the 10th season ole Hank was a lot more open minded than when the show started lol
Because when the show started Hank was still a characture from Beavis and Butthead, and the writers grew him into something pretty awesome.
Hank meets a trans woman who tries to explain being trans to him, and he just doesn't get it. He has a mental block. He insists that she's a beautiful young woman and he also likes her "brother" quite a lot.
In another episode he helps Bobby buy a bra so he can dress up as a woman.
I can imagine Hank being ignorant, stubborn, and dismissive, but I can't imagine him being directly hateful. I think his behaviour at the grocery co-op is a good indicator. Hank got along perfectly well with potheads, hippies, and vegans, as long as he was able to teach them the value of hard work.
If I meet Hank Hill I'd tell him "I ain't no woman and I ain't no man. And if I catch you running your mouth to the contrary, I'm gonna kick your ass. You can call me Mx. Mindtraveller, and refer to me with the pronoun "they". Understood?" And that would be that. He'd mess up, of course, and I'd respond with a stern look and a faint growl, and he'd get the hang of it sooner or later. The key to these kinds of men is simply speaking their own language. You have to demonstrate your rugged individualism and ability to fight for your own dignity, and you need to phrase bigotry as a violation of the social contract and of good manners.
The only people who Hank really gets mad at in the show, are those who are violent towards women and children, and those who lack the determination and good sense to accomplish what they set out to do. Hank respects people who can look after themselves.
Hell ya! You said it
This is the same character who had to pay a guy to buy coop beef from the hippies. He had no trouble supporting them but couldn't handle the application process.
I've long been a fan of Samus Aran!
That's the one I haven't played. Then I had to look up who this weird "Adam" character was in some of the following games...
I remember the plot was odd, but reading a random wiki didn't make the story really stick for me.
What went on in that game? The plot synopses I've found have lacked detail; he just comes off as vaguely controlling and uncommunicative.