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[–] [email protected] 136 points 5 months ago (5 children)

How about when a republican Tweeted:

"Bummed to learn that @deesnider, the man with the perfect song written decades ago about the attack on traditional, conservative American values… “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is riding the train in the wrong direction. How could it be that he sang for us but now fights for them?

And Dee Snider:

You think i wrote a song in support of "traditional American values"? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You funny.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Did they not see the music video for that song where a rebellious kid using the power of rock rebels against his authoritarian father? Turning into the effeminate-looking singer of the song in the process, a song by a band named twisted SISTER? Said father who is heavily implied to be a former US Marine?

Yeah that's about as "Traditional American Values" and "Pro-Conservative" as a black lesbian burning down a Chic-Fila-A on June 1st with a molotov cocktail made from a bottle of Bud Light (It's not very Left Wing, but the brand triggers the fuck out of Righties) while making out with her transgender undocumented immigrant girlfriend, who had a perfect 15 inch girl-cock boner the whole time, because she is non-op and does not desire Bottom Surgery nor feel she should get a procedure that would be more effective on someone who actually does have dysphoria down there... She does however hope to have implants some day, and will look into it after gaining citizenship via marrying her black lesbian lover... However said Black Lesbian Lover gets SSI on account of being epileptic and cannot marry anyone without it harshly affecting her benefits and jeopardize her already vicarous living situation, so the wedding is off until they can find a lawyer to show them the right loopholes.

Oh dear God help me this is becoming a short story......

(Not a threat or call to arms, please do not burn down any establishments chicken or otherwise, voting for Biden will be enough, thank you)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Get this in front of AMC to get picked up for 5 seasons with 3 or 4 good ones

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My wife's theory was they only caught the first 20 seconds of the video and assumed the father was the protagonist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That kind of requires an astounding ignorance of the tropes of what was considered "Cool" at the time... Meaning for a Republican that's pretty damn plausible

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

“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/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Art is subjective, it's funny how often it says more about the viewer than the person who made it.

Heck I always intrepreted the song Dream Thieves by Sonata Artica to be about betrayal at the hands of an oppressive authority figure...

It's actually about music piracy, how it negatively effected the band's income, with the implication that a fan who pirates music is disloyal as a true fan would want to contribute to the livelihood of a musician they like..

I don't really agree with the intended message and I still like the song because of MY interpretation, but damn that does make the line "Download new lies on your scythe" make more sense in context

Personally I feel like "Piracy is always morally correct" and "Support Indie Creators whenever possible." are not contradictory viewpoints. (Admittedly the song was written when digital media was a new concept)

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

The most stereotypical drag band aren't conservative? What a shocker

[–] [email protected] 83 points 5 months ago (3 children)

the man with the perfect song written decades ago about the attack on traditional, conservative American values

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.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 68 points 5 months ago

I've seen drag performers with less makeup than Dee Snyder. He was approaching "circus clown" in that song's video.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

They saw it was from Twisted Sister and probably thought they were into incest like them?

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My favorite response the Morello tweet got was "what 'Machine' did you think he was raging against? The dishwasher?" Lol

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Nah, definitely was a printer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well, in a way, raging against a printer usually is just raging against late stage capitalism with extra steps

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Lol, yes. My dad worked for them and can attest, printer ink is peak late stage capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The only response I was hoping to see 🤣

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've definitely raged against printers........ (I'll see you in hell Epson ink refills!)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

My favorite response the Morello tweet got was “what ‘Machine’ did you think he was raging against? The dishwasher?” Lol

Epson didn't refill itself!