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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tom Morello isn’t qualified to speak about politics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Honors grad means you didn't do any of the work to get it

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

It’s not like he graduated from Harvard University with honours as a Political Science major.

He’s just some pop artist who Paul Ryan loves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Lemmy needs to work on detecting sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

100% agreement here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

hE sHoULd sTAy oUt oF puHLityiCks

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Sigh... I miss the days when Rage Against The Machine focused on music and wasn't political.

Tap for spoilerI feel obligated to say this is sarcasm, just because of the way things are. (There are actually some people who said this to Tom on Xitter lmao.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Right wing guy in my discord said it was one of his 1st concerts. Like dude, are u deaf?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know right! The band didn't start getting political until 1991.

spoilerThe band was founded in 1991.

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

Now that I think of it the whole 90s didn't start getting political until around 1991.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stupid conservatives think, "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me," is speaking to them. Your spoiler / deflection is absolutely necessary. There are a lot of people who don't understand what they take in.

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

There are a lot of people who don’t understand what they take in.

Sorry, that went way over my head. /s

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What machine do these people think they are raging against? A dishwasher?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's entirely possible HP printers acted like a gateway to first experiencing true rage, that later led people into the maga cult.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

To be fair, it'd definitely be justified...

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