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I don't think people get mad at RatM for being political so much as they mock Tom Morello for essentially trying to sell revolution as a lifestyle brand, and ge
by viridian 4y ago
I don't think people get mad at RatM for being political so much as they mock Tom Morello for essentially trying to sell revolution as a lifestyle brand, and generally engaging in performative politics that don't seem particularly congruent with how he lives his life.
Zack de la Rocha and the others don't typically receive the same criticisms unless their actions are lumped in with Morello's under the banner of "RatM did X".
- daveslash 4y agoA while back this made the rounds on Reddit/Twitter. https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2101254-rage-against-the-machine https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2101254-rage-against-the-mac...
- viridian 4y agoWow, that's `Pumped Up Kicks at the school dance` levels of not paying attention to the lyrics.