No this is ludicrous. Internationally not using your platform because you're just an entertainer is exactly what I want from them. Not only is it ok to not have an opinion about everything, I don't want to be bombarded by everyone's all the time
Granted I'm not going to read over 2000 comments, but not sure what this has to do with redditors. This is a screen shot of Twitter, and all the top comments and votes seem to agree that they didn't want political statements from musicians.
Feels to me the only one virtue signaling is you, punching down on the flaws of others.
They could have just played music. They didnt need to say anything. That's what I would expect from someone who just wanted to be a musician and not get involved.
They have an album about sending young men to the meat grinder. Metallica used to be political, they just got rich and sold out.
Also, with great power comes great responsibility. If you have a platform use it for good, instead of looking like some closeted maga fuckwit
Yup. A big problem in the world is that we have all of these people with platforms and they don't use it for good. They should speak about injustices, corruption and human suffering instead of being silent and cashing in on it.
Especially with how fucked the world is right now. We're purposely getting spammed with atrocities so that we can't keep up and have the ability to fight back or stop them.
The world as it is now often reminds me of the end of the movie A Clockwork Orange when they hold his eyelids open and overwhelm him.
We're living a more technologically advanced version of that day in and day out.
Which is a really fucking dumb one. If youre going to talk about it, be on the correct side. The side against genocide/ethnic cleansing, the side against war and conquest, the side against death and destruction.
Or just dont talk.
AFAIK, he wasnt directly asked a question in an interview or something like that. He chose to come out and say this.
If that were true you would care about the genocides in Myanmar, Sudan, and Ethiopia. But you don't, because you really only care about being seen to care about genocide.
Or people can just care about and be against ALL genocide and can appreciate when people speak out against them. Whether they're mainstream media exposed or not. But thats ok, I'll learn from your example of knowing someone else's cares and emotions for them. Given that thought process, you must support genocide, right? You're arguing against a person that is against it so....
Lol, it's fine if they don't have an opinion. What makes them weak is they obviously have a very strong opinion but can't justify their position. It's them being scared about being open about their beliefs that is being mocked.
It's the same with say, hating gays for some reason, as an example. The people who hold these beliefs understand their position doesn't make any sense, but they don't want to change or even examine their beliefs because it is uncomfortable.
That's the whole thing here, and I get some of the stuff they made 30 years ago was awesome, and I agree that was awesome, but idk, some people don't want to support assholes and that's ok too.
It's not at all obvious that they side with Israel over the Palestinians. I side with the Palestinians and I'm only telling you now to make my point. I'm not having conversations about my opinion on this, even with relatives who agree with me, because it has nothing to do with me. I even agree with Ed Sheeran. I don't want to hear his opinion on the matter, regardless of where he falls on it. He's a singer / songwriter, nothing more, nothing less
I'm not really sure that the best way for us, or anyone to conduct ourselves in the world is to just shut up and perform.
The whole idea here is Metallica is criticizing other people who want to express their beliefs. I personally don't give a fuck about palestine one way or another, but I respect people's right to have a stupid opinion about it one way or another.
So that's really what's at issue here Metallica sucks not because they love or hate whatever the issue is, it's that they want anyone who doesn't agree with them to shut up. That's not the world we want.we want expression, transparency and challenging authority - we should always encourage minority position dissent, if nothing else to check our beliefs.
The non metal thing here again, is both the suppression, and a party that is ironically afraid to be more open about their beliefs.
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u/Somethingsilly6969 13h ago
No this is ludicrous. Internationally not using your platform because you're just an entertainer is exactly what I want from them. Not only is it ok to not have an opinion about everything, I don't want to be bombarded by everyone's all the time