Were people asking for Metallica to say something before he made that statement at his concert? His concert video was the first time I'd seen anything about all this
Sure, but no one was asking for their political opinions, so who was screaming "your silence is deafening" at them like the other commenter posted. Just like the person he responded to said, we wouldn't even be talking about them if they said nothing
Literally a controversy they brought on themselves
So, again, they made a statement about a frankly disturbing trend where celebrities take a very public and preachy stance on politics. That doesn't mean that someone had to ask them about it. Their statement is in line with literally decades of previous statements, but it's only a problem now, why exactly? If you can't come up with a legitimate reason why it's a problem now and wasn't say, 5 years ago, maybe the outrage is manufactured 🤷♂️
No, the statement was explicitly calling out the musicians that have very recently made it part of their very public persona to stand out for something. This isn't the same as their previous statement, this was a direct call out to other musicians. Not just a statement of non-politicalness. And obviously from your comment you make it clear you don't like people standing up for Gaza and the rest as musicians, but you're trying to pretend that you're the normal one.
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u/Rhobaz 13h ago
Nobody asked. If he hadn’t said shit we wouldn’t be talking about it.