ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhat's the biggest or most severe example of "missing the point" you've seen?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the biggest or most severe example of "missing the point" you've seen?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareBattle Masker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55·17 days agoanyone that whines about Rage Against The Machine’s music being “tOo pOLiTiCaL”
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-217 days agoI remember chuckling to videos of drumptards dancing to RATM during the Floyd protests and covid. It was obvious that their only takeaway was “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me”
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 days agoYeah, that one hit hard during the Floyd protests. It is literally a song about cops killing black people. And it’s not even subtle … wtf?
minus-squareShiverMeTimbers@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 days agoWith a name like Rage Against The Machine, it’s on the tin.
minus-squarefsxylo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 days agoRepublicans think they’re the punks because they rally against decency.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoFor anyone unaware, there are a number of memes about RATM (mostly Tom Morello’s) politics https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2101254-rage-against-the-machine https://www.openculture.com/2020/06/tom-morello-responds-to-fans-who-finally-realize-that-rage-against-the-machines-music-is-political.html But my personal favorite, from 2020, is this one: https://i.imgur.com/ix6Ig4Hg.jpg
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 days ago What do you think the machine is they are raging against? The fucking printer?
minus-squareaimizo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days ago“It’s too bad they are raging FOR the machine now” Morons.
anyone that whines about Rage Against The Machine’s music being “tOo pOLiTiCaL”
I remember chuckling to videos of drumptards dancing to RATM during the Floyd protests and covid. It was obvious that their only takeaway was “fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me”
Yeah, that one hit hard during the Floyd protests. It is literally a song about cops killing black people. And it’s not even subtle … wtf?
With a name like Rage Against The Machine, it’s on the tin.
Republicans think they’re the punks because they rally against decency.
For anyone unaware, there are a number of memes about RATM (mostly Tom Morello’s) politics
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2101254-rage-against-the-machine
https://www.openculture.com/2020/06/tom-morello-responds-to-fans-who-finally-realize-that-rage-against-the-machines-music-is-political.html
But my personal favorite, from 2020, is this one: https://i.imgur.com/ix6Ig4Hg.jpg
“It’s too bad they are raging FOR the machine now”
Morons.