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[-] grue@lemmy.world 290 points 2 weeks ago

Do you mean political science Harvard grad Tom Morello?

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 126 points 2 weeks ago

Still one of the greatest burns I have ever seen in my life.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 weeks ago

Killed him (in the name of)

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago

That must've felt good when he posted that reply.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

It’s got to have been almost worth the masters. Almost.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago

The entire attack on Harvard by the President is an attempt to "delegitimize" the entire process of going and graduating to his base. So the MAGA crowd can actually pretend it's bad that he went to "that school".

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 15 points 2 weeks ago

Tom! Save the hammer for The Man.

;)

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 134 points 2 weeks ago

Damn he really didn't do what they told him.

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[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 103 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, this is just about the least surprising thing in the universe.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 100 points 2 weeks ago

There's actually a ton of conservatives that like RATM because they like how it sounds but don't understand the lyrics. They are often genuinely shocked when they realize.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago

I'd like to think Paul Ryan still cries himself to sleep at night over this.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 24 points 2 weeks ago

I would like the universe even more if it gave Paul Ryan perpetual kidney stones.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, having the frontman of your favorite band personally reject you as a person for your consistently harmful behavior would probably make anyone with a conscience reconsider.

Anyone with a conscience.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

This is still one of my favorite social media interactions of all time. And especially given the OP's topic since Morello's alma mater is Harvard.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Ha, I've seen davez67's comment and Morello's reply before, but never the actual picture. I need that fucking shirt

[-] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It blows my fucking mind that these people exist, agreed.

What the fuck machine do they think he's been raging against? A cappuccino machine?

Education is the solution. It always is. We need to educate the living shit out of all those conservative dipshits so they stop doing so many dumb fucking things.

It's that simple. Now, if only we had a functioning department of education...

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's not about printers? "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" sounds like most printers these days.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Education is the solution. It always is. We need to educate the living shit out of all those conservative dipshits so they stop doing so many dumb fucking things.

The problem is they think that they are educated and that they have researched these topics by going to websites run by conservative think tanks. Once that's in their minds, they begin pushing any alternative viewpoint away as liberal propaganda because, in their mind, they've already researched it. They can't even consider that their research might have been compromised from the beginning to lead them to a purposefully wrong conclusion.

It can be corrected, but it takes a LOT of effort to undo 40+ years of misinformation and propaganda being drip fed to the populace through media conglomerates like Fox News, moonlighting as far and balanced sources of information. Purposefully sprinkling bits of reality in to point to when confronted about it.

You're not actually working to change someone's point of view on one topic, you're having to show them that potentially their entire belief system is based on lies and deceit to manipulate them, and not based on reality and facts.

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 36 points 2 weeks ago

Conservatives often have very poor media literacy. They're often not smart or empathetic, because if they were then they wouldn't be conservative.

[-] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

They're so bad at it that they wind up liking media that is directly mocking them. They legit say things like "I liked Stephen Colbert better before he went woke. The Colbert Report was good back in the day." They completely missed that Larry the Cable Guy is a character. They like Fight Club and The Wolf of Wall Street for exactly the wrong reasons.

You have to be an extremely clueless dumbass to miss the very clear message behind RATM music, and yet they somehow still manage. They must have been sniffing glue while the teacher was going over analysis and annotations.

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[-] flandish@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Same with those who “rock” that Punisher logo. Shit I’ve seen an AR with a forward assist etched with a trump face but in the punisher format.

Fucking batshit.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago

Frank comes across two police officers who are fans of his. They take a selfie with him and show they have a sticker of his logo on their car before comparing their work to his. Unimpressed, the Punisher tears up the sticker and tells them, "I'll say this once, we're not the same. You took an oath to uphold the law. You help people. I gave that up a long time ago. You don't do what I do. Nobody does. You boys need a role model? His name's Captain America, and he'd be happy to have you.... If I find out you are trying to do what I do, I'll come for you next."

Punisher Vol. 12, #13

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[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I love that Gerry Conway took back over the book EXCLUSIVELY to make Punisher threaten some cops who had his skull on their bumper.

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[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago

Next up, Serj Tankian.

[-] sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz 53 points 2 weeks ago

I liked tom morello more when he wasn’t so political

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 46 points 2 weeks ago

(sarcasm is obvious but I thought I'd add a note on your behalf)

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I see what you did there, lol

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[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 37 points 2 weeks ago

We definitely need a fuck trump music tour.

[-] Tujio@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Bad Religion and Dropkick Murphys are touring this summer. Propagandhi was going to but dropped out for obvious reasons.

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[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Every tour should be. It's just doing your civic duty at this point. If you have a platform, use it

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[-] Binturong@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago

Based Morello knows a thing or two about fascist evil empires.

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 23 points 2 weeks ago

From Wikipedia:

Morello's father participated in the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) and was Kenya's first ambassador to the United Nations.[12] Morello's paternal great-uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first elected president of Kenya.[12] His aunt, Jemimah Gecaga, was the first woman to serve in the legislature of Kenya; and his uncle Njoroge Mungai was a Kenyan Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament, and was considered one of the founding fathers of modern Kenya.

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[-] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 26 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck you trump! Pussy ass dumb bitch! Get fucked!

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

I love when people get mad that Tom Morello is suddenly political and say they like rage against the machine better before it was political.

Motherfucker, have you listened to a single lyric?

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Love Rage, but Tom needs to reform Street Sweeper Social Club with Boots Riley.

Boots knows what we need...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acT_PSAZ7BQ

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

The FUCK. The universe has been letting me down for decades, and you sir just righted that wrong.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I couldn't find a good version of Street Sweepers when Trent Reznor was performing with them, but there's some really shitty decade old cell phone footage out there lol.

Boots is the fucking truth tho, the female vocalist from that video (Pam the funktress) knew Tupac from before he was famous, and Tupac latched onto Boots and cited him as a political influence.

He's been around forever, but most people these days know him from the movies and TV shows he writes/directs/produces:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc70iFCaKho

He's basically a real life Huey Freeman

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[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Tom is, as far as I can tell, a total fucking badass!

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 weeks ago

I'll say it again. Just look at Mary Morello to see this is not a surprise. His mother raised him right.

[-] TheDeadlySquid@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

KNOW YOUR ENEMY!

[-] chetradley@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago
[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck trump and the rest of the republican traitor filth. We must hold the traitors to account.

[-] twice_hatch@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

Joins Bruce? I would have assumed Tom was always totally opposed to Trump lol?

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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

How long until Republican groups convince you all that Tom and Bruce are fascist or something. No true leftist. I'm giving it 30 days

[-] Pfeffy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

This seems like an incoherent premise. Neither artist ever supported Trump, and Morello has been outspoken against Trump for like a decade. How do you figure they will whine about them any more effectively now?

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Also, I hope this embarrasses those who have already bent the knee. Fuck them too.

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