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Fuck, that's so good.
"When did RATM become so woke???"
-- MAGA 2020
If you go back to 2012, Vice Presidential pick Paul Ryan listed RATM as his favorite band. At least the MAGA people are raging against something and they think it's the machine, but Paul Ryan was a technocratic dweeb who probably would've gotten shoved in a locker in high school if his dad wasn't rich. Paul Ryan was supposed to be smart, too, but i guess whether you're smart or not doesn't matter if you live in a fantasy world. You're doing to make a fool of yourself either way.
Some are those that work forces...
And now you do what they told ya
FUCK YOU WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!
DON'T YOU TRY TO JUSTIFY
Also, I used to think it was 'Some of those ~~in~~ that work forces' TIL, better this way.
It is irrational how much the misquoting angers me, but in my defense my brain keeps trying to sing the line in tune and it's the lyrics quote equivalent of one of those frustrating videos where someone cuts a cake wrong.
Those that work forces???
Can someone translate that for me?
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
They're saying that some of the people in powerful positions are racists who burn crosses. Burning crosses is a KKK harassment activity where they erect and burn a cross on the lawn of a black person's home while wearing masks to hide their true identity. Essentially they're alluding to systemic racism.
(It is a Rage Against the Machine lyric from 'Killing in the Name')
I've had their discography on repeat for a couple weeks now, very much recommend
The police forces
I can't find a source for this at the moment, but I read somewhere that the original line was "Some of those that hold office/are the same that burn crosses." It rhymes a lot better.
It does rhyme better, but why would they change that?
Radio stations wouldn't ever play the first way.
There's only one type of protest that doesn't meet the full brunt of the governments monopoly on force -
White supremacists.
Cops shouldn't be shutting down non-violent KKK rallies and they shouldn't be shutting down "other" rallies either. It's everyone's right.
Yeah its all about free expression. Growing up i never really thought anyboby was racist where i lived. Then a few years ago there was a KKK rally which was 4 people. And the cops still had to defend them from people wanting to rightfully beat there ass.
I agree everbody should have the right to expressive there oppions. Even if in my oppion they are dubious and stupid. But at the end of the day, it should never be about what one person or group wants.
Why did the cops have to defend them. Free speech applies to government censorship, not pissed off neighbours
The cops are protecting them from assault.
They are the wooooooooorst of both worlds
Using excessive force, and then they light up the cross
Or its because they have the right to assemble. Not saying cops are great or anything, but its absolutely a good thing they aren't shutting down events based on their opinion of the people who run the events.
Side eyes BLM protests, Free Palestine demonstrations and generally most left wing events that are definitely never unjustly broken up by police.
Those protests need to be heavily armed. It sounds radical, but that’s the proven method to avoid violently getting busted up.
During the civil rights movement, peaceful protests were violently broken, but armed protests were politely watched from across the street. Because cops have zero qualms about violently busting up an unarmed crowd, but get really fucking sweaty when the protestors can shoot back. It’s why the Black Panthers got started; People noticed the trend, and a group formed to arm protestors and stop them from getting busted.
It was so effective that it led to Reagan and the NRA passing the most restrictive gun control law the country had ever seen. The Mulford Act was quickly drafted and passed by republicans, to criminalize armed protests. Because lawmakers saw the armed protestors on their front porch, and saw the cops entirely unwilling to stop it.
Ironically, the reason liberal protests get busted is because they’re peaceful. White power rallies are always heavily armed, but liberals have a moral aversion to firearms so they have left themselves open to abuse.
For some reason libs decided to give up firearms in hopes that the cops with guns would protect them... from cops with guns...
If you go far enough left you get your guns back y'all
They only shut down illegal activity.