Agree with the sentiment, don't see how it's newsworthy.
Will we start seeing headlines like: Tom DeLonge says racism "not cool"
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Billie Joe has fans who are influenced by what he says.
Billie Joe says not to be a cunt about trans people.
If I had a platform like Billie Joe I'd say that too.
Billie Joe is also bisexual so is speaking as part of the LGBT community.
This is the same Billie Joe whose fans went home from an "American Idiot" anniversary concert surprised that he got "political". I reckon there's plenty of scope there.
That's almost as good as the people who drag on RATM for being political. But not nearly as good as fans shit talking Morello and telling him he needs to stick to what he knows.
"You don't have to have a degree in political science from Harvard to understand this, but I actually do" (or however he phrased it) was one of the best comebacks to bad faith "stick to what you know" admonishing ever 😄✊️
For posterity, the quote (that I never get tired of reading):
“One does not have to be an honours grad in political science from Harvard University to recognise the unethical and inhumane nature of this administration but well, I happen to be an honours grad in political science from Harvard University, so I can confirm that for you,” Morello wrote in reply.
Fucking perfect! 😘👌✊️
There's a reason Crewman Mitchell told Janeway to go "to the left"
Fun fact: Tom has said this is the highlight of his career, over anything else he's done professionally.
"Are we the idiots?"
I get what you mean, but considering how many influential people are having their anti-trans opinions broadcast (see: JKR), I think this kind of article is more necessary than you might think.
True. We may be at the point where we shouldn't just give people the benefit of the doubt in such matters.
This Just in, Singer from Punk Rock Band Says Something Provocative, Leftist
Calling them punk is much more controversial.
gatekeeping doesn't feel very punk tho
I don't really care either way, I just thought it was an amusing point in context. The majority of what I listen to has pop on the end so I don't have much to gatekeep.
I don’t really care either way, I just thought it was an amusing point in context.
honestly same
Pop punk then.
I am of the opinion that closed-minded thinking is only part of the issue. The other part is there are well financed interst groups who work hard to create and encourage division in order to prevent regular folks from working together for a common cause.
The reason is simple: convince people to fight amongst themselves and they will be too busy to notice how much they are being ripped off by the tiny handful of rich people at the top.
In other words, this.
Did you grow up Mormon? Cause that’s pretty much the whole plan
wow cant believe my republican conservative tradtional values heterosexual free market band has gone woke, this one really hurts
As a full grown adult with a demanding job and many responsibilities like feeding myself every day, and carefully balancing my caffeine intake with getting enough sleep, I legitimately cannot imagine having the time or energy to care about what other people's children are doing.
Once again a middle aged bisexual knows what’s up
52 is middle age.
That's good.
Yeah I’d say it’s something like 40-60. The middle of adulthood. Then around 60 it’s weird because it used to be elderly but 60 year olds are just in so much better shape than a few generations back were at that age. And really I think that’s where a lot of our awkwardness about aging comes from. Back in the day a 40 year old looked like a 60 year old now.
But yeah he’s old. He’s still cool af, but his iconic music was about a phenomenon I have to explain to people who can vote.
I had a relative tell me that the problem with trans and homosexuality is that it's a mental illness. Instead of fighting those ideas, my response was "so what?" I decided to follow that line of argument to its conclusion.
Even if it were a mental illness, it would be one that causes no harm. I asked that relative what they would do if they found out they had a mental illness, and that the only thing that treatment would accomplish would be to make them no longer love their spouse. Of course they'd refuse treatment and go on loving who they love.
That should be the end of the conversation. If someone is doing something that harms nobody, why should they be forced to change who they are to please someone unaffected by the outcome?
No shit Sherlock
I mean it's not obvious for everyone
Oh yeah obviously. Green Day has always been about this. Listen closer to American Idiot.
My thought process.
"Is that my child?"
If Yes then, care and protect
Else, none of my business
Oh shit I didn't know programmers could reproduce, nice! =D
You should care about other families as well.
You just shouldn't define "care" as "police their genitals."
Else, none of my business
And, therefore, none of the governments business, since they represent the people. But what about the people that believe it is their business and, therefore, the governments business. Never end a thought process at "none of my business", VOTE!
1000x talk about moral panic than actual moral panic.
Trans is boring.
Yeah there's definitely no concerted effort to strip rights from Trans people occurring across the country.
Oh wait no that's exactly what's going on: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2024
Must be nice to be so ignorant things that don't personally affect you.
I don't talk sarcasm. Think a bit and uncrooked your silly talk.
What a weirdly understated condemnation following vulgarity.