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Slyngstad | Bluesky
Transcript
A three-panel political comic by Slyngstad highlighting the long history of political activism in music. In the foreground of all three panels, two audience members are seen talking in profile.
Panel 1:
On Stage: A modern musician holding a microphone calls out, “FREE PALESTINE!”
Foreground: One audience member complains, “UGH, WHEN DID MUSICIANS START TO BE SO POLITICAL?”
Panel 2:
On Stage: Freddie Mercury performing at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert, with the “Live Aid” global logo in the background.
Foreground: The second audience member replies, “START?”
Panel 3:
On Stage: Folk singer Woody Guthrie playing an acoustic guitar with his iconic slogan written across it: “THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS”.
Foreground: The second audience member continues, “MAYBE YOU JUST WEREN’T LISTENING.”
Don’t you hate when Rise Against the Machine gets political?
Same level of media literacy that missed the satire of the Starship Troopers movie.
Watching the US Government unironically propose Starship Troopers-inspired uniforms for the Space Force had me in stitches.
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Fuck it it stays wrong whoops!
I respect when someone stands by their mistakes.
Reminds me of that Green Charlotte song, Lifestyles of the American Idiot.
When did they become a bunch of woke libtards? /s
You mised about 7 other insult phrases, 4 slurs and at at least 2 racist remarks.
True but I don’t think they are able to string that many words together at a time
Where there’s a will there’s a grammatically incorrect way.
Is this some other ratm I’m not aware of?
Tom Morello/Tim McIlrath side project?
Only thing I hate is their music is still relevant even to today. World’s only worse and worse. Love the music, hate nothing has changed.