Who are these people? They don’t read the bills they sign, no rudimentary understanding of music, and they talk about it as such like it’s normal.
The answer is they don’t care. Facts are a plaything for conservatives.
What matters to them is power - and for that you don’t need to be right, you just need to be convincing. That’s why they engage so much in misinformation, blatant ragebait, etc…
The kids from your high school who weren’t popular, but were obsessed with popularity.
Many of the people that make it into politics are there for the sake of power. Governance and whatever political sports team they wear a jersey for is secondary. That’s how you get varying levels of knowledge about what a government is/does, none of the application for it, and lots of political theater. There are a few that actually care and legitimately try, but they’re so booooooring and lame and no one actually wants to hear news coverage over legislation. Media and politicians care about actually cool things like that one outrageous thing some other politician said or some vague inactionable speech about why you should elect them.
They’re fortunate sons.
Empty husks of human beings, willing to say whatever the people with the money want them to say
They are rewarded for pretending to know what they are talking about, and they are chosen for their loyalty. Zero awareness or intelligence.
Like their bible, it says whatever they want it to say even if it says the opposite of what they say it says.
Ah yes, conservatives. The same guys that have no idea what machine is being raged against.
This was always my favorite. Seeing conservatives say things like, “I loved you guys growing up! Why did you change?” And it’s like, they’ve been pretty consistent their entire career silly guy
The dishwasher, obviously.
The printer, it’s the printer
The cross dresser? I’m shocked, shocked!
I hope Jerrod was spammed with links to the official music video, it shows clearly what the song is about.
In 2022, Snider tweeted about the use of the song by right-wing activists, "ATTENTION QANON, MAGAT FASCISTS: Every time you sing ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ remember it was written by a cross-dressing, libtard, tree hugging half-Jew who HATES everything you stand for. It was you and people like you that inspired every angry word of that song! SO FUCK OFF!
All the cool people of history are woke.
The dude in makeup and fishnet stockings? Did they even see the video to the song?
Crossdressing and anti-authoritarianism aside, didn’t Dee Snider literally have to defend his work to Congress when Tipper Gore founded the PMRC?
Yes, I belive Dee and Zappa testified.
Jello Biafra too!
PMRC mentioned, must post Naked Aggression.
daily reminder when the nazis say this kind of shit they’re not being stupid they are intentionally lying to confuse and recruit.
The first five words are literally “We’ve got the right to choose”. I mean, c’mon people. Show a little effort.
Like their bible, it says whatever they want it to say even if it says the opposite of what they say it says.
These people probably see Marc Metcalf in the video for this song and in Animal House and somehow conclude that his character is the hero?
Media literacy final boss are MAGAs. Same goes for some Christians praising Take Me to Church as a song of worship. You see this also a lot with video games and superheroes. No, Batman would NOT be on your side and games like Fallout have ALWAYS been political.
Batman is a billionaire beating up environmentalists. Sounds pretty MAGA to me.
There’s a comic arc where Batman tries feverishly to get rid of his fortune not through philanthropy but really by selling and giving away everything. The system is so rigged that he is still stupidly filthy rich by the end of it all and the systemic inequalities and corruption make it so that all his money is being squandered and used to further abuse victims instead of helping. So he ends up beating up people in a black suit anyway, as the only real way to fight corruption.
Also, there’s a literal supernatural curse over the city anyways. It will always be evil and corrupt.
Where did the supernatural curse come from?
It’s not that they don’t listen. It’s that their brains aren’t built to think critically about anything. They are built to obey, but they’re also narcissists.
That’s why conservatives go wild for Trump. From the conservative’s point of view, Trump lets them FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OBEYING by doing whatever they want.
He doesn’t just give them permission or cover to be awful; Trump makes these people feel like they’re helping him when they do shitty and selfish things.
(This is also why they love cops who hurt people and soldiers who commit war crimes. They get to vicariously OBEY while also BREAKING THE RULES TO FEEL GOOD. Best of both worlds to them, like taking an upper and a downer at the same time.)
I guess that makes conservatism a social speedball.
