I am sorry to everyone who has read any of this discourse, I've wasted your time. I'm going to turn back the clocks to this morning and continue my "don't click ~Blink threads" mindset
Imagine being presented with evidence of someone having problematic views and doing shitty things, doubling down on his *fans* when they call him out on it, for yeeeaars, and your reaction to that is "it's probably the blink fans!" jesusfuckingchrist
I do not care about tom from blink one 82. The only time I've ever given that band the time of days was specifically because I liked Matt's stuff. I always thought the immature gimmick of blinks lyrics was stupid, so naturally I do not care. I criticize matt for associating with a pedophile/r*pist that tried to victim blame a 14 year old boy. I criticize him because I like his music and wish he was less shitty. Feel free to completely ignore me simply because I'm not calling him a nazi, though.
What!? The person in question named his band after an event where Hitler murdered people to amass power and become (in Hitler's own words) "the supreme leader of the German people". That band was started in *checks notes* 1981!
Also very telling how your valid comments about Skiba’s association with Argento were immediately swept under the rug in favor of their weak “Skiba isn’t a Nazi” strawman
It will also never sit right with me that Blink collaborated with xxxtentacion, and while Matt was not the one who orchestrated that collaboration, he had the ability to speak out against it and chose not to.
This is what I mean controlling the narrative. And for as dumb as Fat Mike can be, he’s really also been a strong supporter or counter/fringe groups. Erin too.
Also is ignoring me directly addressing questions or giving chances to further explain the dense as hell "arguments" being made for what exactly? Tom delonge fans are falsifying and manipulating the narrative around current Blink guitar guy cause... idk that's where I fall off and lose interest in following anymore
because if they make new guitar man go away because of the things he chooses to do publicly, well then old guitar guy will come back, because this is how the world works!
and that line of thinking is even more absurd given that we can safely assume blink-182 doesn't or wouldn't care about any of Skiba's bullshit due to the fact that they've demonstrated in the past they are more than happy to work with/support problematic artists
i always thought it was wacky/weird dude was from McHenry, IL until the last few years. few things more McHenry than thinking Nazi memorabilia and imagery is rad.
I didn’t see your post until now. What she did was disgusting. I don’t blame people for the acts of their associates, but if in knowing what is known about the situation now, he really should not defend her and it should make you question the kind of person he associates with. I think if you’re looking at reasons to criticize him I that’s where the troubles stems from. And the need for attention.
I re The irony of posting an image of a Simpsons character that has been deemed racist jumping in front of a guy deemed racist has so many layers of irony.
love 2 equate telling people not to listen to music made by bad people with the mass genocide of 6 million jews. thank you danny! or is it zach? i can't tell.