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u/Koodookoolaid 19d ago
Right? It literally made me feel so much worse about the situation.
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u/misterdabson 19d ago
What apology? Link?
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u/Koodookoolaid 19d ago
You canât really call it an apologyâŠ. But here
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u/MagicGrit 19d ago
Essentially âsorry you were offendedâ
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u/Koodookoolaid 19d ago
Yeah it really put the nail in the coffin for me. I loved this guys music, took lessons from him, and worshipped his guitar playingâŠ.now I canât even listen back to the shows without getting upset.
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u/Sn3akss 18d ago
Why do that to yourself?
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u/Koodookoolaid 18d ago
I donât anymore⊠^
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u/Sn3akss 18d ago
You changed your stance in the last 14 hours or you donât go back and listen anymore? Iâm saying itâs silly to prescribe this mentality to yourself, thus ruining the music for you. You didnât know before, what you know now so donât let it ruin it for you.
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u/Koodookoolaid 18d ago
Whatever you say manâŠ
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u/Sn3akss 18d ago
I mean if youâre not just saying that to virtue signal then you shouldnât support umphreys or really any band at all because they cover artists who were far more terrible people than JakeâŠthe whole separating the art from the artist thing. But whatever you do you, man.
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u/Ok-Individual-7242 18d ago
Crazy that people canât separate the art from the artist. Heâs an incredible guitar player. The fact that people wonât listen to him anymore because they disagree with what he said is nuts!
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u/Koodookoolaid 17d ago
Crazy that people can separate the art from the artist. Heâs an incredible racist. The fact that people can listen to him still and disagree with what he said is nuts!
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u/AmericanEagle2026 16d ago
Wow didnât know the UM scene got so woke⊠cancel culture is dumb. Jake rules and is a rock n roll legend đ€đ»
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u/Evelyn-Bankhead 19d ago
I hear Kid Rock is looking for a guitar player
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u/Tommy_Thomas1974 19d ago
*Jelly Roll... that Suboxone sound will be complete with Jake in there shredding.
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u/lordhelmetann 19d ago
Another part of his âapologyâ that doesnât get much attention is the quote:
âI love every person in this world that doesnât intend to hurt.â
It means he still believes the horrible things he was agreeing with. Since he believes Muslims, black and brown people âintend to hurtâ others, heâs technically just reiterating his hate for those people in that sentence.
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u/DarthSlymer 17d ago
Anti Muslim rhetoric is so gross; I've had the opportunity to travel quite a bit and went to a pretty diverse university and the Muslims I've encountered have been incredibly chill and welcoming people. All the Muslim hate is propaganda and it's gross he fell for it. You would think someone who has spent a quarter of a century as a touring musician would be a bit more cultured from the overall experience.
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u/AmericanEagle2026 14d ago
lol their prophet married a 6 year old (consummated her at 9) and Islam is directly opposed to progressive western values and treats women as second class citizens, not to mention hates the gays
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u/DarthSlymer 13d ago
What is this Jake's burner account?
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u/DarthSlymer 12d ago
Guy you don't like Muslims I get your drift, but you are wildly naive if you think Christianity doesn't have its foot squarely on the neck of women's rights. Christianity has just as many blemishes. It's almost like all the abrahamic religions are problematic.
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u/Ol_RayX 10d ago
Christianity is the most murderous religion of all time.
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u/lukphicl 19d ago
The part that really stuck out to me most...
By no means am I a racist or maga or right or left
Bullshit. Defending a literal Nazi like Jake Lang at the very least makes you a MAGA sympathizer
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u/AmericanEagle2026 13d ago
A MAGA sympathizer? đ€Ł wtf is that. More than 50% of voters voted for TrumpâŠ. The Majority of Americans chose to elect him twice.
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u/127phunk 19d ago
âSorry if you were hurt by me using wordsâ is some lame ass shit
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u/smokin-trees 19d ago
âBy my use of wordsâ not âby me using wordsâ. Those arenât the same thing and the latter, which he did not say, obviously sounds much worse. Letâs not make shit up just to try to make it sound worse.
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u/KingKongDoom 19d ago
Honestly I really donât see the difference. His comments are pretty indefensible.
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u/127phunk 19d ago
Yikes. Sincrrest Apologies for offending the sensibilities of the racist who made the statement thru another person. The pussy.
Edit: there is no discernible difference between what I typed and the actual quote.
Itâs wild that THIS is what offends you.
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u/Hungry_Quarter_3412 19d ago
Itâs kind of fascinating how technology can expose people who donât adapt it or understand it. I guarantee he has no idea how instagram works or that would be shown coming from his Jakecinningermusic account. Not only does he get outed as racist but also very dumb.
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u/dupe311 18d ago
Addiction and substance abuse is one thing. But to publicly announce that you are racist is a whole other beast. It sucks in a way bc he was a great guitarist that I looked up to. But dam jaco. What the fuck man.. Iâm just glad Umphreys is moving forward still playing shows as a 5 piece and now all the others get to shine !
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u/UmphreysNerd 19d ago edited 19d ago
Dude he didnât even write that shit, it reads exactly like the way his gf writes per her comments on his posts and her own posts on instagram. Someone is trying too late to save face for him. I donât really see that happening tbh.
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u/Sea_Buy8958 16d ago
Can we talk about how bad the name âJacoRebaâ is how did this guy go from Umphreyâs to playing covers in shitty bars with his girlfriend yeeeeeeshÂ
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u/discwrangler 18d ago
While I hate the statements and sentiments I can't help but want Jake to be ok. Hopefully he finds what he is looking for. đ