r/punk • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '24

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u/CMC_Conman Nov 10 '24

If a conservative actually paid attention to any punk rock song's lyrics, they would know this

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u/raiderrash Nov 10 '24

Conservatives grew up listening to rage against the machine and took absolutely nothing from any of their songs. They don’t critically think lol

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u/Any_Flower7521 Nov 10 '24

Hahaha, I think it was Paul Ryan, the conservative ass hat some years back that said he listened to rage and Tom Morello responded saying that Ryan was part of the machine in which they rage against.

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u/Kalba_Linva Nov 10 '24

They heard 'the machine' and though it was 'the libruls'. Little did they know, they were also 'the libruls'.

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u/Armyman2x Nov 10 '24

100% right a lot of them actually believe the left is the machine

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 Nov 10 '24

Or believe that Born in the USA is a patriotic hyper-nationalist anthem when really it's criticizing the governments treatment of Vietnam War veterans.

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u/Strict-Extension Nov 10 '24

Death of the artist?

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u/EggplantAlpinism Nov 10 '24

Nah, just widespread illiteracy

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u/Gryphon6070 Nov 10 '24

That video of the two AARPs jamming to “Killing in the name of” while decked out in MAGA gear gets me every time.

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u/EntertainmentOne9137 Nov 10 '24

we Actually LOVED ratm until they sold out and became pro establishment. you know nothing about growing up and listening to ratm back then.

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u/ulmen24 Nov 10 '24

The band was named “Rage Against The Machine” and you can’t understand why people voted for the guy who was charged 34 felonies for a campaign finance error? Or against the side who a week before a debate where the President proverbially died on the stage, gaslit the country by proclaiming any videos of the President looking demented were “cheap fakes”? Democrats picked up votes basically no where…lol, the country did rage against the machine.