Kapo_Polenton":266g1w26 said:
You are either on the band wagon and accepting your shame and guilt for being "privileged" or you are a racist. If he feels he needs to drop the name because he believes in the cause, you have to respect that.
Exactly. It is his band and everyone has their own views, opinions, etc. Doesn't f'ing matter. I have friends on both sides of every issue in this world and they are still my friends. I could care less what they believe. I like certain things, they don't, who gives a shit? Still my friend and the best part is we have great "conversations", not arguments.
If people in this country would say "oh yeah, I think you are right", "good point", or "yeah, that sucked what happened in the past" every once in awhile, instead of one-upping each other, crap wouldn't have got this bad. If I tell someone my Mom is dying of cancer, I don't want them to say "oh my Mom has cancer too". I want them to just acknowledge it and say "sorry about that man".
Everyone is an expert now and worse with the flow of news from every direction. Every time I see "bet I won't get a share" from a friend or family member, I want to punch them in the face. There is a grey area in this world and I sit firmly in it. I refuse to let anyone tell me that I have to be this or that. F that. I don't want to be a sheep. I'm a third party. The American that likes to drink beer and play guitar. You can have all of the other garbage. LOL