I think this is mostly what I was getting at. Again, we all will draw our own lines as to what, if anything, is "too far."
Re: Moz specifically, For Britain, and racism in general... I don't necessarily share all of your same views there, but I am 100% in agreement that there is complexity, so...
Fair point, not every song is high art. And if you can get by with keeping thoughts about the artist out of your head, then sure, but even that's slightly different than what I was asserting. In a way, that seems like disengaging with the information you know about the artist rather than...
Certainly it can be a gradient, right? Doing something awful is worse than thinking/saying something awful. And even in the realm of things said, some sentiments are worse than others. It's not all or nothing, and I wouldn't dispute that.
But as a gradient, there are few absolutes. Sure...
Not specific to Morrissey or any current controversies, but on the broader point the author is making... I don't think it's that simple.
Obviously, it's unreasonable to expect to fully know the political opinions of everyone whose products and services you consume. And it's impractical for...
Wrong and ridiculous. You may have played dumbed down versions on an organ (which even then don't amount to the same chord progressions), but as a guitar player who has learned all 72 of their songs note-for-note on an actual guitar*, I assure you what he was doing on that instrument was...
Andy is amazing, no doubt. Each of The Smiths were and absolutely deserve due credit. But suggesting that Marr was a hack is preposterous, and just insisting it doesn't make it true. History (and most of the free world) disagree.
Re: being experimental and The Beatles, even if we accept your...
Just (another) one person's opinion here, but as someone who has intensely studied and learned every one of these songs on guitar, end-to-end, I decree there are no "shitty" Smiths songs. At least not from the Marr side of the house.
I can't tell you how many times I was lukewarm on a song...
Nathan Winograd is, by many accounts, a fraud. I guess it depends on which sources you choose to believe. I look at who's aligned with him (e.g. fast food conglomerates and tobacco companies) and consider how ridiculous the idea that Peta is secretly working against animals rather than for...
Yes, how dare someone force me to think about the consequences of my choices! The very idea!
The videos are tough to watch, to be sure. But one of their videos is what ultimately turned me vegetarian (over 10 years now), and I personally know a handful of people who have similar stories. One...
If you bothered to Google this yourself and dig just a little deeper -- and perhaps even dare to use your brain -- you'd see how all of that is taken out of context and is perpetuated by groups with a clear interest in hampering animal rights movements in any way possible. I know it's oh so...
I believe this tangent started from someone talking about how MIM is a good time to go get a drink, use the restroom, etc. You may not be one of those people, and that's fine.
No more saintly than choosing not to kill/eat/wear my neighbor or my coworker. "Not killing things that don't need...
I haven't bought anything leather in over a decade, but the whole pissing contest of who's the perfect vegan isn't helpful. It's just a sort of red herring to distract from real discourse on the issue. Surely if you looked closely enough at me, you'd find plenty of places where I fall short of...
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