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X CEO Elon Musk took a jab at ageing punk rockers Inexperienced Day after the band altered their lyrics throughout a New Yr’s Eve efficiency to slam Donald Trump and his supporters.
On Sunday evening, the band carried out their track “American Idiot” throughout an look on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”
That’s proper, the one-time insurgent rockers are actually performing for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”
Through the track, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong belted out, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda,” as a substitute of the unique line, “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.”
Inexperienced Day has a historical past of being politically outspoken, expressing explicit venom in opposition to conservatives.
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Musk Mocks Inexperienced Day
Musk chimed in to the talk by responding to a publish that in contrast Inexperienced Day to the long-lasting Steve Buscemi “How do you do, fellow kids” meme.
“Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it,” he quipped.
Others had been equally unimpressed with the over-50 “musicians” in eyeliner making an attempt to lecture them a couple of pro-America agenda.
Quite a few X customers mocked Inexperienced Day for making an attempt to feign relevance whereas mainly emulating all people else within the leisure trade who earn more money than their expertise dictates and look down on the typical American.
“Must be sad, being in your 50s, still trying to act like you’re 24, and hoping that spouting political bullshit that only pleases the corporate establishment can still make you look like a ‘rebel,’” one viewer wrote.
I imply, you need to give them credit score: they had been performing nicely previous their ordinary bedtime!
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They’ve Been Liberal Shills For A Lengthy Time
It’d be simple to level out that Armstrong is a highschool dropout within the state of California, which doesn’t precisely put a premium on highschool schooling within the first place.
However it’s extra fascinating to notice that the track “American Idiot” itself is an anthem in opposition to pointless wars (Iraq) pushed by the media protection supporting them.
At present, the “MAGA agenda” that Armstrong is railing in opposition to is kind of presumably the one political alignment against pointless wars throughout the globe, notably the funding of wars in Ukraine and the Center East, and they’re the one opposition to legacy media.
Billie, there’s some frequent floor there, bruh. As an alternative, he merely spouts off liberal media speaking factors like a great little Democrat shill. Unhappy!
In a 2016 interview, Armstrong in contrast Trump to Adolf Hitler which, amongst left-wing circles is taken into account edgy. Uneducated, however edgy.
“I don’t even know how else to explain it. wish I were over-exaggerating. And sometimes maybe I do over-exaggerate with Bush,” he mentioned. “But with Trump, I just can’t wait ’til he’s gone.”
In different phrases, Bush was Hitler to Inexperienced Day as soon as upon a time, however Trump is de facto, actually Hitler now guys. Surprise who the following Republican president will likely be in comparison with. Gonna exit on a limb right here and say … Hitler.
Armstrong has explicit disdain for Trump supporters who, in his thoughts, are too silly and poor to understand what’s good for them.
“The worst problem I see about Trump is who his followers are,” Armstrong mentioned. “I actually feel bad for them because they’re poor, working-class people who can’t get a leg up. They’re just pissed off, and he’s preyed on their anger.”
Has this rube ever appeared out at his personal crowds? 90% of a Inexperienced Day efficiency entails white, poor, uneducated highschool dropouts like him, forking over their cash to a band that preys on their anger.
Armstrong didn’t need to be an American fool. Sadly for him, he’s the very definition.
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