Phil Anselmo can go f*** himself. He's a nazi piece of shit, and this is tokenistic atonement.
Well, If one were to interpret and believe those songs are 'racist' then yes. Though anyone with half a brain would not.
Phil Anselmo can go f*** himself. He's a nazi piece of shit, and this is tokenistic atonement.
So now we have to re-write Morrissey's lines in order to "understand" how they are "not racist?" Thank you. That pretty much says it all.
It's strange because you never read or hear a word about 'Asian Rut'. That's a song that relies heavily on a very 'racist' sentiment. The title alone says it. But people assumedly know innately that the views expressed by the protagonist aren't shared by the author. I think it has a lot to do with the music coupled with the lyrics - it's quite a stark, dank festering tune with brass and that connotes a Northern pocket of desolation. So people (correctly IMO) assume it's not Morrissey 'passing through here/on [his] way to somewhere civilised' but a xenophobic, panic stricken third person protagonist.
Why does Bengali stick in people's minds as an an apparent ignorant or arrogant portrayal of people from another culture and Asian Rut does not? I think it's because the tune doesn't have the theatricity of AR and is therefore believed (wrongly) to come from Morrrissey's own opinion when - for all we know - the one who requests 'breaking the news gently' could be a third party anyway.
It's strange because you never read or hear a word about 'Asian Rut'. That's a song that relies heavily on a very 'racist' sentiment. The title alone says it. But people assumedly know innately that the views expressed by the protagonist aren't shared by the author. I think it has a lot to do with the music coupled with the lyrics - it's quite a stark, dank festering tune with brass and that connotes a Northern pocket of desolation. So people (correctly IMO) assume it's not Morrissey 'passing through here/on [his] way to somewhere civilised' but a xenophobic, panic stricken third person protagonist.
Why does Bengali stick in people's minds as an an apparent ignorant or arrogant portrayal of people from another culture and Asian Rut does not? I think it's because the tune doesn't have the theatricity of AR and is therefore believed (wrongly) to come from Morrrissey's own opinion when - for all we know - the one who requests 'breaking the news gently' could be a third party anyway.