Political Memes @lemmy.world Ultragigagigantic @lemmy.world 7mo ago

Some of those who work forces

Now playing Rage against the machine - Killing in the name of

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Anytime "Killing in the Name" comes up, I have to tell the story of the time I was bringing my oldest to his second week of kindergarten and he requested this song, which was his favorite at the time.

I realized I may have created a problem for his teachers when he started shouting along with Zack "FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!" We had have a little talk about not using adult words at school and how his kindergarten teacher really wasn't the problem with the system.

His second grade teacher, though... My son's anti-authoritarian ~~steak~~ streak served him well, there.
- Mmm anti-authoritarian steak.
  
  Sounds delicious. Or not. It doesn't care what you want.
  
  Lol, thanks.
  
  I guess it's not red meat.
- When I was in grade 2 my bullies would always make noise in class and our teacher forced the whole class to write lines because of it. I felt this was a deep injustice on two fronts and decided to resist, refusing to write anything.
  
  This kicked off a series of events that lead to me being brought in front of school board officials who made me sign a document stating I wouldn't cause any more problems for the school. I merrily signed it and then once again refused to accept punishment for something I didn't do, and they tried to kick me out.
  
  For some reason the school board was surprised to learn that 8 year olds cannot form a legal contract.
- My kids too, except it was Lonely Island's "Threw it on the ground".
  
  It was one of the rare occasions I broke my "Don't laugh when they do bad things" and it encouraged my child to do it as much as possible.
- My parents didn't like it AT ALL when I played that album's CD as a teenager. 😁
- Didn't CBS and The Late Show have the same issue?
... Eat the paste that's for horses.
- Some of those who eat sauces!
  
  do be drinking from faucets!
- UH!
- ... are insane for their parsnips
I used to like Rage Against the Machine until they got all political.

What qualifications does Tom Morello have to talk about politics?
- ITT, people who can't distinguish between idiocy, trolling, sarcasm, and very dry humor lol
  
  I see you, Norm McDonald
  
  Norm McDonald is dead and I'm very much alive.
- This prompted me to look at his Wikipedia page a bit. Thought it was interesting that he has a bachelor's degree in political science from Harvard.
  
  Harvard is a well-known liberal school.
- Man I really hope this is satire because this is too on the nose
  
  I hope it's a callback to this gem:
  
  I mean, look at that name. Satire/troll, it's all the same.
- I can't tell if this is sarcasm
  
  What is sarcasm?
  
  It definitely is 😂
- 😂😂😂
- Besides the fact that he has a degree in Political Science? Or the fact that Rage has always been a political band? Or someone asked a question and he answered? Which one do you prefer?
- I lol'd
- they... always were?
- When did you realize that RATM's music was "political," right-winger?
  
  Did the overtly political content of their very first album give you a clue?
  
  Don't fret, chum... maybe just try something "non-political" - like Chumbawamba, perhaps.
  
  Rage Against the Machine's first album was not political, it was full of bangers.
  
  I hadn't heard that before. I heard the line "The world is riddled with maggots, the maggots are getting fat," as The world is full of MAGAts, the MAGAts are getting fat.
Some of those who hold office.
- Are the same that would off us
"Our town's grand wizaaaar... I mean sheriff, our sheriff, has unveiled plans to mAkE oUr StReeTs SaFe AgAiN, in which he requests doubling the annual budget for his department, to be voted on by the City Council later this month..."

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