Posted on 08/06/2012 12:13:30 PM PDT by KingOfVagabonds
I believe you have absolutely identified the relationship.
Great post, thanks!
From the article:
“’The topics vary from sociological issues, religion and
how the value of human life has been degraded by being
submissive to tyranny and hypocrisy that we are
subjugated to,’ Page said.”
Religion? Perhaps he was a Muslim.
> this killing seems to be getting about 1/5th the publicity
> of the Colorado one - both in the MSM and on FR
Maybe it has to do with the timing of the incident and news cycles, weekend, etc. Also, the skin color of the victims probably matters to the MSM.
Simply change it from the "Colorado one" to the "Batman Joker one" and that alone will explain much of the difference in public and media reaction. You had the tie-in to a hit movie and it was carried out in a unique fashion. Plus, people wondered why an intelligent young man would do such a thing. So all this made for both a tragic yet compelling news story. What happened yesterday was horrible but not all that compelling in regards to the murderer.
I teed it up high, and you let it fly...
What are the politics of some of the songs? One article I saw in a google search indicated he opposed Bush’s entry into Iraq.
Did he have any 9-11 truther leanings?
What sort of anti-authority song lyrics are there? Any anti-police?
His band (End Apathy) was in an Ernie Ball sponsored “battle of the bands” competition to play The Warped Tour (during the Bush years when numerous acts used the touring festival to denounce President Bush although some like the Vandals used it to shout support to Bush, possibly to antagonize the crowd).
Band conflicts at the Warped Tour music festival
Created on: June 29, 2009 Last Updated: June 30, 2009
http://www.helium.com/items/1500392-band-conflicts-at-the-warped-tour-music-festival
... Of course, with a concert this large- with rabid raging fans and angry bands alike- there are bound to be conflicts.
... In 2004, the band Guttermouth was kicked off Warped Tour. The members of the band wore clothing that supported the Bush administration and verbally abused other bands because the members of Guttermouth believed that those bands cared more about money and their clothes than the music they made. One of the bands that Guttermouth criticized was rumored to be My Chemical Romance.
... In 2006, the Christian metal band Underoath quit Warped Tour due to comments that were made by NoFx. Underoath stated they needed to focus on their friendship. NoFx’s front man Fat Mike was quoted “Most bands on the Warped Tour this year really aren’t that good, like Underoath, not that good. We don’t care about our fans; we just want to offend as many people as we can.” It was said that he later quoted “If you are Christian or believe in God like Underoath, I would leave right now because I am trying to offend as many Christians as I can.”
The media spins “HATE music” as they see fit. I doubt the Southern Poverty Law Center included Fat Mike’s bands/label in his designation of hate groups even though he is a self professed anti-Christian.
The media has their meme in full spin.
Obama claimed that Afghanistan was the “right war” and Iraq was a “wrong war”.
Hard to believe a guy so into racial hate cant tell the difference between the Sikhs and the Muzzies.
No LOGICAL reason to attack Sikhs.
Almost like he was preprogrammed.
Yet the media is all over the place bragging this man in the temple shooting is (A) a domestic terrorist and (B) a military veteran (who was KICKED OUT in 1998).
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