How the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Became an SJW-Hating Conservative Crusader

thedailybeast.com ^ | 5/13/2016 | Jen Yamato

[rktman]

Despite all his rage, Billy Corgan is still just rattling the cage of American politics—much to the infinite sadness of Gen X-ers still holding onto their Siamese dreams of mid-’90s alt-rock Smashing Pumpkins greatness.

On Thursday, he slammed “socialist” presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and accused liberal activists of infringing on free speech. “The tactics in the social justice warrior movement are to stifle and shut down free speech,” the singer said Thursday during an appearance on Infowars, the online network run by far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

[rktman]

LOL! Seems like someone opened their eyes. Odd how if you disagree with the sjw crowd, you automatically become a hater.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The Smashing Pumpkins "1979"

One of the best songs of the 90s.

[Boogieman]

I know a guy who engineers for him at his studio, but he never mentioned anything about the guy’s politics.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

.. the tactics in the social justice warrior movement are to stifle and shut down free speech,” the singer said ..

Excellent. What kind of man supports Sanders? This kind (shudders):

[Salamander]

[PGR88]

This Gen-X’er doesn’t know the Smashing Pumpkins much at all, but I do know that Green Day are a bunch of knee-jerk leftist spoiled pricks.

I’ll have to give SP another listen....

[EEGator]

The interviewer:

[Noumenon]

Yes, I am a hater. I hate the Gramscian, Machiavellian, and totalitarian Left with a white hot burning passion.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oh, dear lord... does this mean I have to stop hating the Smashing Pumpkins, now?

[Lurker]

+1.

L

[rktman]

Nah. You could transfer your attitude to green day or a lot of other asshat groups out there. And there are plenty. :)

[mountn man]

Ohhhh McAdoo...you've done it again

[atc23]

almost everybody eventually outgrows pie in the sky leftism - even Billy Corgan and Jen Yamato.

The modern leftist movement is about violence and hate - everything they attribute to Donald Trump.

The modern left is about ensuring the status quo and actually killing those who disagree.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I bear notoriously long, looooonnnnnnnnnnnnnng musical grudges. I'm still carefully nursing a soul-deep hatred of the Starland Vocal Band. ;)

[rktman]

Hoe lee crap. The starland vocal band. LOL! Hadn’t thought of them for decades.

[FreeperCell]

They removed their comments section last August. Hmmm.

[fieldmarshaldj]

What’s with the “”socialist”” thing ? Bernie’s never hid the fact that he is one (well, he’s a full-on Communist). This columnist is an idiot.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Wouldn’t be much left of Jen if there was still a comments section.

[oblomov]

My kind of woman.

[Bluebird Singing]

These journalists could never conceive of writing the words “far-left conspiracy theorists”, but I know of quite a few wacko brains of the left persuasion, including their Leader, Bernie.