“I’m sure… we would be forced to have people of different colors and different sexes and a trans person — but life doesn't have to be like that” …. . . says the guy who dressed in drag for the video for I Want To Break Free . . .
Posted on 11/29/2021 10:24:53 AM PST by nickcarraway
Brian May voiced concerns over the cancel culture movement, saying he believed some changes to society were being made “without thinking of the long-term consequences.”
The guitarist illustrated his point by imagining a scenario of Queen trying to find success in the modern world.
“I’m sure… we would be forced to have people of different colours and different sexes and a trans person – but life doesn't have to be like that,” May told the U.K.’s ITV network (via multiple sources). “We can be separate and different. Our generation made a lot of mistake, but not everybody in our generation was wrong and not everybody in this generation is right. A lot of people from our generation who are being called out have actually done a lot of good in their lives.”
He added: “I worry about cancel culture. I think some of it is good but it also brings bad things and injustices. We think in different ways but they weren't necessarily worse ways. For instance, Freddie came from Zanzibar – he wasn’t British, he wasn’t white as such – nobody cared. Nobody ever, ever discussed it. He was a musician, he was our friend, he was our brother. We didn’t have to stop and think: ‘Oh, now, should we work with him? Is he the right colour? Is he the right sexual proclivity?’ None of that happened, and now I find it frightening that you have to be so calculating.”
May’s comments came after the U.K.’s BRIT Awards organizers abandoned its male and female categories, replacing them with a non-gender artist of the year category instead. The move has led to claims that artistic achievement could be overlooked in favor of picking a winner based on socio-political reasons. “It’s a decision that has been made without enough thought,” he said. “A lot of things work quite well and can be left alone. I get so sick of people trying to change things without thinking of the long-term consequences. Some of these things are an improvement – some of them are not.”
He went on to express hopes for “more understanding” between people with opposing attitudes, so that society could move on from what he described as an “atmosphere of fear” in which people were “afraid to say how they really think.” He continued: “I think so many people are feeling ‘hang on, this isn’t quite right.’ But they don’t dare say anything. Eventually there will be some kind of explosion.”
I don’t think I even knew Freddy Mercury was Persian until that movie came out a couple of years ago.
“Eventually there will be some kind of explosion.” Another optimist thinking that it is still possible to avoid the uniform grey totalitarian future in store for 98% of humanity if our vile elites get their way....
May’s comments came after the U.K.’s BRIT Awards organizers abandoned its male and female categories, replacing them with a non-gender artist of the year category instead. The move has led to claims that artistic achievement could be overlooked in favor of picking a winner based on socio-political reasons.
Yeah they start “worrying” when they see their ox getting gored.
Brian went along with the left agenda for decades. Now he’s complaining. Too late! You and your ilk brought it to this point. Way too late.
Well, Brian is the smart one of the bunch...
A question. Did women create cancel culture? If women weren’t in the workforce to the extent they are, say 20-40 years ago, would cancel culture exist today?
‘cancel culture’ is an oxymoron..................
No way to take back that cancel culture full beer thrown at Freddie and hit Brian instead. “We’ll never come back to this town again!” And he was a man of his word LOL.
Remember recently that May said those who don’t get the vaccine are Fruit Cakes.
Exactly- that’s why i enjoy watching the left eat their own.
Ya think?!
I just don't care about the political opinions of rock stars. If they put out music worth listening to, I'm happy to listen to it though.
Let’s recap the formula:
1. Artist/Athlete/Celebrity: *personal opinion*
2. Twitter (and news articles about tweets): OUTRAGE WHAT AN AHOLE
3. Artist/Athlete/Celebrity: Sorry for voicing my opinion. I meant no offense. <-—— You are here
He has a PhD in astro-physics.
"May was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".[8] May earned a PhD degree in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007,[1][2] and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.[9] He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.[10][11] He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign Asteroid Day.[12] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.["
Fat bottomed girls most likely to experience derangement.
“I’m sure… we would be forced to have people of different colors and different sexes and a trans person — but life doesn't have to be like that” …. . . says the guy who dressed in drag for the video for I Want To Break Free . . .
No more singing “Fat Bottomed Girls” for you anymore, you fat shamer! Get on with the body positivity movement!
Funny how “when they come for you” the woke wake up.
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