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The same RATM who call for the release of convicted cop killers?
The same RATM who have fan bases cheering the 9-11 attacks on RATM message boards?
The same RATM who decry corporate America but fund Sony Inc?
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[b][i]Rage Against The Machine played live on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 14. The band was part of a political protest rally that took place in downtown Los Angeles just outside the Staples Center where the Convention was held. Rage rocked a 45-minute insightful--but not inciteful--set for an enthusiastic yet non-violent crowd, as delegates looked on (at occasional fingers flown in their general direction) from a Staples Center patio. "What better place than here. What better time than now."
Tom Morello issued the following statement about RATM's participation in the rally:
Rage Against The Machine are playing this concert today for all the people who feel left out and excluded by the two major political parties. That is the majority of Americans who don't vote because they see no difference beteween two weak candidates and for those who feel they must settle for the 'lesser of two evils.'
We've had enough. On the streets of Los Angeles today there will be no 20 ft. barbwire fence separating the people of this city from the main event.
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RATM speaks out against what they believe to be wrongdoing. I can relate to that because I speak out against what I believe to be wrongdoing. They show bipartisanship when it comes to criticizing the buffoonery of our fine government.
Sure they criticize big business, but the best way to put the word out about what they think and feel, is to fund the campaign with money from the 'enemy'.
Controversy sells and these guys have a huge inventory. They know how to generate the hype and I appreciate that in a band. People don't like my politics sometimes either and that is just tough crap. I call it like I see it on BOTH sides of the political fence.
They can't help what some of their fans do. I am a fan and I didn't cheer 9/11. So stop stereotyping and generalizing.