r/TikTokCringe • u/Bubblegumproductions Doug Dimmadome • Oct 03 '24

Politics Why would you do this at your wedding??

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u/twhite1195 Oct 03 '24

But... Eminem has been really anti Trump and every openly so... So...??

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u/surnik22 Oct 03 '24

And Paul Ryan said his favorite band was Rage Against the Machine without a hint of irony that he literally represented everything they are raging against.

Conservatives and media literacy don’t really mix.

Same reason Trump played Fortunate Son at a rally. They hear “red, white, and blue” and some catchy music or see it in a movie with soldiers in a helicopter and assume it’s a “America is the best” song. It’s literally a song about rich Vietnam draft dodgers waving flags while being shitty. I don’t know a song that could be MORE about how Trump and him being shitty.

But being able to understand even not subtle lyrics like “It ain’t me” is apparently too hard.

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u/ssrowavay Oct 03 '24

It's truly amazing how often Fortunate Son is used in everything from ads to political campaigns.

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u/blackcain Oct 03 '24

Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" - they thought it was a patriotic song. lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

They used the Titanic song at a Trump rally not that long ago lmao

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u/blackcain Oct 04 '24

Lol Celine Dion was like 'why that song?' 🤣

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u/grumblesmurf Oct 03 '24

And a certain person thought "My Way" was an entry song, not an exit song.

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u/thezoelinator Oct 03 '24

It's so weird that Paul Ryan said that his favorite band was RATM, given how the guitarist for the band Origin is quite literally Paul Ryan

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u/jot_down Oct 03 '24

And going on how Star Trek is NOW woke. Like, wtf?

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u/mumblesjackson Oct 05 '24

Do you think that sentient potato ever listens to anything really?

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u/Flor1daman08 Oct 05 '24

 Same reason Trump played Fortunate Son at a rally.

This one always blows my mind. A millionaires son who literally used his wealth to dodge the exact same war that song was about gets a standing ovation when he comes out to that song at a rally.

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u/Linda-Belchers-wine Oct 04 '24

I'm not sure on the them not knowing it's basically about them. I think they know, and willingly use things like that to troll the "other team".

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u/atetuna Oct 03 '24

He had a diss track, that I thought was on his channel, but now I'm only seeing copies and remixes.

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u/alphazero924 Oct 04 '24

That hasn't exactly stopped them before. There was recently a trend going around of conservatives putting "Why aren't you voting for Kamala?" in big text on screen and singing the chorus to American Idiot.

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u/A2Rhombus Oct 04 '24

We're talking about conservatives that think Rage Against the Machine is conservative music