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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 52 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ukrainians were not the intended audience of this political stunt. The target audience was Americans, to drum up feelings of jingoism and nostalgia for the empire. And in that aspect, this stunt has worked well. It's like playing born in the USA at pro war American political rallies. The lyrics don't matter, it's about the optics.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

of course the lyrics dont matter, fortunate son is the shooty war song... :D

[-] Waldoz53@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

war pigs is about how awesome and fun and cool war is!

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 38 points 4 months ago

Hey Ukraine, wanna see my midlife crisis?

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago
[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago

I still don't know what he was trying to accomplish with that bizzare gesture

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 4 months ago

Same, it's just complete and utter lack of awareness. The choice of the song is also very on the nose. Clearly they didn't bother to check the context for it.

[-] supafuzz@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

motherfucker was around when the song came out and the ironic Bush speech references were current, it's mystifying

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

I could imagine it has something to do with feeding his ego.

[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

He thinks this somehow makes him look good or cool picard

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

To get bloodthirsty Americans to think he's cool and America is still the top dog

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

Driving home thebpoint this is all just a game for them.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

amerikkka-clap With friends like America, who needs enemies?

[-] JealousCactus@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

Blinken can really sing "We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand" without a sense of irony.

[-] GlueBear@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

I thought y'all were fucking with me about this, but I guess it's true.

Who tf thought this was a good idea?

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

They lied to the band and told them it was gonna be Neil young so they'd let him play with them and then were pissed off lmao

[-] memory_adept@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

You've gotta be fucking with me

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

Yea I'm pretty sure that's what the band said when some dipshit lanyard walked out on stage and starting playing a song about how this is one big game for us

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

If I was promised Neil Young and Blinken walked out, I would do an adventurism so hard.

[-] macabrett@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Remember that episode of Party Down where Kyle's band plays a bunch of unintentionally Nazi songs with lyrics about "my struggle" and such? My guess is that Blinken in a band is a lot like that, but intentional.

[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

~~Let them eat cake~~

Let them rock out

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it, any way I can

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

lol I thought this was fake how is this real

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago

truly mind boggling stuff

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

hes so punk rock matt

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago

"This was the moment when we recieved the cowardly and treacherous RIFF IN THE BACK"

[-] AvocadoVapelung@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

he's running

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