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[–] Callie@pawb.social 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

IIRC they also did the same with Rage Against the Machine a while back. They really wanna seem like the good guys but failed to realize it’s always about them wing horrible POS

[–] BitOneZero@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's very deliberate, they are getting their audience to flip the meaning.

[–] Callie@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I definitely wouldn’t doubt it. They’ve always tried to keep the sheep in line by means of subversion and denial to make it seem like they’re the heroes

[–] mookulator@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wasn’t there a similar story about “Born in the USA” ?