{"id":7794,"date":"2012-08-17T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T20:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7794"},"modified":"2012-08-17T15:18:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T22:18:48","slug":"tom-morello-paul-ryan-is-the-embodiment-of-the-machine-that-our-music-has-been-raging-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7794","title":{"rendered":"Tom Morello: Paul Ryan Is The Embodiment Of The Machine That Our Music Has Been Raging Against"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rage Against the Machine guitar shredder, Tom Morello, took offense to the fact that Mitt Romney’s choice for vice-president, Paul Ryan, cited Rage as his favorite band. In an op-ed for Rolling Stone<\/a>, Morello clearly explained his objections:<\/p>\n

“I wonder what Ryan’s favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of “Fuck the Police”<\/em>? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production? So many excellent choices to jam out to at Young Republican meetings!<\/p>\n

“Don’t mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta “rage”<\/em> in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he’s not raging against is the privileged elite he’s groveling in front of for campaign contributions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ouch. It can’t be pleasant getting smacked down like that by one of your musical idols. Morello also wonders whether Ryan might have learned a thing or two from RATM’s songs and “Maybe he’ll fill Guantanamo Bay with the corporate criminals that are funding his campaign \u2013 and then torture them with Rage music 24\/7.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Morello had something specific to say in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin last year when he was there supporting the people against a governor who sought to strip rights from workers. Perhaps Ryan wasn’t paying attention.<\/p>\n