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Punished McCain retweeted
One Piece parle de politique mais ne l'est pas vraiment, l’œuvre repose sur des valeurs bien plus anciennes que le clivage entre la gauche et la droite et c'est pour ça que les deux camps arrivent à se l'approprier
Luffy n’a pas de programme, il veut juste être libre, lier ça à un camp politique, ça ne marche pas
Oda prend parti mais il s’arrête avant l’idéologie : il dit ce qui est injuste mais jamais quel système mettre à la place, en gros on parle de valeurs humaines et pas de quel serait le meilleur camp
Arrêtons la division surtout quand ça concerne une œuvre faite pour rassembler
Punished McCain retweeted
Film Twitter is currently trying to crucify me for:
- Liking one of the most critically acclaimed animated films ever
- The #1 highest rated film on LB
- THE GODFATHER
- One of Akira Kurosawa’s best works
Only on Twitter man lmao
But in all seriousness, the reaction from Japanese One Piece fans to people using the Straw Hat Jolly Roger in protests has been genuinely pissing me off. So many of them are more concerned about people bringing One Piece into real-life politics, calling it dangerous rhetoric and worrying that the series could get banned in certain countries, than they are about WHY people are even using it in the first place.
And I think this perfectly highlights the disconnect between Japanese fans and international fans. For some of them, One Piece is a manga they love and want to protect from controversy. For a lot of us, its themes of oppression, corruption, government tyranny and the fight for freedom hit a little closer to home. Some of us have lived through these things. Some of us have watched our families and loved ones suffer and die because of corrupt governments and injustice.
They can afford to treat these themes as fiction because they don’t necessarily have to relate them to their own reality. But when people who have experienced these things firsthand see the Straw Hat flag as a symbol of resistance and freedom, why is they’re first reaction to police how other fans use it rather than understand why it resonates with them in the first place?
And that’s what bothers me. Instead of trying to understand why people from completely different backgrounds see themselves in this story, they’re dismissing it as dangerous political rhetoric that might get one piece banned in these countries
I’m sure they’re devastated. Boo hoo faggot.
An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox.
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Punished McCain retweeted
Y ni en los 80s ni en 2026 te paran el concierto después de tocar 'Disposable Heroes' para tirar un sermón sobre la deshumanización de la guerra y cómo los soldados son reducidos a piezas intercambiables. Dejan que la música hable sola.
¿Se entiende o tengo que sacar crayones?
Punished McCain retweeted
I'm seeing a lot of people who are unhappy with what James Hetfield said trying to counter it with "errr bhut Metallica wrote '...And Justice for All' and that's a political album".
Unfortunately for them, it's not quite the gotcha they think it is.
While the album famously doesn't take aim at any one political side, a substantial part of ...And Justice for All attacks authoritarianism, censorship, ideological conformity and the suppression of individual freedoms.
All themes which can be heavily associated with authoritarian communist regimes, and ironically, the very sort of intolerance towards opposing views that can be found among those cheering on the likes of Macklemore and other leftist artists who turn their concerts into "Free Palestine" rallies.
So yes, Metallica once recorded an album that was, in large part, political. But there's a difference between writing songs that challenge political institutions and ideologies and using your concerts as a platform to lecture audiences about what they should believe.
And it's perfectly reasonable to interpret ...And Justice for All as challenging some of the very attitudes Hetfield was addressing in his speech.
Metallica frontman James Hetfield took a swipe at artists who use their concerts to lecture audiences about politics during the band's Las Vegas residency.
In what could easily be seen as a dig at the likes of Macklemore, Hetfield told the crowd:
"Unless you live in Vegas, you've come a long way to spend some time with Metallica. We're grateful for that. Your travels, the money you spend, the time it took, thanks for coming to celebrate with us.
And I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bullshit. We are here to forget about all the outside shit. Metallica's agenda is love, energy and heavy music, baby!"
Hetfield has rarely spoken openly about his politics, but past interviews suggest he holds many conservative values.
On Joe Rogan's podcast in 2016, he explained how he'd moved his family away from the San Francisco Bay Area, having grown tired of what he saw as its political intolerance and elitism.
As a Metallica fan, this is incredibly based! 🤘
Comments proving his point. I usually find Anno a miserable dickhead but I agree with him here. A lot of people are too lazy to even try to come up with their own interpretations of things these days.
【悲報】庵野秀明さん「謎に包まれたものを喜ぶ人が少なくなってきてる」
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