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Some people get very weird when you tell them that values affect what you support.<\/p>\n
When MAGA does it, of course, it\u2019s apparently fine. When they boycott a beer, an actor, a candy mascot, or an entire movie because something had the audacity to be \u201cwoke,\u201d we\u2019re all supposed to accept it without question.<\/p>\n
But when the rest of us say, \u201cActually, I prefer supporting people whose beliefs don\u2019t make my skin crawl,\u201d suddenly we\u2019re being dramatic.<\/p>\n
Let me tell you something.<\/p>\n
I love Ghost. I know. Shocker.<\/p>\n
There are a lot of reasons why I love Ghost. I love the music. I love the theatrics. The lore is interesting, but I can take or leave it. Tobias Forge also seems like a genuinely cool, thoughtful person. He has inspired me a lot in my own journey as a content creator and in my own artistic projects.<\/p>\n
Tobias is also very vocally anti-Trump. And, as you may have noticed, so am I.<\/p>\n
This is where MAGA gets it very wrong, because they think we are as shallow as they are.\u00a0 Is Tobias being anti Trump the only reason I like him? No. I liked Ghost long before I knew much about his politics. But does it help?<\/p>\n
Oh, absolutely. But it doesn’t necessarily mean I am bound to like him.<\/p>\n
Someone can agree with me on every major issue and still make music I do not want to listen to, movies I do not want to watch, books I do not want to read, or content I do not find interesting. Political agreement is not a substitute for talent. It is not a substitute for taste. It is not a magic spell that makes me suddenly enjoy something I do not enjoy.<\/p>\n
But politics can absolutely change how I feel about supporting someone. Because now, it’s not just politics. It’s a question of morality. For better or worse, your political stance tells me a lot about you. And that will for sure affect where my money goes.<\/p>\n
Some people would ask why that matters. What do someone\u2019s values have to do with their art?<\/p>\n
Honestly, why shouldn\u2019t<\/em> it matter?<\/p>\n People love to make the disingenuous argument that MAGA supporters are being cut out of people\u2019s lives over simple \u201cpolitical differences.\u201d But there is a very big difference between \u201cthis person does not agree with me politically\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cthis person supports things I find genuinely abhorrent.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n At a certain point, this stops being a normal political divide. It’s a question of morality vs. cruel and evil.<\/p>\n There is MAGA, and there is basic decency. They are not the same. You cannot build your politics around cruelty and then act offended when people notice.<\/p>\n If someone supports cruelty toward immigrants, attacks on LGBTQ+ people, forced birth, book bans, authoritarian power grabs, conspiracy theories, white grievance politics, and the cultish worship of Donald Trump, I am not obligated to treat that like a quirky difference of opinion. And honestly? Not all opinions are welcome. If your opinion is rooted in cruelty, I don’t have to act like it’s valid or worth hearing.<\/p>\n That is not \u201cwe disagree on policy.\u201d<\/p>\n That is \u201cwe do not share the same moral universe.\u201d<\/p>\n And yes, that absolutely matters.<\/p>\n I have stopped supporting people over this. I have stopped listening to bands, watching actors, buying products, and giving my attention to people once I found out their values were not just different from mine, but actively opposed to the kind of world I want to live in.<\/p>\n When I found out Koichi Fukuda from Static-X was a Trump supporter, I made the difficult decision that I did not want to keep supporting Static-X with my time, money, and attention.<\/p>\n Was that fun?<\/p>\n No. Of course not.<\/p>\n I liked Static-X. I had history with that music. I did not wake up one day saying “You know what sounds fun? Cutting out something from my life”.<\/p>\n I’m not going to pretend something does not bother me just because I used to like the songs. I am not going to shrug and say, \u201cWell, the riffs are good,\u201d as if that magically erases what my support is helping sustain. I saw Static-X in 2023, and sadly that’s going to be the last time I see them. Because the truth is, the money I spend on concert tickets is lining the pockets of a person who has disgusting views. And I’m not okay with that, nostalgia be damned.<\/p>\n That is the part people love to ignore when they accuse you of being \u201cdramatic\u201d or \u201ctoo political.\u201d They act like walking away from something you liked is some gleeful little power trip, when most of the time it … just sucks.<\/p>\n That is the choice people keep pretending we are not allowed to make. I can appreciate what something meant to me once and still decide I do not want to carry it forward with me. Or even better: find a band I like even more that also happens to align with my values.<\/p>\n And before someone asks: would I still support Ghost if Tobias Forge turned out to be a right-wing nut?<\/p>\n Nope.<\/p>\n That is the part people like to pretend is irrational.<\/p>\n It is not.<\/p>\n Like everyone else, I only have a finite number of hours in the day. I only have so much money, attention, energy, and goodwill to give. I do not want to spend any of it helping people who support cruelty, authoritarianism, bigotry, or the cultish worship of men like Trump.<\/p>\n MAGA understands this perfectly well when they are the ones doing it. They have no problem supporting people who align with their weird, cruel, authoritarian little worldview. For all their bluster about \u201cfacts don\u2019t care about your feelings,\u201d they become suddenly, violently emotional the second someone uses their platform to criticize their cult leader.<\/p>\n So why are the rest of us supposed to pretend values do not matter?<\/p>\n They clearly do.<\/p>\n Do you want your money going to people who support things you oppose? Do you want your clicks, streams, attention, and enthusiasm helping people whose beliefs make the world worse?<\/p>\n I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n When I buy a concert ticket, I am not just buying two hours in a venue. I am helping make the next tour possible. When I buy merch, I am not just buying a shirt. I am putting my money behind the thing. When I recommend an artist to other people, I am lending them a little piece of my own credibility.<\/p>\n That matters to me.<\/p>\n And I am not going to pretend it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n So yes, when someone is openly on the right side of history: against cruelty, against authoritarianism, against the miserable anti-woke grievance machine … it makes me more likely to support them.<\/p>\n Buying merch. Buying concert tickets. Watching their movies. Streaming their music. Buying their products. Recommending them to other people.<\/p>\n There might be MAGA reading this thinking, \u201cWell, fine. I\u2019m going to support people who believe in MAGA values even harder, just to spite you.\u201d<\/p>\n God, I hope<\/em> you do.<\/p>\n Please. Spend every penny you have on the next Donald Trump grift, the next aggressively horrible Morgan Wallen album, the next Kid Rock booze cruise. Buy the commemorative coins. Buy the ugly shoes. Buy the red hats. Buy the Bible with Trump\u2019s name slapped on it. Buy tickets to see whatever washed-up celebrity is currently yelling about \u201cfreedom\u201d at a 10k a plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n That will show us.<\/p>\n Yep, I encourage it! Support whoever you want. Spend your money wherever you want. Stream whatever makes your little flag fetishizing heart happy.<\/p>\n But don’t get in your feelings when the rest of us do the same. When we turn away from artists that support hateful things. When we choose not to spend our time, money, and attention on people who are actively making the world worse<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n You are allowed to support people who reflect your worldview.<\/p>\n I am allowed to find that worldview repulsive, and look elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some people get very weird when you tell them that values affect what you support. When MAGA does it, of course, it\u2019s apparently fine. 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