Tell that to Earth First!, ARA, and various time I've put in as a volunteer at bookstores, events and demos. Stay in academia. We don' t need your help.

Nope, that's not in other words. But sure thing, keep regurgitating cliches and dodging any argument that doesn't conform to your blinkered narratives; they're obviously extremely helpful to everyone involved. I'll see you on the front lines or next protest? No, I'd guess I probably won't.

Uh, they have addressed it (many times in many venues). They continue to address it. I've addressed it myself when I could. I've read this article, yes, but you fail (or refuse due to narrative concerns) to acknowledge that actual metal critics/fans have been writing and "calling out" this stuff for years. However, my…

But the thing is it's not anyone's house. It's a music genre. It's not a club with a membership card. It's not the "tight knit community" that is often bandied about. There is no pledge, no door to open. And there is not tacit acceptance of Nazi's within metal except by other Nazis. I'm 99 percent sure that most of…

Honestly, I don't take this personally. But I do get tired of the same critique when it's so badly presented. As I've written before here, this problem has been addressed — many times — by people actively engaged in the music under discussion. In light of this, and because it's also presented in a forum that is not…

It's sad to say I know this, but yeah, actually there are quite a few white power folk bands.

Again, nah, that's not true at all. What exactly do you think "metal" as a thing can do about it? You seem to be equating a small subset of people with a musical genre as a whole. As for actual metal fans, what more can they do that they haven't? There's been many articles written about this by actual metal…

I mean, I don't care or know anything about what constitutes a "hipster" at this point, but the least the author could have done was google searched the hundred other articles about this very same topic.

Doing a twitter search for this article is very informative. The author has a baphomet tattoo, which apparently means he isn't a willfully uninformed hack.

I could be wrong about them. I haven't heard them for years.

Well, it seemed for a while that the mainstream had forgotten about it other than a few acts, and now suddenly since indie rockers have discovered atmospheric bm and stumbled upon some unsavory aspects of the genre they would like to be involved in there's been an uptick to this kind of critique.

"Moderation is not metal. You're either a nazi or an anarchist, and the nazis are more prominent."

I enjoyed Black Kronstadt more. Iskra sound like weak sauce in comparison to upper tier black metal.

Eh, it's also always been a genre for angry young Brazilian men, angry young Japanese men, angry young Mexican… ad infinitum. To disregard this fact is a bit disingenuous. It's also a genre for angry women or just people who like to head bang but that don't fit the narrative (and I will say without hesitation, we need…

I think a lot of us are definitely sensitive about it; but I think that there's been a strain of wrongheaded, and superficial criticism lately leveled on all of "metal music" as a thing (which is a contradiction) and it can be tiring. As a metal head for most of my life, and a proud Marxist that sees no contradiction…

I dunno, I'm 100 percent certain that "Metal music" isn't a self aware organism, and that, in fact, it's a musical genre that incorporates a vast host of sub genres; furthermore, the people who create and listen to this multivalent genre are a diverse array of people from various ethnic groups and social backgrounds…

Not really, no.

Bearded Kurt Russell is the best Kurt Russell.

Unfortunately, Nazis also often have weapons. Nice sentiment I guess though.

I watched the episode, and while I partially agree, Maher also referred to trans people using bathrooms as "weirdos," which is pretty fucking awful. The rest of it was as you said, he gave him the rope, even if it was unintended. I don't really understand why people give a shit about this though. Maher isn't hurt by…