DaGaffer
Down With That Sorta Thing
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But still...Trump post videos = nazi racist.
Eric Clapton..rock god.
The concert carried on with no protests and no backlash in the press.
Yes..different times.
One can only imagine what would happen now...calls for the death penalty I guess, plus the banning of evvery song he wrote and instant defriending by everyone who remotely knew him.
Well, actually the concert was the catalyst for Rock Against Racism, so its not accurate to say it was unremarkable, even back then.
As for Eric Clapton...I've long since tried to separate the music from the musician; how many rockstars are absolute cunts for a thousand different reasons, including racism? I will always love The Smiths and I will always detest Morrissey. I also have no problem with watching The Usual Suspects or Pulp Fiction, because I'm suddenly not going to change my opinion of the art. I know lots of people feel differently, but, yeah, fuck them.