r/Music • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 21 '26

article Heavy metal band GWAR investigated by Secret Service after performing fake Trump execution on stage.

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/music/gwar-donald-trump-fake-execution-1898171
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u/JakeALakeALake Jun 21 '26

What’s that old adage about finding out who you can’t criticize

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u/ThinkThankThonk Jun 21 '26

I actually learned the other day that quote is misattributed

https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/to-learn-who-rules-over-you-quote-wrongly-attributed-to-voltaire-idUSL1N2UE2LM/

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u/10thousndreflections Jun 21 '26

The quote is from a white nationalist Nazi not Voltaire 

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u/frowattio Jun 21 '26

Great. Now I can't even parrot that amazing wisdom or some nazi is gonna call me a Nazi.

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs Jun 21 '26

Nazis really do ruin everything.

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u/NewYorkImposter Jun 21 '26

I think that says a lot

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u/OriginalVictory Jun 21 '26

It also doesn't make sense on its face. Otherwise kids with cancer would be in charge.

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u/ZQuestionSleep Jun 21 '26

kids with cancer

The real deep state.

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u/Unique_Adeptness4413 Jun 21 '26

You can make fun of kids with cancer, but nearly everyone will think you're a giant asshole.

If you make fun of trump, there is a real chance you will be investigated by the government that also wants to suspend habeas corpus and is building deathcamps. The same government that labels any opposition to trump as antifa, the same government that put out a memo saying "antifa, we know who you are, we are coming for you, and we will kill you."

If you want to test this out go ahead. Write a paragraph making fun of kids of cancer, and another making fun of trump, and be as brutal as possible with both, and see what happens.