Current Events > Mumford and Son guitarist quits band to focus on politics

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https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/mumford-sons-guitarist-quits-band-speak-freely-politics-n1272289?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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And nothing of value was lost

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He read a book.

That qualifies him to be a politician.

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https://youtu.be/1WqazleR3FE

Shame. I liked that song.

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imagine how bad your takes are that you have to quit your band...

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Giving up a fat paycheck to rant about ANTIFA.

It would be hilarious if Normal People jobs banned political orientation

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He did everyone a great service

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DravenRainrix posted...

He read a book.

That qualifies him to be a politician.

Hes just as qualified as the ones that actually are.

he was kind of the keystone to their sound, i wonder what the replacement will be like

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viewmaster_pi posted...

he was kind of the keystone to their sound, i wonder what the replacement will be like

Hopefully not a far right loon

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DravenRainrix posted...

He read a book.

That qualifies him to be a politician.

Hey now. That's more work that 99% of actual politicians.

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Imagine giving up your livelihood because a far-right grifter's book told you to fight Antifa.

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Terrible guitarist. Bet he'll be a terrible politician too.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine giving up your livelihood because a far-right grifter's book told you to fight Antifa.

Didn't get get a ton of blacklash for just being conservative well before he decided that was going to be his thing?

I got the impression he was happy to be part of the band but then a lot of the public turned on him when they found out he voted for Trump or something.

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Will Mumford and Sons perform at his campaigns?

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hockeybub89 posted...

Imagine giving up your livelihood because a far-right grifter's book told you to fight Antifa.

I mean I gave up my livelihood dying on left hills, what's the difference

Joke

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Giving up a fat paycheck to rant about BROWN PEOPLE.

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joe40001 posted...

Didn't get get a ton of blacklash for just being conservative well before he decided that was going to be his thing?

I got the impression he was happy to be part of the band but then a lot of the public turned on him when they found out he voted for Trump or something.

I think he got some backlash the first time he praised Andy Ngo's book, but a British man did not vote for Donald Trump.

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hockeybub89 posted...

I think he got some backlash the first time he praised Andy Ngo's book, but a British man did not vote for Donald Trump.

Ok, I would have not thought Mumford and Sons were British. Interesting, my mistake in that regard. I knew there was something that caused people to turn on him, but I didn't remember what.

Yeah, when a mob turns on you for liking a book, that might drive you to become more political against those kinds of mobs.

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joe40001 posted...

Ok, I would have not thought Mumford and Sons were British. Interesting, my mistake in that regard. I knew there was something that caused people to turn on him, but I didn't remember what.

Yeah, when a mob turns on you for liking a book, that might drive you to become more political against those kinds of mobs.

Andy Ngo is a far-right extremist and anyone who changes their opinions because of Internet backlash is a small dick moron.

If books don't matter, why is he devoting his life to one?

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So they were into politics and wrote that kind of music huh


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RedJackson posted...

So they were into politics and wrote that kind of music huh

Their music isn't very political and has been as derivative as fuck for years.

There's a lot of great heavily politcal music through the years.

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DravenRainrix posted...

He read a book.

He read a shitty book.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Andy Ngo is a far-right extremist and anyone who changes their opinions because of Internet backlash is a small dick moron.

The vast majority of people react to vitriolic twitter mobs.

If books don't matter, why is he devoting his life to one?

Sounds more like he's devoting his life to fighting people who tried to ruin his life over liking a book.

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Andy Ngo is currently having a normal one on Twitter, screaming that Portland has collapsed and BLM Antifa are the only white supremacists in America.

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divot1338 posted...

He read a shitty book.

The worst sin of them all.

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joe40001 posted...

The worst sin of them all.

Weird how I never see you calling out our right-wing posters for criticizing opinions. Everyone gets criticized for opinions. That's someone else's opinions. I'm not owed respect just because I made a statement that came from my brain.

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MedeaLysistrata posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

Giving up a fat paycheck to rant about ANTIFA.

It would be hilarious if Normal People jobs banned political orientation

This would actually be awful. My identity at work is defined by being an anti-5G, flat-earth, Trumper. If those topics were barred from work, I would fade into obscurity.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Weird how I never see you calling out our right-wing posters for criticizing opinions. Everyone gets criticized for opinions. That's someone else's opinions. I'm not owed respect just because I made a statement that came from my brain.

People tend not to pay attention to things they don't want to see, like all the times I'm critical of people on the right.

I made a topic unloading of them for some of them being free speech hypocrits, I think nobody even posted in it.

Being critical of him is fine. Suggesting the band should be boycotted until he apologizes or resigns is stupid.

Technically I support the right of people to make such a request, but people feeling actually compelled to respect the mobs demands is stupid. Twitter mobs should not be dictating people's employment or how they live their lives.

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If Trump has taught us anything its that politics is literally for everyone and anyone can get into it.

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TuckersImp posted...

This would actually be awful. My identity at work is defined by being an anti-5G, flat-earth, Trumper. If those topics were barred from work, I would fade into obscurity.

You can always try dishwashing. Then your opinion literally doesnt matter.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Giving up a fat paycheck to rant about ANTIFA.

Have you seen some of these right wing grifters? He could make a pretty penny getting the cult into a raging tantrum.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Their music isn't very political and has been as derivative as fuck for years.

There's a lot of great heavily politcal music through the years.

So youre telling me because they were more interested in politics than in music they copped out and wrote derivative music because politics are on a spectrum where all opinions basically amount to the same derivative viewpoints thus making interest in creative exploring and creative problem solving and camaraderie that comes from thinking outside of the box basically moot as a result because politics sustains itself and relies on the easy feasible than any meaningful solution out the gate?

I mean I like Peace Sell But Whose Buying but the band were willing to say all politicians could kiss their ass so the end result is great music

But when you cant do that I guess you get a Mumford and Sons


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He really fucked it up this time
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DravenRainrix posted...

He read a book.

That qualifies him to be a politician.

It makes him more qualified than Trump, that's for sure.

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SuperShake666 posted...

It makes him more qualified than Trump, that's for sure.

Idk Trump held a book

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joe40001 posted...

Technically I support the right of people to make such a request, but people feeling actually compelled to respect the mobs demands is stupid. Twitter mobs should not be dictating people's employment or how they live their lives.

Supply and demand. If someone chooses to placate the demands of the masses, that's up to them. Clearly they weren't very strong in their beliefs if anyone can get them to apologize or change their mind.

He is leaving the band of his own volition anyway.

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Irony posted...

Idk Trump held a book

He held the bible upside down that one time. You remember, the time where he ordered protesters to be violently removed so he could get a photo-op?

So... there's that time.
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Can people just go one topic without feeding fucking joe fucking numbers
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