Thoughts on Metal Legend Phil Anselmo's Hated speech, not apologizing, then minimizing it?

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Phil Anselmo Denies Racist Allegations After Footage Of Him Giving Nazi Salute/Yelling 'White Power' Emerges (Updated) | Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More

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Phil Anselmo of Pantera/Down, etc. has denied racist accusations after footage of him giving the nazi salute and shouting ‘white power’ at the crowd during the ‘Dimebash‘ event at the Lucky Strike in Hollywood this past weekend. Anselmo himself has since taken to the internet to address the matter:


“Ok folks, I’ll own this one, but dammit, I was joking, and the “inside joke of the night” was because we were drinking fukking white wine, hahaha…
Of all fukking things.
Some of y’all need to thicken up your skin.
There’s plenty of fukkers to pick on with a more realistic agenda.
I fukking love everyone, I fukking loathe everyone, and that’s that.
No apologies from me.
PHA ’16?”
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My thing is hatred is hatred. U can have all the opinions u want, but promote hatred and violence against people unlike you, then blame it on white wine? I'm a huge Metal and Hardcore fan, but never fukked with Pantera. What bothers me are the comments in the section claiming he did the right thing by not surrendering to "political correctness" . Like I said, there's huge difference between speaking your mind and promoting hatred. U can't do this as a influential, important entertainer, especially when one of your fans was crazy enough to shoot and kill one of your band members on stage during a show.






 
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This guy get's it why some would be offended:
All Shall Perish Say Phil Anselmo's Racist Remarks Are "A Stain On The Legacy Of Pantera" | Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More
“We consider Pantera to be the single greatest metal band of all time, but we should never be afraid to call out our heroes. Seeing Phil‘s actions and his cowardly justification is not only disgusting and inexcusable but antithetical to the punk, metal, underground ethos to which we subscribe. No gods, No masters, and certainly no master race.

Any justifications or cries of “reverse racism”, BET, Double standards, PC Police, Or general white whining are just profoundly ignorant of history, systemic effects, and the lasting impact of state sponsored racism, Jim crow, segregation and slavery. Talk with your black friends, if you have any, and try to gain some perspective. There has never, nor will ever, be a true incarnation of “reverse racism” until white people are swinging from trees en mass, sold into torture, defined in the constitution as 3/5th’s a person, denied from public institutions and forcibly segregated from society.

In the face of what an actual tit for tat reprisal would look like, affirmative action and understanding the significance and context of displaying black pride seem the least the multi-generational benefactors of being the master race can muster. Racism and its institutions are a stain on American culture; likewise, Phil’s actions are a stain on the legacy of Pantera, Dime’s memory and the metal community as a whole.

“Nazi punks, fukk off.” – Dead Kennedys"
 
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I don't know why anyone is surprised. The metal community at large is notoriously, what's the word?... Ignorant.
 
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Seriously who the fukk cares? Some white metal idiot hates me for being black so?
 
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