You would be slapped by most rock n roll fans (most probably a lot worse than that) if you compared Linkin Park to Rage Against the Machine. THEY'RE NOT IN THE SAME LEAGUE. It's SACRILEGE, I mean I don't see another way to say it. Every other day on a HIPHOP forum I see a thread about how "Pac was effeminate" or "Pac wasn't really street like that" or "Pac wasn't really that conscious" or "Pac wasnt' really that lyrical" etc etc. Would you compare Derek Jeter to Jackie Robinson? Would you compare Shaq to Kareem Abdul Jabbar? Would you compare Bill Clinton to JFK? Would you compare Miguel to Marvin Gaye? Would you compare Peter Wentz to Kurt Cobaine? Would you compare Bill Gates to Mansa Musa? Would you compare Matt Forte to Walter Payton? Would you compare Jesse Jackson to Malcolm X? Floyd Mayweather to Muhammad Ali? I mean, there are some things that just shouldn't be mentioned, real talk. You disrespect yourself by saying such things, because its obvious to any brother in my humble opinion you're either cointelpro or a c00n, I rarely use ad hominems, but only in our culture is such blatant disrespect tolerated because of our respect for freedom of speech. If you went into a biker type real rock 'n roll bar talkin' about Weezer > Metallica they'd crucify you in front of the bar as a warning to anybody else of your kind to never go there.