• Maya S. Trojan@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I mean, it’s also the take of someone with a smidgen of education who isn’t deeply impressed by the philosophy or ideas that Maynard Keenan put forth in his lyrics. It doesn’t mean they’re bad, but it does mean they’re somewhat simplistic and not all that interesting, especially as you get older. So people who spend an inordinate amount of time praising it and acting like Maynard is like the coolest person alive for first year philosophy takes just seem like they’re overrating it to me. I know that makes me a bit of an elitist, but I mean, I don’t really care. I think stanning over any kind of celebrity whether it’s an artist or a movie star or movie director or fashion designer or whatever is foolish, and leads to a lot of unhealthy behaviors in our society. It’s a behavior that I can tie to actual negative social consequences, such as continuing to support an artist after it’s clear they are terrible (Chris Brown, for example, still has fans) which can lead groups of fans banning together and attacking innocents (Taylor Swift’s online army famously won’t stand for any criticism of her whatsoever without the critique being labeled “misogynist” by the fans). It can lead to genuine victims being dogpiled and abused by legions of fans. It’s just a behavior that I think leads to these negative outcomes when people put so much emphasis on a piece of art and who made it.