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Hayley Williams Speaks Out Against Homophobia

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Oct 29, 2020.

  1. Melody Bot

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  2. SuNDaYSTaR

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    Lo and behold, he even tried to use that "rappers are bad too" dog whistle.
     
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  3. artbynickferran

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    Those are some of the absolute worst takes I have ever seen. What a moron.
     
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  4. SFguitar

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    Isn't his brother still in the band? awkward
     
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  6. zachmacD

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    Yikes
     
  7. Woohoo!

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    Anyone know where we can find a copy of that original post? The one Zac didn’t fully condone.
     
  8. SuNDaYSTaR

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  9. crowntownguy

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  10. cosmickid

    Composer, but never composed.

    I'm a little confused. I get that it would be awkward for Zac to directly address his brother's homophobia but why reference that particular statement instead?
     
  11. caakle

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    This confused me so much too. Maybe it is something the rest of Paramore understands but not the public?
     
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  12. DandonTRJ

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    I spent a long time hoping Josh would someday manage to patch things up with the band and rejoin as a writing member, only because I miss his compositional contributions. But, uh, fuck that and fuck him. No platforming homophobes.
     
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  13. AsfAstAswegofar

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    Comparing homosexuality to pedophilia is a shit take. Fuck this guy.
     
  14. Bartek T.

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    wow, eew. Glad they've spoken out about it, fuck!
     
  15. Obv i could be 5000% wrong but it felt like this statement was directly responding to some comments that probably conflated Josh's present day awfulness with what happened when they originally left Paramore so Zac felt compelled to speak on that
     
  16. Darth Amory

    Sith Lord.

    Im all for being religious if you want but it sounds like its controlling Joshs life, holy shit. Enough Bible references, think for yourself a bit man. (I get it, some people would be like HEY!" But.... Meh.. Its how I feel.)
     
  17. Walkabout

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    Where did he mention rappers?
     
  18. SuNDaYSTaR

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  19. Walkabout

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  20. sowrongitsryan

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    Pretty sure it’s just a dog whistle to dissociate himself with the Bible verses and anything “god” related (which were included in the letter) - and his brother and general. It seems dumb to act like he didn’t put his stamp on the letter, but do what you have to do I guess.