It's basically an attack on all the pretentious people who need something to be a certain way before they respect it. We all have those friends who won't listen to anything popular or the least bit melodic because they see the musicians as sellouts. So, to them a band like Electric Six would never be considered punk (perhaps the only musical "genre" the punk aficionado in the ongoing debate truly respects), even though they definitely have some punk elements to them. Worse yet, so much punk is underpinned by hateful ideology these days. Ugh. The song asks why so many young white dudes are so full of hate. What do they have to be hateful about, especially compared the shit all the minorities have gone through? It's like Heterosexual Pride Day--the privileged majority whining about inequality is the ultimate slap in the face to minorities who have truly suffered. What a joke.
It's basically an attack on all the pretentious people who need something to be a certain way before they respect it. We all have those friends who won't listen to anything popular or the least bit melodic because they see the musicians as sellouts. So, to them a band like Electric Six would never be considered punk (perhaps the only musical "genre" the punk aficionado in the ongoing debate truly respects), even though they definitely have some punk elements to them. Worse yet, so much punk is underpinned by hateful ideology these days. Ugh. The song asks why so many young white dudes are so full of hate. What do they have to be hateful about, especially compared the shit all the minorities have gone through? It's like Heterosexual Pride Day--the privileged majority whining about inequality is the ultimate slap in the face to minorities who have truly suffered. What a joke.