Tom Morello hits out at Rage Against The Machine fans who “weren’t intelligent enough” to understand their politics

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Tom Morello has hit out at Rage Against The Machine fans who he claimed “weren’t intelligent enough” to understand the group’s politics.The legendary guitarist is known for using his social media channels to express his political views and occasionally address how some fans may be missing the point to misinterpreting the messages behind the band’s music.Back in 2022, Morello took to his official X/Twitter account and shared: “People who are offended by my politics on Twitter or Instagram, please know it’s because you weren’t intelligent enough to know what the music that you were listening to all these years was about.”For the music, you’re welcome, but if you’re a white supremacist or a proto-fascist, that music isn’t written for you — it’s written against you.”Now, this past Sunday (November 3), the ‘Bulls On Parade’ guitarist took to X/Twitter to share an encounter he had with a fan who expressed their admiration of Rage Against The Machine’s 1991 track ‘Killing In The Name Of’ but completely missed the point of the song.“Never ceases to amaze me how many folks who’ve heard RATM are in Paul Ryan mode, having literally ZERO understanding of anything that band was about and even less understanding where any of us might stand on contemporary issues,” began his tweet.Morello continued: “Recently was talking to a couple at a restaurant who were big fans of ‘Killing In The Name.’ The nice lady said, ‘I love that song.

It helped me rage against my parents and later against the jab!’ I said, ‘Ma’am that song is about racist cops who often behave like the Ku Klux Klan in service of historical white supremacy and are boot licking lackeys and thugs of the racist capitalist ruling class.’ She sat there chewing and blinking,.