Mick Jagger

[Norbert]

Seen on Bluesky.

"I've lived 82 years on this Earth, and this is the first time I've ever witnessed people delighting in the suffering of others so openly, so proudly, and even recording it for the world to see. If these people ever crossed paths with me, I swear...I would not hold back."

We need many more people like Mick to speak out.

[Celerity]

19. it is likely a fake quote, notice the OP provides no link, and this 'quote' is all over dodgy social media accounts with

verifiable source

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. This is POST-AND-RUN by the OP. It's been hours and no response

Members should not make OPs and then not check-in and respond. Especially when it is guaranteed to be controversial or popular.

Maybe the OP's dog just died? What's their excuse?

[Celerity]

29. It happens far too often on here. I recall one pure fake OP, completely debunked by multiple posters all up and down

the thread, yet the OP refused to pull it. Even worse, it ended up with hundreds of rec's, the vast majority which came after it was debunked.

The lack of discernment on DU is dismaying.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. Yup. It is irresponsible. Especially when we are battling FAKE NEWS from the regime. . . . . nt

[Celerity]

36. 150 rec's and climbing

[Walleye]

2. This is who Maga is, sadistic, cruel and proud of it

Whatever bullshit they use to rationalize it. It’s simply makes them feel good to hurt people.

[Bengus81]

6. And MAGA morans who love the ACA are going to get hammered with rate increases

on Jan 1st. They eat their own, just ask farmers.

[Walleye]

11. And they will curse and blame Democrats the whole time. I hope they're miserable.

[FakeNoose]

13. Are there such people in the UK also?

I assumed Mick was talking about the US, but maybe not.
It boggles my mind ....

[Walleye]

14. Yes, I fear it is all over the world. The United States was the protector of democracy without us goes to shit.

[mopinko]

3. not sure he said this.

saw this meme on fb. there’s been a trend of putting words like this in celeb’s mouths.

eta- it’s not on his xitter account.

[John1956PA]

7. Yes. False attribution memes are as old as the web.

Twenty-five years ago, I saw memes with Robin Williams's image and quotes falsely attributed to him.

[mopinko]

8. 1 went around saying he held a moment of silence for ck.

[pandr32]

46. If it is false Mick would likely say something.

He's not afraid, and it is his image which he cares about.

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. You assume that he or his team are terminally online and scan constantly for any old crap

that turns up in his name. I suspect they have better things to do. Notice that it took at least 2 weeks to come to DU's notice. Also notice it was attributed to Mickey Dolenz around the same date.

[pandr32]

52. I'm not assuming "that he or his team are terminally online..." at all.

I have seen the post several times, so it is getting attention.

[JoseBalow]

55. You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Where is the Original Poster?

[DeeDeeNY]

4. He probably crossed paths with Rupert Murdoch -

Who his ex-wife Jerry Hall went on to marry and stay with until just a few years ago. Hopefully he told him off a few times.

[MiHale]

5. And we are not faultless, I am not faultless...

Having experienced a kind of joy in seeing the MAGA crowd get owned by their own actions. Empathy and compassion have no political leanings.

[malaise]

9. He walks the walk

He gets it

[Celerity]

22. it is very like a fake quote sis

[malaise]

38. He still walks the walk

😀

[Celerity]

41. I cannot say either way. I do not recall him being all that poltically active in my lifetime (or at least when I was 10

years old or older, so say 2006/2007 and onward).

Jagger has never been a role model for me personally, same for Dylan and many others from that era.

Bob Marley is a large exception, of course.

Slave Driver (Previously Unreleased Original Jamaican Version)

[malaise]

42. No Bob or Peter but no racist either

That is the walk I meant

[Celerity]

43. Fair play.

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Sorry, what is he referring to? This is very vague and could be about anything.

[niyad]

12. Quantico would be my guess, whoever actually said it, considering the timing.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Searching for it, I suspect it's fake

It turns up as an all-caps caption beneath a picture of him, but no-one ever said where he said it, or when. The longest "quote" I can find is here:

https://oldies.azexplained.com/extremely-dissatisfied-in-an-unexpected-and-deeply-emotional-statement-rolling-stones-frontman-mick-jagger-has-spoken-out-against-what-he-describes-as-a-disturbing-new-phenomenon-o.html

That adds other 'quotes' from him like “I came of age when people had nothing, when we leaned on each other just to get by,” he reflected. “Now I see young people, even whole groups, filming themselves dancing or cheering while someone else lies hurt or humiliated. That is not just cruel — it is a sickness.”; or "crowds cheering not at concerts, not at victories, but at pain, death, and humiliation". But I can't find anything else claiming he said that.

A Rolling Stones Facebook fan group posted it on 18th Sept. https://www.facebook.com/groups/347378540986064/posts/798062492584331/ Some said it was fake; one reply claims it comes from Rolling Stone magazine, but I can't find that interview (which you'd think Rolling Stone would advertise heavily, even if they don't make it freely available, to get people to subscribe).

Snopes investigated various claims about what Jagger supposedly said after Kirk was shot - and concluded he'd said nothing. This one sounds rather like:

Similarly, a widely viewed post on X claimed Jagger was quoted as saying "I've never witness anything this sick," in response to people cheering for Kirk's death.

However, there were no such posts on Jagger's X account reacting to Kirk's death. A Google search for Jagger and the quote "I've never witnessed anything this sick" did not return any results apart from social media posts sharing the claim.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mick-jagger-charlie-kirk/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Where is the Original Poster?

[niyad]

33. What part of "whoever actually said it" did you miss?

While your post has excellent information, it should have been a response to the OP, not to me, as I made NO claim about the origin.

[sl8]

17. The supposed quote has been online for more than two weeks.

Here's a Facebook post from Sep. 17, attributing it to Micky Dolenz:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=681598034953695&id=100093105141836&set=a.650295831417249

Here's a Facebook post from Sep 18, attributing it to Mick Jagger
https://www.facebook.com/groups/347378540986064/posts/798062492584331/

It looks fake to me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Good find on the attribution to Dolenz as well - looks more and more fake (nt)

[Ohioboy]

15. Thank you Mick!

Hearing it put this way has chocked me up. Total cruelty on display.

[Celerity]

31. it is very likely a fake quote

[Ohioboy]

32. Well that sucks! I should have checked.

I still kind of like the quote, whoever said it. It always angered me when I saw the pictures of Noem posing in front of prison cells.

[sl8]

18. Is there the tiniest shred of evidence for this from any credible source? nt

[Celerity]

20. none that I can find, this looks like yet another fake news OP (DU is awash with them for ages, it is depressing)

[sl8]

23. Agreed.

It doesn't bother me all that much that we get so many BS posts (I doubt any online forums can escape them) but it's extremely disheartening to see how very popular they seem to be on DU.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Where is the Original Poster?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Please be RESPONSIBLE. Post the Bluesky link or self-delete. Please do not Post-And-Run like you have.. . . . . nt

[Wednesdays]

34. Maybe we should add an "alert" category for posts that are demonstrably false.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

35. Agreed. Also for dodgy items where the OP does not back it up, especially with post and run. . . . nt

[Wednesdays]

40. Not sure how to write that rule that would be enforceable, though.

But the "demonstrably false" alert at least has a way to be proven and enforced.

[skydive forever]

37. I'm 65 and I have your back

[flamingdem]

39. Always liked him

LSE graduate has smarts - and can shake it!

[KPN]

44. No link or even screen capture? Come on man. Let's don't post stuff without some kind of verification. We aren't

QAnon!

[Norbert]

45. I've seen this on Twitter x, Bluesky and Facebook

I figured it was real. I,am not good with cutting and pasting on my phone.

If you want I can take this down. Geez.

[muriel_volestrangler]

51. Please do. I think it looks like it was fabricated for Kirk's killing

See reply #17, where it was also attributed to Micky Dolenz, a couple of weeks ago.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

57. Take it down. And it is disrespectful to post-and-run. . . nt

[ToxMarz]

59. I looked to see if could find the post from him on Bluesky

Didn't seem he had an account there, I I figured it was something started by someone other than him. I looked at your profile and can see you been here a LONG time and decent number of posts so I figured you were just sharing something you saw, no mal-intent. I think for what was posted, even if it wasn't correct, a lot of the replies here are a little over the top. It wasn't world changing stuff.

[highplainsdem]

63. Please take it down. It's a lie. If someone as famous as Jagger says something like that, there will

be multiple news stories about it, and that can be easily confirmed by searching for the celebrity's name along with at least several words of the quote (in quotes). If you can't find a news story about it, just random social media posts, with no attribution to a published source or video, it's fake.

I know that means a few minutes' work. But you owe it to DUers not to post fake quotes.

[ananda]

47. It's on The Rolling Stones facebook page as a meme...

posted there by Ali Miah on Sept. 18th.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/347378540986064

[muriel_volestrangler]

49. *A* Rolling Stones Facebook group, not "The"

The group's history says it was called the "MICK JAGGER" group until March 2025. It's just fans. And several replies say it's fake.

But yeah, the Sept 18th date points to it being fabricated for the Charlie Kirk killing.

[flvegan]

48. 210 Recs as of this moment. n/t

[pansypoo53219]

53. this is all rupert + the monster fux gnewz created. evangelical jeebus folk.

[pansypoo53219]

54. oops. the talibornigans.

[Warpy]

56. Cruelty is a feature, not a bug

and Republicans are getting some kind of sick thrill every time a child gets brutalized by masked ICE thugs.

[Nictuku]

58. I looked for MIck Jagger on BlueSky - didn't find him, but I found the Meme

— Shannon 🦇💩🤪 GOOD TROUBLE 💙💙💙 (@shannonmaebreen.bsky.social) 2025-10-01T19:51:50.727Z

There is no proof that Mick really said it. I can't look it up on Facebook, I deleted my account nearly a year ago.

[Aussie105]

60. File this under:

'Well, Mick would have said that if he thought about it!'

and

'It feels good to think he said that.'

But as Abraham Lincoln said . . . you can't believe a lot of what you see on the internet!

[Buttoneer]

61. False.

[Pacifist Patriot]

62. Why does this have over 300 recs?

It is not attributable.

[muriel_volestrangler]

65. Because loads of DUers want to believe someone famous agrees with them about something

Just like the people who made up the quote wanted people to believe that Jagger was pro-Charlie Kirk, just like them.

Next time, maybe the fake celebrity quote should be just "I agree with you!!!", and then it can be used on all occasions, by all sides, and attributed to anyone we feel like.

[Cirsium]

64. Here are some quotes for ya

"Mick never said that." - Abraham Lincoln

"I agree with Abe." - Albert Einstein

"So do I." - Mark Twain