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The Second Stone

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35. It is very much true that hard rock/metal consists of Led Zeppelin and a bunch of others

Reply to gobears10 (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 12:40 AM

Sep 2015

and that liberals have a whole lotta love for some Zep. I can't speak for progressives because I have no idea what a progressive is other than possibly a liberal who doesn't want to be called a liberal. I'm an FDR liberal and I welcome the hatred of people who hate that.

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Is the stereotype that progressives don't like hard rock/heavy metal true? [View all] gobears10 Aug 2015 OP

I have never, ever heard that Skittles Aug 2015 #1

It could be that most of his friends are libertarians jmowreader Aug 2015 #2

Music of every genre has at least some crossover appeal. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #3

Steppenwolf- "Born to be wild" Doc_Technical Aug 2015 #15

Yes, Steppenwolf was an early one too. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #18

I like hard rock, heavy metal John Poet Aug 2015 #4

I don't like that genre of music bigwillq Aug 2015 #5

SLAYER's Reign In Blood is one of the greatest metal albums of all time. GOLGO 13 Aug 2015 #6

I mean yes, it is wrong. CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #7

I didn't (don't) like the presentation... CanSocDem Aug 2015 #8

This thread needs GWAR Throd Aug 2015 #9

I'm a hardcore metal / prog fan. Initech Aug 2015 #10

+1 cyberswede Aug 2015 #13

My political beliefs match yours exactly. I love metal. Aristus Aug 2015 #11

I used to be a sub genre person but I got out of that. Initech Aug 2015 #14

Johnette Napolitano has one of most incredible voices I have ever heard. U4ikLefty Sep 2015 #32

I like melodic death metal & I'm a leftie. cyberswede Aug 2015 #12

Never came to that conclusion. Populist_Prole Aug 2015 #16

The assertion is not true. musiclawyer Aug 2015 #17

Rage Against the Machine and Right-Wingers do not equate LynneSin Aug 2015 #19

+1 Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #26

Napalm Death, one of my favorite bands, OriginalGeek Aug 2015 #20

I like many genres of music... rppper Aug 2015 #21

More of a goth/inustrial girl...but loves me some metal. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #22

Not for me... take my Metallica and I will hunt you down! Still In Wisconsin Aug 2015 #23

considering that libertarians are almost never right about anything rurallib Aug 2015 #24

The majority of my dearest friends are metalheads, punks, and goths... Rhythm Sep 2015 #25

Actually i prefer jrock and Visuel Kei yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #27

oooh these are cool gobears10 Sep 2015 #28

Bucktick has been around longer than both of those yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #29

I never knew it was a stereotype NewJeffCT Sep 2015 #30

I've seen about 75% of the bands on your list live. U4ikLefty Sep 2015 #31

ME TOO!! gobears10 Sep 2015 #33

Not sure how true that is laundry_queen Sep 2015 #34

It is very much true that hard rock/metal consists of Led Zeppelin and a bunch of others The Second Stone Sep 2015 #35

Metalheads are swing voters. They could literally decide the election. Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #36

not true rockfordfile Sep 2015 #37