Was/Is Morrissey Racist?

Smiths were huge in SoCal. At least huge enough for 13-yo me to be aware of them and hear them on the radio (viva 91x)

A supposed music writer who knows nothing about David Bowie is still not worth paying attention to.

-- Geir Hongro, Tuesday, December 4, 2007 11:13 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

does *every* thread have to be about the lex? he left, no?

Did he?

Nah, he now posts as "titchysneidermk2"

i think morrissey did pwn jonze and nme pretty well. the dishing on jonze is especially funny.

Jonze pwned, NME not so much.

"Nah, he now posts as "titchysneidermk2"

not one of your better zings. try harder.

i think morrissey did pwn jonze and nme pretty well. the dishing on jonze is especially funny.

-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 10:27 (4 hours ago) Link

Yes. Jonze is a snotty little kid, who knows more about political correctness than music, which is a great thing, especially if you're a music journo.

IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD

Give Ireland Back To The Irish!

ban zeus

THIS SO-CALLED NME MIGHT KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT KOW-TOWING TO THE FUZZY-WUZZIES, BUT WHEN YOU IMPUGN SIR PATRICK MORRISSEY'S CHARACTER YOU SIR HAVE CROSSED THE LINE

Yours,
Senile of Ongar (Col.) (Rtd.)

http://www.capc.co.uk/images/John%20Midgley.jpg

zeus, yesterday.

"We’re always moaning that political correctness has gone too far. I actually don’t know anyone who isn’t totally fed up with the whole thing. Yet finding someone of influence who says what you are thinking is rather like searching for a hair on Duncan Goodhew’s head.

There’s hardly anyone. This nonsense has somehow become the norm. How did that happen? Did we all go to bed one night to the sound of lovely innocent fairy tales to wake up to politically correct horror stories the following morning?

The final, final straw for me (which meant that doing nothing was no longer an option) came when I was having a conversation with an irate taxi driver. The taxi driver said to me, “Whatever will be next – equal opportunities for gay goldfish?”

My mind swam. Gay goldfish? If the politically correct brigade could find a gay goldfish I would have no doubt whatsoever that this could become a reality instead of a throwaway line. Where would it all end?

I remember the Daily Mail outrage about scientists fiddling with fruitflies genes to make them bisexual.

Previously known as straightflies.

Ha, I remember that Mail front page. The headline was something like "GAY GENE ABORTION HOPE".

If I'd called Passantino, probably I'd ban zeus too!

zing!

Haha I just read the Daily Mail's take on this an it was trying desperately hard not to just go "GO MORRISSEY!" It barely bothered to mention the NME.

counting the days til Cameron praises/quotes Moz

already happened -- he included him in dersert island discs and saw him at wembley.

i mean specifically in relation to this contro

Shouldn't be a problem, really. Morrissey's not racist, Cameron's not racist, the Tory Party certainly isn't racist. It's just a debate the nation needs to have.

You don't need to be a racist to hate the people from Poland or Bosnia. They are not wogs, nor darkies, I'm afraid.

"They are not wogs, nor darkies, I'm afraid."

but they are still foreigners. which is what counts.

Racism doesn't equal xenophobia, that's my point.

Good point

true, but they usually overlap somewhat (and i dont see how him being 'only xenophobic' is any better! its also pretty blurry w/r/t to moz, if you take into account the things hes said before this new nme interview.)

this whole fiasco seems to have done wonders for morrissey overall - judging from all the supportive letters hes getting in the sun, its like middle england has found someone unafraid to say what they really mean. which will obviously warm morrisseys heart.

... it'll warm his English Heart and chill his Irish Blood

So how about that law suit then? Presumably the case is being fought by the same firm helping Sam Allardyce sue Panorama.

http://musicslut.blogspot.com/2008/01/morrissey-displays-political-preference.html

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/06/arse.jpg

Warning: Not safe for lunch

Officially NOT RACIST:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7328135.stm

(He is though).

Jason Donovan's not gay, either.

Frank Lampard is NOT FAT.

Okay that one would never stand up in a court of law.

Because it would be out of breath after 30 seconds amirite?

Of course Morrissey is racist. Everyone knows old people are racist. And based on the pic in that article Morrisey is now quite old. Maybe he's still trying to cling to the idea of being of a youthful pop star by saying he's not racist. He should just admit he's old and racist.

I'm sorry, I don't know what that post was about.

^^^ BLACK HOLE OF META

Haha.

David Quantick's not a pathetic old hack who helps make the Radio 2 Comedy Hour about as funny as *insert concentration camp of your choice*.

i haven't hearrd that particular thing, but quantick is funny.

Was/Is Tuomas ageist? :)

id respect him more if he just admitted he was a racist. or just knew that he was one.

Yeah, I've got a lot of respect for self-professed racists too.

christ.

"Yeah, I've got a lot of respect for self-professed racists too."

good to see im not alone.

hang on