World's oldest record store bans Morrissey sales over far-right support (interviews, activist)

[thefragile]

Originally Posted by jjrose

There are still record stores?

Is this a serious question?

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by Elliott_CA

I'm liberal and I think the record store was dumb for doing this. Just be quiet and put Morrissey's records out in the bins without drawing attention to them. They'll just collect dust because he's a washed-up has-been from 30 years ago.

Still on the plus side at least Morrissey is no longer on Henry Rollins 'kill list'. Can you imagine being on Henry Rollins kill list, he's man with a neck like a rottweiler.

Henry Rollins: 'Morrissey is no longer on my kill list' | Music | The Guardian

I think Morrisey calling the Chinese a sub-species might have been a liile bit controversial.

35 of Morrissey's most controversial quotes - iNEws

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

Vinyl has seen a resurgence and has always been popular with audiophiles. CD cannot match a record and common formats like MP3 are even worse. There are digital formats that can match the sound of vinyl but they are not very common especially for what is commercially available.

They're also still quite popular in Japan. Tower Records Japan is still doing a lot of business after its US counterpart shut down operations.

[ATX Wahine]

People still listen to Morrissey? I thought they’d all killed themselves off by now.

And yea man, a record store discriminating against a recording artist’s lifestyle? That kind of censorship ought to kill off the industry quick enough.

[scarabchuck]

Originally Posted by ATX Wahine

People still listen to Morrissey? I thought they’d all killed themselves off by now.

And yea man, a record store discriminating against a recording artist’s lifestyle? That kind of censorship ought to kill off the industry quick enough.

Lol...yeah, most of the Smiths/ Morrissey is quite depressing sounding but is still a great example of 80's alternative.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Morrissey ads banned, by Steve Sailer - The Unz Review

Posters promoting Morrissey’s latest album have been removed from railway stations after a commuter complained.

Merseyrail apologised and said the posters did not reflect its “values”.
The adverts, which contain no political message...
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Titania McGrath
@TitaniaMcGrath
Staff at @merseyrail were right to remove this triggering image of Morrissey’s face from their stations.

But by publishing a photograph of the poster, the BBC are committing a second act of violence.
Photocopying a swastika doesn’t make it any less harmful, you know...

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

Morrissey ads banned, by Steve Sailer - The Unz Review

The Left are so easily triggered, however organisations cave in to the demands of a few left wingers every time.

Morrissey is not a Nazi and is entitiled to his own political views, indeed he's a singer not a politician.

[BeerGeek40]

Originally Posted by Elliott_CA

I'm liberal and I think the record store was dumb for doing this. Just be quiet and put Morrissey's records out in the bins without drawing attention to them. They'll just collect dust because he's a washed-up has-been from 30 years ago.

Agree. Never a big Smiths fan, although they had a couple of good guitar tunes.

[maf763]

Originally Posted by Brave New World

The Left are so easily triggered, however organisations cave in to the demands of a few left wingers every time.

Morrissey is not a Nazi and is entitiled to his own political views, indeed he's a singer not a politician.

So is the owner of the record store. The right is so easily triggered when someone expresses an opinion critical of them.

[EastwardBound]

Silly entertainer. Doesn't he know he needs to stick to threatening to chop off the Queen's head or killing Trump if he wants to maintain his membership in the media elite establishment?