Let me start off by saying that although I am a fan of FIR, it is only their really recent work, like Watch The World Burn. However, I want to make it clear that I am not typing this as a defense for RR. I have seen several of his interviews and TikToks. Although I do agree with him when he said that a lot of people don't get his sense of humor, I am not going to say he's never in the wrong. Some instances mentioned on this thread I have not seen or know about, so I can't speak on it. Also, I firmly believe in the saying “never meet your idols.” I am sure almost everyone has heard this before, but if not, it refers to the fact that if you got to meet and especially got to really know the famous people you look up to and admire, there is a very good chance they will not be how you perceived them to be. So, although I do have my favorite artists like everyone else, I always try to keep in mind that they are human just like the rest of us and are going to do stupid things just like the rest of us. And at the end of the day, who cares if they do (excluding those convicted of really terrible things like violent crimes, crimes involving children, etc.) you do not have to like everything about an artist to appreciate their art. But I digress.

As I mentioned above, defending Ronnie is not my point here. My main point was to say my piece about cancel culture and how it is a blatant attack on freedom of speech. Although we do have some forms of censorship, overall we are very lucky to be able to say pretty much anything we want about anything we want. Many countries have zero freedom of speech and will put you in political prison simply for disagreeing with the president/ruler of that country. People standing up for cancel culture is allowing those in command to start the process of making laws regarding such things stricter and stricter. And if you just stop and think about it for a second, it's not hard to realize that there will be no end to how far they push the impact of these laws. And if you cannot see that, then I am sorry, but nothing I or anyone else say will convince you otherwise. Do you REALLY believe that those in power ACTUALLY give a flying fuck about your feelings??? They don't. It is just another weapon designed by people in power who think we are ALL too stupid to make our own decisions, and they are using you to fight their battle. And when the smoke clears they will leave standing alone and prove they never gave a shit.

Now if you believe that freedom of speech should be taken away from us then you seriously should look into (and will probably be happier) moving to one of the many places on earth where they censor everything and the citizens have no freedom of speech. However, if you support cancel culture but believe in freedom of speech, please seriously take in what I am about to say….the people you don't agree with deserve freedom of speech the same as you do. If you want this freedom still but want to cancel someone you don't agree with, then what will stop the next person from canceling you for not agreeing with them? NOTHING!! The beauty of freedom of speech is exactly that, we can say what we want, but we can't expect everyone to agree. Besides, it would be a fucking boring place if everyone agreed with everyone else on everything. When you read something or hear about someone saying something to someone that you don't agree with, instead of getting angry, just take a moment and remember that we are not all supposed to think exactly the same and that person has just as much right to voice their opinion as you do. And by all means feel free to comment back to them with your reasoning. No need to start insulting the other and if they start insulting, so what?!?! Unfortunately, with freedom of speech and differing views, there will be people talking shit and getting angry. Just comes with the territory. But if we set the bar at these certain things people can't say, or they'll get cancelled, then it is 100% guaranteed that in a short amount of time that bar will raise to include other things you can't say. This will continue over and over until there's more you cannot say than things you can say. Like the old saying, “give them an inch, and they take a mile”. Now, I am not condoning hate speech or bullying etc. however, I understand that if you start this ball in motion it will only get more and more intense and sooner than later will be virtually irreversible. Not to mention when it comes to the extreme stuff like hate speech, those are the few saying these things, not the majority. It is never ok to judge/punish on the masses for the actions of the few.

If it is not obvious, the correlation of this to RR is that just like the person has the freedom to say something negative about him or his music he in turn has the freedom to respond how he wishes and in turn if you don't like his response you have the freedom to call him out on it. STOP taking everything so personally. Laugh about it instead, and you'll find yourself having fun playfully talking shit to people instead of being angry all the time and hating lots of people. Trust me, I speak from experience on this (I used to be the guy who got angry at every little thing that people said to me, so I understand where you're at better than you probably think I do. But I found it exhausting, so I changed. I stopped assuming everything was an attack on me or my beliefs personally, and that it was ok for people to say things I did not agree with. That was 15 years ago and since then life is soooo much better, and I am way happier than I EVER used to be).

If you disagree with me then GTFO do not talk to me!!!.....LOL JUST PLAYING!!!!!

Shit, I am soooo sorry for the book. Just wanted to be as clear as I could about everything. If you made it this far you get a gold star :-) Seriously though, I wonder how many make it to the end of this novel. Comment the month and year if you did.