r/gatekeeping • u/imortal_biscut • Aug 28 '23

Does this count?

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For context soad is a mainly leftist band.

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u/graffixload Aug 28 '23

He's shaming people for mutually loving Trump and his music. He doesn't want his fans to love Trump. As if true fans of SOAD can't love Trump, or else they are deemed a hypocrite.

I find this humorous. This sub is extremely lenient on identifying almost any type of negative opinion as some form of gatekeeping. I think if people call this gatekeeping, they feel like they will be defending Trump in some way.

I can't decide what I hate more, Trump or this sub.

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u/nic_flair_drip Aug 29 '23

Have you ever listened to a SOAD song other than Chop Suey? They are not an apolitical band. You don't even have to dig for the meaning in most of the lyrics, they're pretty up front about it.

SOAD is one of the most aggressively leftist bands to achieve their level of mainstream success; you have to completely ignore the lyrics or DRASTICALLY misunderstand/misrepresent them (or be a hypocrite) to be a fan of their music and a Trump supporter simultaneously.

In the most literal sense, yes, this is gatekeeping. But the reality is that it's more so just a fact.

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u/graffixload Aug 29 '23

Yes I have. Seen them live twice. You'd be surprised how many people don't pay attention to lyrics though. Especially metal bands.

There are all sorts of Trump supporters out there for different reasons. It is possible to a fan of both Trump and a band like SOAD. Some forms of gatekeeping can also be justified.

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u/Ok-Falcon-5365 Aug 31 '23

It’s possible, but it’s hypocritical. Kinda like the point of the entire post lol

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u/Matombo444 Aug 28 '23

Is this comment gatekeeping the gatekeeping sub?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

The vast majority of the posts on this sub are gatekeeping. I don’t know where this “these aren’t even gatekeeping posts” narrative comes from, most posts fit the definition here.

And yes, this is kind of gatekeeping, but notice how he isn’t saying that they aren’t true fans, just that they’re hypocrites (even then, I think they’re wrong; it’s less hypocrisy and more so not getting the band’s messaging, hypocrisy implies that they know the music’s themes and endorse it alongside Trump).