Steven Van Zandt, the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, recently caused a stir when he called for the “extermination” of Republican “cockroaches” in a tweet that has since been deleted. The tweet was met with immediate backlash from conservatives and sparked a debate about the role of politics in music.
Van Zandt is known for his activism and political views, and he has long been an outspoken critic of President Trump. In the now-deleted tweet, Van Zandt wrote:
Stevie Van Zandt says that Gen Z, Gen Y and Gen X "will unite and exterminate (white Republicans) these cockroaches once and for all"
Well @StevieVanZandt, coming from a Gen X'er, I have only one thing to say to you… OK BOOMER!???????????????? pic.twitter.com/LTndaMKaWm
— Winston (@19Goldstein84) April 11, 2023
The tweet quickly drew criticism from conservatives who accused Van Zandt of inciting violence against Republicans. Many argued that it was inappropriate for a musician to be so openly political and to call for violence against those with whom he disagrees politically.
Van Zandt later apologized for the tweet, saying that it was not meant to be taken literally and that he did not intend to incite violence or hatred. He also said that he regretted using such inflammatory language and that he should have chosen his words more carefully.
Well, if that’s true, then what was his intent? What did he mean by it?
Despite Van Zandt’s apology, many remain unconvinced. They argue that musicians should focus on making music rather than engaging in partisan debates on social media platforms like Twitter. That’s what I think, too. Not just for musicians, but for most celebrities or people with a huge platform. We want to be entertained, not proselytized.
At the same time, there are those who believe that musicians have every right to express their political views as long as they do so responsibly and without inciting violence or hatred towards others. They argue that musicians can use their platform to raise awareness about important issues and spark meaningful conversations about politics without resorting to inflammatory rhetoric or hate speech.
Ultimately, this incident highlights how divided our society is politically and how difficult it can be to engage in civil discourse on sensitive topics like politics, especially for liberals since they have no filter whatsoever. They think that they can do or say whatever they want and get away with it and sadly, because our government is largely liberal, they do.
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You can only become a legend when you’re dead. I look forward to the day his legendary status is r0ealised
Well Versed. The Only thing I see here is a OVERSIZED PARASITE that doesn’t know his A $ S from a hole in the Ground ! ????????????????
what a jerk. no one cares what you think. You are an old man+.
Age has NOTHING to do with hate, bias, or idiocy, all of which appear in his comments. I’m older than he is, & while I disagree with a lot of today’s attitudes & beliefs, I DO believe in Yhwh God, who created is all in His image, & with free will to choose; even to choose evil. There is a penalty for that last, & he’s closing in on the “due date” for that debt; I should think that would occur to him, quite honestly, & he would be thinking seriously about a change in course. I don’t believe he, or any of the rest holding that mindset, will find the penalty for holding it at all to their liking. I rather suspect many like him may spend eternity screaming about how unfair it is, even though the warnings about it have been publicized for centuries. There is no such thing as a “good” person, & only 1 way to “avoid” that penalty; it can’t be bought, or earned.
Just an ignorant lib gum flapping is all I see.
he’s anything but a legendary guitarist. he can go f himself……
No legendary… infamous…. and yes, he is an idiot… privileged and moral-less… the pinup for the socialst scum that have infected our world….
Hmmmm….. maybe we should call an exterminator….
GO SUCK donny’s DICK AND EAT IT’S SHIT!
Just another IDIOT who does not know better.
LOOK ! He dresses like Sleeping Joey the Only walking pretending president ! ????????????????
Thing is, at his age, he does know better,. Back in the day, even public schools taught appropriate comportment; he’s not enough younger than I am to have missed those lessons, my younger siblings didn’t.
He violated a number 1 rule for an entertainer. Don’t let one’s politics be known unless they’ve saved up so many zillions of $$$$ they don’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. You’ll only p-off half the people who don’t agree with you and won’t consider buying your music in the future, thus cutting their marketability down. I don’t have any of his recordings but I recall he played backup in a lot of big groups in the past. Not going to trash those.
Yo, douchebag, the feeling is mutual and I’m not even a Republican any longer.
I just wish we were never forced to hear this pos on the radio again!
what a jerk. no one cares what you think
he’s the one that needs to be exterminated. bruce springsteen included
Yours is the only comment that is dead on! Conservatives have no balls or we would have eliminated this type of threat long ago. Instead we’ve allowed the ENEMY to infiltrate our government, the banks, the media, entertainment, and education an indoctrinate generations, violate the Constitution, and put controls on the people. We don’t hesitate to send troops to other countries and use “force” to spread “our” agenda, but refuse to lift a finger on our home ground!
Why the hell does anybody pay attention to a fool like this.
The liberal scum think this is fine but cry like babies when
some conservative makes a much less hate oriented comment.
HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO THE MAIN CRY BABY NAMED donny CHUMP. THAT THING HAS BEEN CRYING ABOUT AN ELECTION THAT WASN’T STOLEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT CLOWN WHO’S SELLING NFT’S. WHAT A CLOWN SHOW, IDIOT!
“Not to be taken literally”?? It seems pretty clear to me. It was a pretty “literal” statement.
Tell that cockroach ???? he can come to my house first, no one else will have to be worried about him.
YOU FIRST!
This clown does realize that cockroaches have been around for thousands of years does he not? I will put my money on conservatives being around politically long after his so called Gen-X, Gen-Y, Gen-Z friends and f our Republic is to survive he better pray they are.
HASN’T THE CHUMB BEEN INCITING VIOLENCE FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS OR SO? THE BIGGEST COCKROACH OF ALL!
Disgusting and always an apology after they almost incite a riot. Just a reminder 6 million Jews were called cockroaches and we all know their ending. So, stop it.
Looks like the music industry is going Hollywood.
Might want to study NAZI tactics. They were good at eliminating opposition to their goals.
Perhaps he should demonstrate on himself?
Libs/ Marxists NEVER demonstrate on themselves. That’s why Lurch Kerry flies private while preaching about “global warming” or why Pelousy and Scummer don’t drive the electric cars which they want us “deplorables” to drive.
They have been sprung leftists for years!
This is another example of mentally impaired liberal, known as the might midgets of mental mediocrity!
Just punk trash being trash.
I guess this scumbag must be a democrat! He can probably afford to pay higher gas, food prices and everything else that has risen during this administration.
My response to the mental midget that can’t say anything he really means. You are a well-paid performer, not by me because I have better taste in music, that is paid to sit on stage and perform. So other morons can yell and think Bruce does well. Remember nobody paid to come to your show, you are not a star so when you spout off your rhetoric you are just spouting trash. Now you must humble yourself and apologize, take back all your garbage; doesn’t it get your crawl?
These are just rewards for mental midgets liberals like you who don’t think… Did you ever think how these liberal idiots were supposed to take down all these conservative gun toten Republicans?
Do you think Antifa could do it? You are dumber than I thought you were.
And I mean every word I say…
You meant every word you said Van Dantz’s.!
Apologies not excepted.
Go Fuc* yourself.
Guns do not kill, it’s the person that pulls the trigger. Wake up America we are looking at a war in the next two years and if we do not get prepared now we will never be ready. We will all be learning another language. The truth is coming out that Biden and family is well into China. Can’t forget the RINO’s and DINO.s They all have investments in China also.
Well… All I can say to “Little Stevie” is GO FU*K your self! I bet YOU (like all leftest, communist, socialist co*k suckers) have armed bodyguards around you all the time. You and your Chickensh*t boss! I’ll keep my firearms so I can defend myself from all the basement dwellers that would threaten me and my family. Oh! And by the way you piece of sh*t, if you haven’t looked in the mirror lately……. YOUR A BOOMER!!!!!
What do you expect of this wanna be ??
He and Springsteen are demon????s and they don’t know any better ????
Legendary?? Ha!
“Little Stevie” has proven just how little he is.
He’s not fit to shine Clapton’s shoes.
Stick to music, dimwit.
VanZant was always a cereep and now he is advertising that he wants to exterminat GOP. We are coming for you and we will put you where you belong and that is in prison for your insanity and corruption. WE will come for you and we will decimate your life and you will spend the rest of your life in prison.
What an amazing a**hole!
Boycott all Bruce Stinkstreen concert and merchandise
Who is Van Zandt??? Didn’t “He,it/whatever” die of a drug overdose, twice???
I am Springsteen’s age and have never been even a minor fan. I was saddened at the deaths of Lynyrd Skynyrd members in the ’70’s, Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1990, and more recently, Jeff Beck. Also a big fan of gorgeous Christine McVie. This guy Van Zandt is one of the poorest examples of an American citizen I’ve ever seen. If that whole band went down in an airplane, I wouldn’t bat an eye.
Stevie knows nothing. He is the ultimate cockroach.
He knew exactly he was inciting violence, just as Whoopie Goldberg and Jane Fonda knew they were inciting violence and probably they will be the cause of individuals’ deaths. These individuals know they can do these things and nothing is going to happen to them.
Maybe the 75 million conservative cockroaches who voted for trump should boycott Springsteen like bud light or exterminate washed up has been guitarist who suck at acting!!!!!
Allow me to inform you that liberals have what is known as a brain virus! This was proven in the 70’s when a group of researchers studied these sick souls, this virus eats the centrifugal lobe which is where logic and reasoning are brought to the fore, thus making them think illogically, they are in need of help that is unavailable, they are evil and sick!
I’ve never listened to his music. I don’t care for Bruce Springsteen, or his band. I don’t care who this guy is and I will never listen to his music. EVER.
This guitarist got the one people exterminated–it goes to the democrats, they are the ones ruining this country!!!!
Sick… it invites the competition to evaluate the Dems as equally unsavory, unhealthy, and unfit to lead OUR country. The UNITED States of America. Keep it up and watch the division get worse.
HEY ASSHOLE barry, WHAT THE FUCK HAS THAT THING CALLED donny CHUMP BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 6 OR 7 YEARS? IF THAT THING DIDN’T SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE PEACEFUL, SCUMBAG!
HEY ASSHOLE, daniel, WHAT THE FUCK HAS THAT THING CALLED donny CHUMP BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 6 OR 7 YEARS? IF THAT THING DIDN’T SAY THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE PEACEFUL, SCUMBAG!