UGH...The tired, "BEST" Rock guitarist thread

Ted is as relevant as any of us. Why the anger? Don’t like his point of view on things? He is both relevant and free to have his views.  

@grannyring Anger?  If you find calling an accomplished black man a subhuman mongrel and making threats to kill him(not that he would have, Ted is a coward like all his ilk) just a point of view, no, not anger but disgust and sadness. That man was Barack Obama, who had the audacity to become President. Good old Ted has made his angry hatred and racism quite a platform to remain relevant among the terrible people who hold the same 'views'. And that's just a part of his awfulness. Misogyny and more.... Of course, he is free to have his warped views but that doesn't mean people have to accept it. I imagine I'd get banned from here pretty quick were I to spout the vile garbage Ted does.

This isn't about politics or different opinions, it's about being a good human being. Normalizing such things by saying it's ok is not something any decent person should support. 

@jet88 I agree that estimations of a musician's character can affect listener's estimation of their music and/or talent. Ted has put himself out there front and center, you'd have to be a hermit to not know his character. he became far more a political figure that artist at some point in his life. His talent or lack of same really doesn't matter to me anymore.

jet88- if everyone  simply ignored EVERY musician/entertainer's opinions outside of their musical ability, perhaps the world would be a little calmer?

Ted's a fine Rock guitartist who knows where R&R came from, and where it went with EVH. His opinions and all other musicians  outside of music I mute.

@tablejockey I didn't want to drag your thread off topic into such things. I was prompted to respond as ignoring hate as merely opinion is a dangerous thing. It can be an opinion that someone thinks taxes should be spent a certain way, that some music is better than other types, tubes vs. solid state, etc.. But hatred and the rising violence and anger it breeds is not opinion. It's deep-seated mental illness at best, and outright evil at worst. As I said, normalizing it instead of treating it as the toxic disease on society it is will let it grow, rather than be eventually cured.

We only need look to the (yet another) shooting in Buffalo to see the cost, the absolute agony those who's loved ones were murdered simply for being the wrong color are living through.

Thank you for reading, I will not continue to speak on this, as it's not the proper place for a longer discussion of this nature. Have a good day and enjoy music.

@tablejockey - Why should we ignore somebody's opinion because they are in entertainment or the arts? Should we also ignore the opinions of computer programmers? Farmers? Uber drivers?

Musicians and entertainers are human beings just like everybody else - some are smart, some are not; they are not machines that exist for the purpose of keeping people entertained, and their opinions are just as valid as anybody else's as long as they're kept as opinions and do not incite violence. Some opinions I agree with, some opinions I find contemptible, but there you go. 

If you propose ignoring certain people's opinions in order to make the world a little calmer (a fine ideal, of course), everybody should ignore everybody else's opinions except their own. Don't know how desirable that would be even if it was possible.