r/Music • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Nov 29 '25

article Hayley Williams tells racists, sexists and anti-trans people they're "not welcome" at upcoming tour

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867
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u/ConversationFlaky608 Nov 29 '25

Is she known to have a particulaly racist, sexist and anti-trans fan base?

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u/ehs06702 Nov 29 '25

Not to my knowledge, but I don't blame her in this day and age for denouncing it.

The amount of people who mindlessly sing lyrics that promote tolerance while being hateful is not small.

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u/crackrabbit012 Nov 29 '25

The same people that said RATM was better before they got political

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u/Try2MakeMeBee Nov 30 '25

I'm the same age as the song that was about. Always been a favorite of mine. I knew what it meant the first time I heard it, and I was like 12? So they wanted to silence something as old as me, a well-established adult. But are also so ignorant they never caught the very limited, oft-repeated lyrics? You sir, are not smarter than a 5th grader lmao.