30 May 2009

Racist-ass hardcore band to play the First Unitarian Church next weekend

One Life Crew, a hardcore band from Cleveland, is scheduled to play the First Unitarian Church on the 6th.

The First Unitarian Church and Rev. Nate Walker should know better. An all-welcoming stance that is tolerant of diverse views shouldn't include, you know, homophobia and racial hate. It's not "censorship" to refuse to rent the space to them. By the same token, it's not an opportunity to "create a civic process that will get us all talking about racism and homophobia." When people disagree with One Life Crew's message, the group's leader goes beats them up (incident starts about 1:38).

Anyway everybody knows that venues are for tools -- real hardcore bands play basements in South Philly.

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