The famous British recording artist Morrissey sparked a fierce backlash among fans this week by blasting the “loony left” on his website.
A wide-ranging interview posted to “Morrissey Central” on Monday prompted fans of the former The Smiths frontman to throw out albums and vow to snub future projects. Angry music lovers lashed out at the singer for his opinions on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Brexit, Adolf Hitler and the left’s modern definition of racism.
“As far as racism goes, the modern loony left seem to forget that Hitler was left wing! But of course, we are all called racist now, and the word is actually meaningless,” the singer wrote Monday. “It’s just a way of changing the subject. When someone calls you racist, what they are saying is ’hmm, you actually have a point, and I don’t know how to answer it, so perhaps if I distract you by calling you a bigot we’ll both forget how enlightened your comment was.’”
Morrissey also commented on the rising crime rate in London and Mr. Khan’s reaction to it.
“London is debased,” the songwriter and animal rights activist said. “The Mayor of London tells us about ’Neighborhood policin’ — what is ’policin’? He tells us London is an ’amazin’ city. What is ’amazin’? This is the Mayor of London and he cannot talk properly! I saw an interview where he was discussing mental health, and he repeatedly said ’men’el ’ … he could not say the words ’mental health’. The Mayor of London! Civilization is over!”
“London is second only to Bangladesh for acid attacks,” he continued. “All of the attacks are non-white, and so they cannot be truthfully addressed by the British government or the Met Police or the BBC because of political correctness. What this means is that the perpetrator is considered to be as much of a victim as the actual victim. We live in the Age of Atrocity.”
U.K. Guardian editor Alex Needham called the interview career suicide.
“Shout out to Morrissey’s interviewer, you allowed him to hang himself more effectively than in an all-out hatchet job,” he tweeted.
“Hands up who still thinks Morrissey isn’t a racist turd?” added another reader.
“Your work with The Smiths has always meant the world to me, and it always will. I have always had the utmost respect for your principles, but no more,” tweeted a third person. “The old Hitler was a lefty chestnut? Now I know it’s over.”
The artist concluded the interview by teasing a new album and confirming July concerts in Austria and Finland.
Shout out to Morrissey’s interviewer, you allowed him to hang himself more effectively than in an all-out hatchet job
— Alex Needham (@alexneedham74) April 17, 2018
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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