Prompt: Hopepunk says that kindness and softness doesn’t equal weakness, and that in this world of brutal cynicism and nihilism, being kind is a political act. An act of rebellion.
Completion:
"It's pretty hard to equate the dark side of [Blind Willie's] side with the light side," Hustepunk says. "Kung fu is the most violent act of rebellion, and he sings about that with a lot of anger. The only problem with nationalism is that you have to have all these characters singing about love and love."
Blind Willie, who was born and raised in Connecticut, has been a strong advocate of American political conservatism for at least two decades. In a 2013 interview with the Huffington Post, he wrote that "the kindest people in this life are not those who strive for right-wing ideals but those who have invested their lives into the deep-pocketed interests of an increasingly corrupt media, particularly the Democratic Party, and have found success in creating an atmosphere of insecurity and fear."
Blind Willie is Indigenous and is an American-born Canadian national. "I suffer from depression," he says. "I've experienced it at the hands of the forces that cut my down to earth community."
Hustepunk is a member of the American Red Cross, a military advisory group for the Middle East and South Asia. In a 2011 interview with The Huffington Post, he sweetly states:
"When I was growing up, because I was from the South, and our culture was completely rejected, I went out and bought weapons, bought boxing cards, bought stereos. I got to be an average person. My life is almost nonstop. It's a constant struggle. Knowing the depth of my pain, being able to overcome it and the complications of it, is going to be a constant struggle for all of us."
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Hustepunk says that he's fed a number of misconceptions across his life about how people view him and the issues that he has come to face. He says that he, his very life, and his countless fans share a deep hatred against capitalism. "I've never had a feeling for the United States," he says. "So it was a really, really instituting feeling that I was about to die just for the sake of people's lives."
One of the most harrowing quotes from Hustepunk's 2010 memoir Raindrops, as cited in the piece, comes from Waxman:
"I still have a dark side to the country. I'm a believer in black and white. I believe that the white country was a continuation of slavery. In fact, I still
Completion:
"It's pretty hard to equate the dark side of [Blind Willie's] side with the light side," Hustepunk says. "Kung fu is the most violent act of rebellion, and he sings about that with a lot of anger. The only problem with nationalism is that you have to have all these characters singing about love and love."
Blind Willie, who was born and raised in Connecticut, has been a strong advocate of American political conservatism for at least two decades. In a 2013 interview with the Huffington Post, he wrote that "the kindest people in this life are not those who strive for right-wing ideals but those who have invested their lives into the deep-pocketed interests of an increasingly corrupt media, particularly the Democratic Party, and have found success in creating an atmosphere of insecurity and fear."
Blind Willie is Indigenous and is an American-born Canadian national. "I suffer from depression," he says. "I've experienced it at the hands of the forces that cut my down to earth community."
Hustepunk is a member of the American Red Cross, a military advisory group for the Middle East and South Asia. In a 2011 interview with The Huffington Post, he sweetly states:
"When I was growing up, because I was from the South, and our culture was completely rejected, I went out and bought weapons, bought boxing cards, bought stereos. I got to be an average person. My life is almost nonstop. It's a constant struggle. Knowing the depth of my pain, being able to overcome it and the complications of it, is going to be a constant struggle for all of us."
♦◊♦
Hustepunk says that he's fed a number of misconceptions across his life about how people view him and the issues that he has come to face. He says that he, his very life, and his countless fans share a deep hatred against capitalism. "I've never had a feeling for the United States," he says. "So it was a really, really instituting feeling that I was about to die just for the sake of people's lives."
One of the most harrowing quotes from Hustepunk's 2010 memoir Raindrops, as cited in the piece, comes from Waxman:
"I still have a dark side to the country. I'm a believer in black and white. I believe that the white country was a continuation of slavery. In fact, I still