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Billy Corgan has compared ‘social justice warriors’ to members of the Klu Klux Klan “spitting in some person of colour’s face,” asking, ‘How is this any different?” In every way, Billy. In every possible way.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman hadn’t said anything inflammatory in at least a week, so it was probably about time he unleashed another opinion. As NME reports, this latest one came during a guest appearance on the radio show of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Speaking of the younger generation of socially conscious internet users, Corgan said, "I'm horrified as somebody who believes in free speech and is an artist, because those people are gonna be coming for me.”
He continued, "Let’s face it. It may not be tomorrow, but it's soon enough because I said the wrong thing on the wrong day because I was tired and I didn't take my [Xanax] that day, or whatever. You know what I mean? It's like, to live like that, to live where every word is a landmine... it's not the world I want to live in.”
He went on to say, "If you could go back to Selma [in Alabama] 1932, and the Klan member spitting in some person of colour's face, don't you think that guy thought he was right, too? So how is this any different?
"I was there growing up at the time when they let the KKK march down the street, and what was the big issue? It was a free speech issue. We don't like it. They're thumbing in our nose but, you know what, it's better to have an America where these idiots get to walk down the street and spout their hate.”
Meanwhile, Corgan recently revealed that he’s written about a thousand pages of his forthcoming memoir, which is thought to be called God Is Everywhere, From Here To There.
