You probably have seen Pink Floyd’s announcement for celebrating 50 years of Dark Side of the Moon. Their 50th-anniversary logo looks pretty sick. However, there are some “fans” who are disgusted by the new logo. They noticed the rainbow and immediately called it LGBTQ+ propaganda. Yet these “fans” can’t remember that the original cover had a prism that put out a rainbow. It’s almost like these people aren’t actually fans and are just people who want to hate the world’s progress.

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This isn’t the first time people completely miss something about the things they like. Look at Rage Against The Machine. Their music is all about politics, especially Killing In The Name. It gets super confusing when “fans” say they need to leave out the politics from their shows as if they didn’t know what exactly their music stands for. It’s kind of like saying Star Wars shouldn’t be political, despite the fact that “war” is in the name.

People are going to ignore what their favourite pieces of media are about and say certain things shouldn’t be a part of it, despite the fact that those things are the foundation of what they like. Imagine chocolate chip cookies without chocolate chips. Or snowmen without snow. Or houses without foundations. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Now apply those to the things we mentioned. Imagine Dark Side of the Moon without the rainbow on the cover. Nothing else could scream that album without the rain. Or Rage Against The Machine without politics. The band name wouldn’t even make sense unless you take it literally. Or Star Wars without war. The entire franchise wouldn’t even happen.

Before you say something doesn’t belong in a thing you like, think about why it’s in there. If it’s the entire foundation of that thing you like, you shouldn’t be complaining about it.