LOL! Third Eye Blind Tortures RNC Concertgoers With LGBT Rights Speech, New Material

[tenderfoot]

Like Bruce Willis drilling himself into the core of an evil asteroid, Third Eye Blind performed to a sea of GOPers at a charity concert in Cleveland last night with the apparent intention of pissing everyone off.

According to Billboard, the band refused to play most of its hits—except for “Jumper,” which is about a gay man who jumps off a bridge, and which singer Stephan Jenkins introduced by talking about the need to bring people like “my cousins, who are gay, into the American fabric,” and to “not live your life in fear and imposing that fear on other people.” From Billboard:

Witnesses at the group’s Tuesday night show in Cleveland, a charity gig inside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, reported that Jenkins used the occasion to say he “repudiates” what the Republican party now stands for. Clips uploaded to social media platforms show the crowd booing, followed by Jenkins exclaiming: “You can boo all you want, but I’m the motherf—-in’ artist up here.”
Jenkins also reportedly asked the crowd to “raise your hand if you believe in science,” to which they responded with boos. Nice!

more: http://theslot.jezebel.com/third-eye-blind-tortures-rnc-concertgoers-with-lgbt-rig-1783968319

[MattP]

1. How's it going to be is my jam

[RussBLib]

2. the GOP's third eye is certainly blind

and something seems wrong with their brains too

[meow2u3]

12. So are their first and second eyes

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. Aye aye to that.

[AllyCat]

25. LOL!

[Raster]

26. No matter. That fourth, smell, brown eye is always open.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Third Eye Blind = My Favorite Humans of the Day, 7-20-2016

What a great thing to do.

[Cobalt Indigo]

4. Been my favorite band since I was a kid!

This makes me so happy!

[kwolf68]

5. LOVE this

Way to go !!!

[kwolf68]

6. This singer just exposed them

They booed

to asking if you believe in science?

OH MY GOD.

Science has given us SO LITTLE.

I'll be checking out Third Eye Blind a bit more now.

[Moostache]

19. Science is understood, theories are accepted as a best explanation of the facts; it's NOT believed.

No offense to kwolf68 is meant or implied here...I am responding to the GOP and right-wing nonsense about "believing in science", whether that be the causal link between cigarettes and cancer (ask their current VP nominee about that), the age of the Earth or the theory of Evolution (ask their twice removed VP nominee about that), or Anthropomorphic Climate Change (ask any of the current jackals in congress about that).

I do not "believe" in ANY of those things because they are not articles of faith! The act of understanding science means that you are capable of reading data, understanding theories that explain that data and willing to change your position based on new evidence or changing facts due to additional information or studies.

Everytime I see some jackass reporter say that "x % of Americans do not 'believe' in climate change" or "y % of Americans do not 'believe' in Darwin's theory of Evolution", I want to scream!!!!

[Glassunion]

21. Exactly.

It is a bit of a nuance in our language. However, a more apt word to use when asking, would probably be "subscribe".

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. I use the word "accept."

Do you accept that science is the best means of understanding our world?

[GusBob]

7. We saw TEB at Bonnaroo the day after the Orlando nightclub shootings

Mr Jenkins gave very moving and eloquent speeches about unity and respect and tributes to the victims. As it was one of the last shows of the weekend, the venue was packed and the crowd was well in tune with his words and their music. Because of time frames, Bonnaroo does not allow encores. The crowds know this.

This band had to do one as the crowd wouldn't leave.

In 5 trips to Bonnaroo, this was hands down one of the most memorable shows

[AllyCat]

8. I've been a lukewarm fan, but these guys launched onto my listening

station. Thanks for this and thanks to these heroes of humanity.

[sarae]

9. hah!

I have a newfound respect for them. That's amazing.

[LonePirate]

10. This is protesting done right! In your face mockery and chastisement are personal faves. Kudos!

[niyad]

11. " what the Republican party NOW stands for.""" has he not been paying attention these

last 30 or 40 years?

[MrScorpio]

13. Not a fan of their music...

But I love this.

[Generic Other]

14. Link to video...

https://mic.com/articles/149251/third-eye-blind-threw-a-semi-charmed-rnc-performance-to-troll-the-sh-t-out-of-republicans#.KaVLIHaWu

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. every R I know is a fan of country music and not much else....

congrats to TEB for 'torturing' the Republican crowd

[sarcasmo]

16. I remember all the 3eb car window stickers in the 90's

[ancianita]

18. "Jumper" is more apropos to singing before the GOP, imo.

[geek tragedy]

20. best headline ever nt

[Danmel]

22. Love it

These hateful idiots need to be made as uncomfortable as possible.

[OverBurn]

24. I honestly know nothing they sang, but I'll have to buy a album now.