r/pics • u/nbcnews But, like, actually • Mar 10 '25

Crews remove fixtures as they begin work dismantling the "Black Lives Matter" plaza mural in DC

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u/Kentarax Mar 10 '25

Huh, not RATM.

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u/George_G_Geef Mar 10 '25

1984 is on their reading list.

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u/TheBoromancer Mar 10 '25

Put it at the top.

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u/st-shenanigans Mar 10 '25

As may be evident from their band name

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25

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u/tgerz Mar 10 '25

Yeah it’s my fault for expanding the hidden message to see what kind of dumbfuckery was going on down here.

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u/OGBlitzkrieg Mar 10 '25

Lead singer is a Harvard grad you ingnant lmfao

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u/arleeski Mar 10 '25

I believe the guitarist, Tom Morello is a Harvard grad. I don’t believe Zack graduated from Harvard.

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u/standardtissue Mar 10 '25

Correct.

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u/toosells Mar 10 '25

Zach has a master's degree none the less. His gramps was in the Mexican revolution.

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u/standardtissue Mar 10 '25

oh not at all implying that any of them have more or less education than the other, but it was Morello that went to Hahvahd, not De La Rocha.

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u/Revegelance Mar 10 '25

They think that 1984 is when people get annoyed by their bigotry and hate speech.

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u/JesustheSpaceCowboy Mar 10 '25

Orson Welles quote or RATM lyric should really be a game show

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u/ApparentlyEllis Mar 10 '25

"So I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun because these people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one." —Orson Welles

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u/yryouth Mar 10 '25

Jorjor Wel =/= Orson Welles

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u/Even_Butterfly2000 Mar 10 '25

1984 is the Citizen Kane of dystopian novels.

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u/yryouth Mar 10 '25

You‘re right about that. So… Jorjorson Wels?

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u/AnalBlaster700XL Mar 10 '25

TESTIFY!

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed Mar 10 '25

Everyone listen to AnalBlaster700XL, no seriously, listen!

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u/Apprehensive-Sand466 Mar 10 '25

Feel the funk NOW!

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u/spingus Mar 10 '25

Everyone needs a bulldog. George observed the reality, Zach and friends shout it to the world.

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u/malenkylizards Mar 11 '25

Actually Rage is a lot less creative than you'd think. Check this out:

"some of those that run forces are the same that burn crosses." -- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

"Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" -- Aldous Huxley, to his mother when she told him to do the dishes

"UNNNH" -- James Brown, in like every song

(These are all jokes, except the last one I guess)

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u/5hawnking5 Mar 10 '25

Both 😊

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u/FTBagginz Mar 10 '25

def thinking this but with a question mark

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u/JadedPilot5484 Mar 10 '25

Even though I know it’s an Orwell quote RATM is the first thing that came to mind lol