again this is robert (on joel's name), ive got something to clear up yet again. some moron said i tried to kill my mom. what the hell? that's the stupidest thing ive ever heard. if it's any of your damn business (and it's not), my mom used to HATE me, and she has a mental illness, she used to call the cops on me for stuff i didn't do. now things are very different between us. i love my mom, do you love yours? anyways, if im such a predictable walking contradiction, then you can tell me how i contradict myself. i dont care about someone not liking the music i write, or the clothes i wear, so what. anyone can support a war they have no clue why it's being fought. sometimes it sounds like people are reciting what they say to me on my views, as if it's been constantly drilled into their heads. you speak of the right to free thought, well it doesn't sound like you think on your own to me. you don't have to think like me to think on your own. i never said anyone had to be even remotely like me. free thought comes in many forms. everyone should practice it, and practice trying to extend their range of thought. i never said you had to like me. i never said you had to like what i said. all i said was we close our minds when we should really open them. it's not just the critics, it's not just the fans, it's everyone. it's every human being. i think of the consequences of my actions way ahead of time, and i am prepared for them when i act them out. but i don't act out to get attention brought to myself. i act to bring attention to you, the listener/viewer. i only hope to trigger some spark in everyone's head that makes them truly think outside their comfy little lines they were taught not to color outside of. society creates barriers. i go around them. so should eveyone else, but whether or not they do is up to them. i just wanna be the person to cause them to TRULY think. it's easy to tell me what you read somewhere, it's easy to tell me what you overheard in daddy's conversations with his buddies during your childhood, it's easy to say what you hear on the news. it's easy to shutdown. well, in the real world outside of cozy little warsheezy, things are VERY different and shutting down will get you nowhere but bruised and battered in the alleys of america, or possibly even killed. noone wants that. just think outside your lines. expand your experiences, and seek the truth. anyone who looks down on that, i wish you luck for 10 years from now, you're gonna need it. i realized ahead of time not everyone is gonna be tolerant of what i say or do. look at what im doing. someone doesn't do stuff like that without thinking ahead. people fear what they do not understand and put up their defenses, be it talking trash, or pulling the trigger. well let's prevent some bullets ahead of time. at least im trying to make a positive change in people. my methods may be VERY unorthodox, but they get the point across. the cost of your freedom is at the expense of many young men throughtout history, so show some thanks, and make what they fought for worthwhile. they fought for the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, so don't just sit around and be told what to think. think your own thoughts, and find out why you think the way you do. you'll learn something from yourself and might find something you don't like. most people don't think about stuff like that for fear of realizing how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of the universe, but it is probably the only way to understand where i am coming from on this if you don't already. we humans aren't so human anymore, even with all the nice things science gives us. we reduce ourselves to savages in times of crisis. im here to disrupt the pond surface. it's up to you where the ripples take you. last note: my band members aren't me, and they don't think like me. don't treat them like you treat me, it's not fair to them to be looked down on because you (whoever you may be)look down on me. they are very talented musicians, and my best friends, but again they aren't me, so leave them out of this. attack me all you want, i get more inspiration from it, but they don't deserve some of the crap ive read or heard because of what ive done. that's all.
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