[LynxInLA]

I don’t care for Neil Young, but did you read to the end of that article or just the first few paragraphs?

In his 2002 biography of Neil Young, Shakey, Jimmy McDonough writes “I had found out that Young was planning on donating the proceeds from the ‘Philadelphia’ track to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis center. He acknowledged it was true but didn’t seem anxious to publicize the fact. I got the feeling there were other chartable acts I didn’t know about

[throwawaylinux]

I only linked that article because the original isn't so easy to find (after wasting all of a few minutes of my life searching for it). Old Neil must have found a good agency to try keep that quiet. But no, I don't think a rich hatemonger buying indulgences that in practice cost them nothing long after the fact and long after the winds have shifted in the other direction demonstrates anything at all about his character except he's even more spineless than I would have thought if he'd have faced up to it.

Funny how he allegedly wanted to keep his "good deeds" private and yet somehow his biographer found out about it ("planned" donation? Did he even donate or just claim he would?), and said-biographer can assure us there were other charitable acts too. Wow. Great PR.

But no, as I've already seen he doesn't change his spots, very few actually do in my experience. And even if he had, what does he want some sort of medal for not being a hatemonger? That wouldn't absolve him of what he did or make him worthy of a second chance. His reward for that is not living as a piece of shit for some years of his life.

There's an infinite number of people who deserve attention and respect, there's absolutely no need to go back and look for reasons why hatemongers and their ilk should get more chances.

Has Joe Rogan ever used his position of power to stir up hate against those weaker than him? If Joe is the evil one and Neil is the pious one here in this twisted hypocrite world, I'll take my chances in secular-hell. Much better company. The "fa---ts" that Saint Neil hates so much would be quite welcome too.