My friend asked if I want to go see the Eric Clapton concert with her. Eric Clapton had gone on a racist rant in one of his prior concerts. Here‘s some of what he said, and this is an exact quote: “Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight?” he began. “If so, please put up your hands. So where are you? Well, wherever you are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country. I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country.” There is more: “Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out,” exclaimed Clapton to his captive audience. “Get the w*gs out. Get the c**ns out. Keep Britain white,” he added.
I personally would never support and pay money to go see a racist performer. I believe that anyone that would still go see him perform is condoning this kind of hate. As a person of color, I would not feel safe to even be in the audience, surrounded by people who either agree, condone or don’t care enough to boycott racist artists. This friend is white. In the epitome of white privileged, she will have no concerns for her own safety. And yes, she knows all about his racist rants.
I thought this friend was an ally. Now I see her as a selfish poser, pretending to care and support POC. AITA for pulling back from our friendship?
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Nope not at all!
No if the performer is funny or sounds good I don’t know that person but separate there artist from the art
This happened 49 years ago. Do you think people are capable of changing their attitudes in the time frame of 49 years, and do you believe that cancellation should last for life?
If you don’t like his political ideology, don’t go. It’s that simple. You don’t have to ruin a friendship over it you complete snowflake. YTA
100% not the AH
I was getting ready to aggressively roll my eyes at you, but hadn’t realized Clapton was so incredibly heinous. I think if someone still supports a dude like that and has no problem giving him money, that you’re free to tell them that’s a bridge too far and to exit the friendship.
This isn’t just about a concert, it’s about values. If you want to distance yourself, you have every right to.
Clapton is a moron but for context this concert quote is from 1976
NTA. You don’t have to be friends with people who put on blinders to stuff like this.
Does she agree with Claptons comment from 50 years ago, or does she simply like his music? If you don’t feel safe going to one of his concerts, don’t go. If you not comfortable being friends with someone who enjoys Eric Clapton music, drop her as a friend.
Clapton really said that? Id figure it would be all over social media etc
This makes me so sad. I didn’t realize Eric Clapton was terrible.
Not the asshole
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Would you go to a hip hop concert?
If this was last week, or even last year, or even this century, I’d support you. Four decades ago is a little bit too much of a stretch for me to believe he hasn’t matured and still holds such views. YTA. Maybe try being mature yourself.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. How did that go completely under my radar? I had no idea Eric Clapton was such a shitbird.
No ditch that racist. Friends should give a shit about you. It’s weird and gross that she even suggested going to the concert.
NTA in any way
Very disappointed, it’s best not to meet your heroes, they always disappoint you. Good call, fuck that racist prick! You rock! Stay strong.💪
YTA
Yes Eric Clapton was an asshole for his remarks. He has since apologized for this outburst. I do not know if he is still a racists or you believe he is racists because he is still white. In fact, I think you are the racists and not your friend. Why would you include your color and her color. Color has nothing to do with racism. Then you state that she has “white privilege” so she will be safe in the audience. Does this white privilege extend to all parts of the world in all circumstances? I personally would not feel safe visiting your house given how you view people by their color first then by their actions. Has your friend acted racist in any way? When you are a hammer, all you will see is nails.
The audience is not condoning or supporting or not caring.
The audience doesn’t even know because it happened 50 years ago. You are not being reasonable. Or maybe just dishonest… Not including the fact that it happened in 1976 as if that is not gonna influence people’s opinion… You are probably racist. I bet you actually want all the white people around you to be racist so you get an excuse to exclude white people from your life.
NTA. There are some things too important to ignore and these kind of opinions are one of them. You can’t disagree with a friend about pizza toppings, not about human rights and everything related to it
not only are you, you are a huge drama queen who probably needs counseling….I assume this can’t be real, because it’s honestly sad if it is knowing there’s people out there. I couldn’t care less what someone said or did before or after me liking something (song, tv show, movie, art, etc), I am still going to like it, doesn’t mean I have to like the person associated with it.
I wouldn’t care how long ago he said it, it was wrong then and it’s wrong now. There is never an excuse to be a racist POS.
If you held everyone as accountable for their opinions 50 years ago, you’d have no friends, nothing to watch and nothing to listen to.
In 2018 — particularly after the release of his documentary Life in 12 Bars — he described himself as “disgusted” by his words and expressed deep shame:
“I was so ashamed of who I was, a kind of semi‑racist, which didn’t make sense,”
“I’m not excusing myself, it was an awful thing to do.
So eventually he did sort of apologize but I also read that he tried to play it off as a drunken rant. 🤷♀️
nta
Artists are often flawed people. I’m not going to stop listening to Clapton or not read Harry Potter. Unless you carefully vet each piece of content you read or listen to, this is selective and performative. Do you reject the Constitution because some of the authors were slave owners? Do you know the biography of the people who discovered the inventions you use, the medicines you take?
Yeah…you need to learn to separate the person from the artist. Some of my favorite music/books were created by immensely shitty people.
He took full accountability and apologized for his statements from 50 years ago.
How long are you going to hold someone’s stupidity against them?
I mean this as politely as possible, YTA. Ending a friendship over things like this is what leads to living inside of an echo chamber. Your friend is allowed to think differently than you. They’re allowed to have a different perspective than you. Your friend wanting to go to a concert doesn’t make your friend a racist or a supporter of racist ideology. You could simply not go if it really makes you that uncomfortable.. but it would be extremely manipulative and childish for you to end your friendship and would make you a terrible friend.
Yes you’re the AH. Those comments are 50 years old. Both of y’all probably weren’t even alive when he said that. And, this is a wild concept I’m sure, most people grow and change over the span of half a century 🙄
100% YTA. That is a ridiculously immature stance. I think it’s sad that you would end a friendship not because your friend is a racist but because they would go to a concert of someone who you believe to be a racist?! Grow up!!
Cocaine!
YTA for not allowing space for people to evolve. Clapton has expressed deep regret and self disgust over his past views. It’s not like he’s currently a racist and fascist. I understand if you don’t feel safe going, but it’s a bit heavy to condemn your friend for wanting to go.
If you don’t want to go to the concert don’t go…
You should end your relationship with this person to spare them from your toxic mindset. You in fact are the racists and your post is appalling. Shame on you.
This was in the 70s.
Bo and B.B and other black artists pulled him all the way up and straightened him up.
He apologized profusely and never expressed those thoughts again.
I think it was the alcohol and cocaine.
But his black compatriots pulled him on that.
He was also an anti-vax moron during Covid.
YTA. There are many artists on both sides of the aisle whose politics I detest, but whose movies and music I enjoy. You don’t judge your friends for that.
You wouldn’t feel safe around them? Grow up! You don’t think you’re around his fans in the streets of your city and, oh, they’re just waiting for you to attack you? Grow the fuck up.
NTA
If you see your friend’s support of this artist as ignoring their words and potential risk of harm to you being in that sort of environment, then you shoukd absolutely end the friendship.
Friendships, like romantic relationships, don’t really need a reason to end beyond you want them to. Realizing you feel very strongly about something that your friend either thinks is not a big deal or views differently is a perfectly logical reason to end the relationship and you don’t need anyone’s approval.
And despite the apologists in the comments, it doesn’t matter how old Clapton’s remarks are if you believe he has not publicly addressed them suffering enough you’d feel safe in a crowd of his fans.
Roger waters is the same way about Jewish people
Hell yeah!
I think you’re totally justified in disliking Clapton for those comments, no matter when they happened, and being critical of your friend.
Saying that your friend “condones hate” and does not actually care or support people of color, and suggesting that people of color are, or should be, concerned for their own safety listening to Clapton are a willful exaggeration. Also, is anyone really that big of a Clapton fan in 2025? Or does she just think a couple of his songs are pretty?
You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to put words in other peoples mouths, tell other people what their opinions are, or make up facts to suit your own feelings on the matter.
Nobody has to be friends with anyone for any reason, but YWBTA for ending a friendship based on things that are out of her control or simply aren’t true.
People can change. Also sometimes you have to separate the artist from the art. Do I like Clapton enough to see him live? No. Do I like the song Tears In Heaven? Yes.
OP is an idiot.
I get it to some degree , but…
I feel mixed on this. You’re calling her the epitome of white privilege over one washed up artist, but she really didn’t do anything to impact your life negatively except listen to one musician with some shit takes that may have changed his views after so long.
I think a simple no thank you with your reasoning is enough. I don’t think it’s worth it to completely cut her off unless she has used her privilege to hurt you in a sense in which your affected negatively.
white privilege is definitely a conversation in itself, but I dont know if this would be the end it all for me.
Anyway, good luck OP. You have your own standards and that’s fine to some degree but I would also weigh the pros and cons of your friendship in general because compared to you there will always be some level of privilege that you’ll be grappling with.
If this is what you feel then stand by them. Regardless of what our answers are, if you truly feel that this friendship isn’t worth staying in then that is the best route. I don’t know how long ago the conversation took place and when you posted this, but I just hope you thought this completely through because anger can make us go places we don’t want to, even if justified .
(One edit and someone was itching to downvote lmao)
Wow, even in 1976 it was a bit Neanderthal to go off on a racist rant like that. I’m a bit shocked tbh
It’s entirely up to you if you decide that your friend isn’t worth knowing because she likes the music of an artist who was an offensive prick in the 1970’s.
Lots of people were offensive in the 1970’s. Lots of people are still offensive now.
If you are judging this friend for liking this artist’s music, you should really judge all of your friends by the same criteria.
So anyone who listens to music calling women Ho’s should automatically be disqualified from your friend group. Anyone who ever watched a tv show where any race or gender or sexual orientation was disrespected should be disqualified. Anyone who has gone on holiday to a country which later went to war with another country because of their race or religion should be disqualified.
Do you see where I’m going with this?
I’ll clarify. There isn’t a person on this planet who can speak in full sentences who hasn’t said something offensive at some point in their life. Have you never been mean to someone or said something offensive? Has every single musician or actor you admire always been kind, respectful, honest?
The answer is no.
Humans do shitty things. I think his comments were totally unacceptable. I was 2 years old when he made them and I’m 51 now. I very much believe that his views on a lot of things have changed in the interim.
NTA…Sorry for the amount of ppl downplaying & minimizing your concerns. One can only assume that they are not as melanated as we are and therefore justifies their minimizations of your concerns. A leopard rarely changes their spots. Don’t go & if u can’t have a convo with this “friend”, u need to lose them too.
im missing the part where your friend said they feel racism/hate is okay? has your friend ever said anything racist towards you or other POC? i would be extremely confused if i was your friend in this situation
I do love how everyone is completely omitting the fact that he was tremendously high on cocaine and alcohol back then. I’m not saying that it’s excusable behavior because of that, but a lot has transpired since then. The death of his son, his sobriety, and also his multiple collaborations with prince, who was known to not put up with bigotry bullshit.
NTA. You have every right to pull back if you think she might not be a safe space/friend/ally.
Clapton has been an ass since he was born. Now he’s an 80 yr old ass. In his poorly written autobiography he says he was a horrible person most of his life. He’s right. He was a great musician though. Personally I see him as a has been and yes a right wing white supremist nut case. Saw him several times over the years starting when i was 18 but not in ages. He was worth paying for when a ticket was $50. Now I wouldn’t waste my money. Im 73 now so maybe that has something to do with it.
Just because someone likes Eric Clapton’s music doesn’t make them racist or a patron of racism. Also, being upset about your country being overrun by foreigners doesn’t make you racist either. YTA for throwing away your friendship over something where reasonable people can and should be able to respectfully disagree.
You can be friends with whomever you want to. But your are an idiot for thinking that going to see Clapton in concert makes you a racist.
info:
Have you completely vetted every artist you listen to?
What’s the difference between a baby and a bag of cocaine?
Eric Clapton wouldn’t drop a bag of cocaine out of his apartment’s window.
Bringing back ancient comments to look virtuous. Okk
Couple ways to look at this. First, for perspective, I am white, and I grew up in what I consider one of the most racist parts of the US in the 80s. I went to elementary school with an approx 70% back study body. Hand (and have) plenty of black friends. My folks never taught me the difference between black and white. People are people.
I hate racism. I don’t agree with some of Dr King’s social beliefs, but paragraph 16 of his “I have a dream” speech hit me at an early age, and I’ve tried my best to live by it. It think it applies to absolutely anyone— race, religion, sexual orientation, intelligence level, etc… if you’re unfamiliar, it’s the famous paragraph where he talks about being judged by the content of your character, rather than the color of your skin.
I see this situation in two ways, and I wouldn’t fault someone for choosing either:
If you believe that you might be able to affect positive belief change in your friend’s life, it might be worth sticking around. This can be a double edged sword. And you might be wasting your time. How much do you care for your friend? You can be a friend to someone, and try to reach them and be an example to them without condoning or agreeing with their beliefs
Drop them for being a racist douche.
I’m pretty sure those statements were made in ‘76, which certainly does not justify EC’s words. He has also publicly apologized for what he said and blamed it on drugs and yadda yadda. Would loved to be proven incorrect.
You’re going to end a friendship over a quote a performer made 49 years ago? Respectfully, get a grip.
YTA and your friend is better off. If you’re seriously having to reach back 50 years to find something problematic about the guy (which he apparently has apologized for?), and then inferring all this extra stuff about your ‘friend’, then it seems like you’re either looking for a reason to not be friends with them or you’re just looking for reasons to be offended. Maybe instead of looking for a fictional splinter in your friend’s eye, you should take care of the log in yours.
You are whom you hang around. Sounds like you don’t care for this person because of the music they they listen too. So change friends. Sounds a bit like your intollarent. Let your world grow and be tolerant. Try to understand others.
For all of the people who are saying that Clapton has redeemed himself. He hasn’t really. His recent policies about covid vaccines shows that he’s still a horrible person. Nta.
OP, you’ve taught me something new today. Eric Clapton has been so removed from my thoughts since probably the 90s? I never knew about this. I just found an article to learn more and I’m even more disgusted than I was reading your OP. Not only did he go on that tirade, but as recently as 2018, he still seems unaware of how those words were so completely WRONG, and specifically how wrong they were for him personally to say. He was a blues artist ffs. The background of HIS OWN music’s genre was built on Black music in history. He dated Black women and had Black friends, profiting largely on music inspired by Black culture. Being drunk doesn’t make you racist, and it certainly doesn’t allow for excuses to still be made decades later. He didn’t learn from it. He never admitted to any growth, appreciation, or understanding he should have had since then. It’s crazy and horrible.
To this, what I would say that it is a very real possibility she may not know about this as it was such a long time ago. Many of us yt people make it a very long way into our lives before we actually step out of ourselves to see the bigger picture when it comes to race and what it should mean to us, and what it does mean for others.
It is not on YOU to teach her what this means to you nor how it hurts you that she hasn’t thought of any of this. If there is any space in you where her friendship might be important to you in any deeper way, she may see this from your perspective. If you do tell her about Eric Clapton’s 1976 show and what it means to you to go to it, she may actually feel the level of regret one should be feeling in the ignorance of all of this. We yt people really do get to live a lot of our lives in complete ignorance until our eyes are opened to it. It’s not fair at all to the POC in our lives.
I hate that this is something she may need to be told about, and I am sorry that it is falling on you now. If you choose to walk away without at saying anything, you are still NTA.
Really, this could go in any direction at all and you would be NTA. I’m sorry this is happening.
Message to OPs friend: they only think about race and will never be able to see you as a unique individual. They judge everything you do on the basis of the color of your skin (as evidenced above). Find better friends and save yourself the headache.
YATAH if you’re so tweaked over comments made 50 years ago and since disavowed that you can’t keep a friend, then you have some serious personal issues and are not someone your ex friend should keep in their life either.
Didn’t he do like a whole collab album with bb king?
You are perfectly justified in not going with her…but typically people can change their opinions about stuff they said 50 years ago…
No matter what side of this people are on, I think we can all agree that you shouldn’t try to force your friendship. This is clearly a very important and emotional thing for you and it clearly doesn’t bother them as much. Pull back and focus on whats important for you, and let your friend do the same.
While his viewpoint is terrible and his music not supported, most people just like the music and I’m sure 99% in attendance know nothing about his prior rant.
Regardless, what you speak of is the same as any white person attending a rap concert.
Clapton is a longtime insufferable asshole, for many reasons. If you don’t want to go, don’t go.
You can pull back from any friendship you want for any reason you want, but you should consider running a background check on all the people you buy things from and whose resources you use in your every day life to ensure that none of your money ever ends up in the hands of those people. Just kidding, money flows around for all sorts of things and this would be an excessive waste of time. It would likely be incredibly easy to frame you as a person who “XYZ poser pretends to care about the earth or other social justice causes” by picking apart where you spend your money and where it ends up. I think that’s generally a poor argument and that money doesn’t really necessarily support people directly vs. represent a value exchange for the goods or services provided by that person. Non-monetary values don’t really line up with monetary value most of the time (of course there an infinite number of exceptions one can always cherry pick). Also who has the time to make sure the money they spend remains aligned with their non-monetary values? And is that even possible?
Did she know about the racist rant?
This was about 50 years ago, wasn’t it?
As far as I know Clapton has apologised, but to be quite honest, Clapton was one of a number of very poorly behaved rock stars coming out of the 70s:
Bowie flirted with fascism and called Hitler a rock star, as well as banging underage girls.
Led Zep were regularly abusing groupies and Jimmy Page imprisoned Lori Mattix (a 14 year old girl) for fear of being busted for statutory rape.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith “adopted” a 14 year old girl so she could live with him
Gary Glitter….enough said.
In 1976!! I wonder has he grown? Has he changed in 50 years? 🤔
Not every great musician has to be a role model to be able to enjoy their music, but you can certainly choose who to spend your money on. As far as writing your friend off, if this is your dealbreaker then that’s your end, but if it’s a one off thing where they just want to see Clapton (who is a legend, all things considered )
I will say my opinion on Eric Clapton is he’s a half rate guitarist in the grand scheme of music, and certainly an insufferable, racist prick. I don’t believe I would end a good relationship over someone seeing him live, unless there were other issues revolving around racism. I personally would never pay what it costs to see him live, but recently he played a benefit show I attended. In true Eric Clapton fashion, he had to take 40 minutes before his 3 song set to have stage reconfigured to his liking, and for his personal band, then another 40 min after to put it back to how every other rock star playing the show with the house band that evening had it.
I say end it just because anyone who thinks his music is enjoyable has to be a psychopath 😂
YTA. Imagine not going to see one of the greatest guitarists to ever live play live because of some comments he made half a century ago.
YTA; clapton gave that rant in 78 I think and has since spoken about his regret for saying that. If you want to be rigid and lose a friendship over grandstanding and value showing fine but thats stupid.
There are a lot of really good comments here that add nuance and context to the situation.
I wish OP would reply.
You’re crazy. Your friend wanting to go to a concert doesn’t make them racist. The fact that you would turn on your friend so easily shows that you’re not a real friend so you should probably stop being friends with everyone you know or go see a therapist and work on your issues
I’ve never heard of this incident. I don’t think you can conflate seeing Clapton in concert with being ok with racism
NTA – Clapton is a shithead politically (and frankly a pretty boring live performer), you’re totally justified in skipping the show. It’s also your right to end the friendship if you feel that this friend is not a good ally. Dropping every friend who listens to a musician with problematic views may cut out a lot of people, but that’s your prerogative. You have a right to feel safe.
I will say that it’s unlikely that you’d be in danger at an Eric Clapton concert—the audience is likely to be mostly white-haired retirees awkwardly dancing to “Layla”—but by all means save your money for a different show. If you’re into octogenarian British Invasion musicians, there are plenty still kicking around who have always supported POC and fought for racial equality.
Bruh you had me thinking he said these comments a few weeks ago. 50 years! Be fr
Just curious… how would OP feel about an Eminem concert? By today’s standards, his first two albums are EASILY cancel worthy.
That would be a hard stop solid line for me.
I am an accepting person and do not believe people need to share my beliefs, but racism is a hard stop.
Edit: NTA
….he made comments like that on drugs like 40 years ago no?
Are we really ending friendships for going to a concert for something one of the best artists we’ve seen said 40 years ago?
My opinion, YTA. Get off the cross, we need the wood.
NTA
When people show you who they are, believe them.
“This friend is white… she will have no concern for her own safety”
Bro nobody’s getting lynched at the Eric Clapton show this is absurd
NTA. Clapton’s a legend but he’s also a huge piece of shit. Always has been. that’s why he’s never been in a band for more than a couple of albums. No one in there music industry can stand him
Considering the number of times he has ripped off Black music, maybe he really ought to shut his stupid mouth.
Overrated anyway.
NTA
Wasn’t there a whole Rock Against Racism concert in the 70’s because of some stupid shit Clapton said?
I am sorry about your friend. I am of the Eric Clapton generation. I love so much of it. The thing is I was never a big fan of him. Over the years I have heard some stuff that really made me not feel good toward him. There is the stuff you mentioned, the affair with George Harrison’s wife, his seeing the commotion where his son fell and him going away, it all adds up to a not so great person in my mind. I too would not be going to his concert.
Whew, the white privilege in here is stifling. Just remember, black people weren’t allowed to vote until 1965. A lot of millennial parents were born around this time and can understand that this was not that long ago, especially considering how things are today. Shame on all of you who say that was 50 years ago. He didn’t change, he just hid it better.
Nta, your friend sucks and so does Eric Clapton
Get over yourself. I’m sure you posted this from a cell phone that was built on slave labor.
NTA.
I’m usually in the camp of separating the artist from their art (I can think that Chinatown is a masterwork of film but the director is a monster).
But if Clapton really said that, I couldn’t buy his music or attend his concerts or deal with anyone who did.
Lucky for me, I thought slow hands sucked from the start anyway, except for his work in Cream. Tears from Heaven is legendary sad porn bait. He turned his child negligence into a hit song. Can’t get much lower than that. Fuck Clapton. He’s not even that great of a guitarist. Better than I’ll ever be. But if my toddler fell out of a highrise window, the last thing I’d do would be to write a watered down pop song to cash in on something that would compel most normal people to commit suicide.
NTA.
This was the first I ever heard of this rant and had to go find alternate sources. Boy did I. I had no idea and have been a fan of his skills for years. My favorite rock artist of all time is George Harrison, best friends with Clapton from Harrison’s Beatles days. When Harrison died it was like a brother of mine died. Now I have to find out what he said of Clapton’s filth.
This is making me sick.
I don’t think I’ll ever hear Clapton’s music the same way again. I wonder if he thought about the negative influence he had on his sphere of influence when 15 years later his son fell out a 53 story window in 1991. Makes one think.
OP, does your friend even know? I’m 64 and have been to his concerts but I never knew…until just now thanks to you. She really might not know.
NTA, you have a right to feel safe. The idea that one has to separate art from the artist is intrinsically anti-art. Art IS the artist. And supporting the art supports the artist and their demented idea that they are supported and right to be a bigot. Just look at JKR. She’s very comfortably very comfortably states that it’s okay for her to be hateful because people will still buy her stuff. And because there’s no consequence, people like that are allowed to spread hate and hold sway when they just need to die off already.
This seems like a ridiculous reason to end a friendship.
Some of us don’t take what musicians/actors/whatever say seriously. They are seldom educated. They are often not smart when it comes to things outside their area.
We just want them to play their damn music.
Eric Clapton won’t miss your money. If it truly bothers you just don’t go. I wouldn’t call off the friendship over this.
What’s the difference between a three year old child and a bag of cocaine? Eric Clapton wouldn’t let a bag of cocaine fall out a two story window
I guess I’m totally out of the loop. I didn’t know Eric Clapton was that stupid as to publicly announce his bigotry. I do like his work, but after hearing this, I would never pay to see him…even if I had a chance.
Has anyone let BB King, Santana, Aretha Franklin, Taj Mahal, Howlin Wolf, Wynton Marsalis and all the other blues and jazz artists he has and continues to perform with know? Surely OP knows he is still a huge racist and all these artists have just been fooled!
Does your friend know about this? If she does and it’s ok with her you should explain how that makes you feel, and if she doesn’t get it I’d definitely end the friendship. Because she’s a friend she deserves an opportunity to rectify her actions but it’s good for people who overlook racism in others to see that it’s different for people of color and they can’t just brush it off. It’s good to have clarity in friendships if they don’t serve you.
I’m extremely left leaning. I went to BLM protests. Involved in activism and on committees in my community to plan and promote LGBTQIA+ events. Just providing context.
I saw Clapton in 2023. I’m a huge classic rock fan. His music is legendary. He’s an asshole.
My $100 ticket didn’t make a drop in his bucket of millions, so I didn’t feel bad supporting him. If I skipped seeing every artist that said racist shit in the 70s, I’d die without having seen any of my favourite bands.
Point is, yes, I think you’re overreacting. It’s something that a lot of rock fans ignore to be able to see their musical idol play one last time, since most of these guys are 80 and senile and are going to die with their opinions meaning nothing.
This reminds me of a friendship I lost during the riots after George Floyd died. An Irish friend of mine told me that if I didn’t support the white business owners whose businesses were being trashed then I didn’t support her. When I told her that she didn’t have her facts right she told me I was racist against Irish people. That friendship ended with a bang.
So you’re going to end a friendship because your friend is going to see Eric Clapton, one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Do it. They are better off without you. You are the type of person who is dividing people, families, and countries. People like you suck. He apologized, BTW.
Shut up
You gotta be kidding me (or us)?
This type of stuff is why we will keep losing elections……
If it’s not clear – that you would feel so strongly about .0001% of what came out of someones mouth a decade or more ago….is sad.
That is coming from a liberal (me) – probably even a radical in many ways. But, wow, next thing you’ll be hooking wires to people’s heads to see if they thought something “wrong”.
F**K ME, Clapton actually said that?!