"Bullying bonhomie" is the perfect phrase which sums up why I hate Slade generally, and this song especially, even more than bullying political worthiness. b/c if you don't like the bullying politics you can step outside it and disagree without really feeling as if that matters, but if you want to step outside of the bonhomie that's tantamount to labelling yourself a grouchy fun-hater. ie, it feels worse to be outside of bonhomie even though you know it would be equally bad to be inside it b/c it just isn't your sort of bonhomie.
and surely the whole sentiment of "YOU MUST ENJOY XMAS" or indeed "we all enjoy xmas every one of us" is as equally political as er whatever worthy politics punk came up with? except sneakier, more disingenuous, "just a bit of fucking fun" aaargh. and in fact the NON-political nature of this "fun" is slade's own get-out clause...
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Date: 2007-10-03 03:57 pm (UTC)and surely the whole sentiment of "YOU MUST ENJOY XMAS" or indeed "we all enjoy xmas every one of us" is as equally political as er whatever worthy politics punk came up with? except sneakier, more disingenuous, "just a bit of fucking fun" aaargh. and in fact the NON-political nature of this "fun" is slade's own get-out clause...