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Originally Posted by Scarecrow
I have to admit this has grabbed my curiosity. If he's merely criticising the cut and paste sloganeering (dare I say) virtue signalling on social media, I get it. It would certainly be a lot more petty to actually oppose the intended compassion and changing of attitudes reflected in this lyric:
As for the Morrissey part, I'll reserve judgement until reading the full lyrics and hearing the full song, but I wonder if Wire is yearning for the Morrissey he idolised in his youth as many former fans seem to now, he was part of that generation after all. I personally never liked him* so from the outside it appears as if the tide has turned and I've noticed many people lamenting the lost version of who they thought he was and what they felt he represented.
From this review, the song I am most interested in hearing is '(Was I) Being Baptised'.
*On a related note, as a lifelong anti-Morrissey man, the 1985 lyric was already questionable for me, so the prospect of the Manics even having a song like 'Dear Stephen' is maximum cringe. 
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The only sentiment that I can agree with from that album review is the closing line: "All these years later, they’re needed more than ever." It’s just a pity then that the band we need is long gone and all we're left with is three bitter old grumps, who no longer believe in anything they spent most of their career standing for and who now open new albums with songs raging against -
checks notes - kindness, tolerance and acceptance…
Sofarsideways already summed it up perfectly for me:
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Originally Posted by sofarsideways
I can’t believe people are shrugging at the frontman of the great political band not even bothering to vote. And the member who’s so proud of his politics degree throwing in some more excuses for that self-indulgent apathy. Looking back now… we slippery-sloped here, huh? There were signs for a long time. I just didn’t or wouldn’t see them for what they were. I still haven’t really accepted it. This band was my LIFE.
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