Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has slammed organizers of last Saturday’s March For Our Lives and their fight for gun control in the U.S.
“The Whitney Houston song about letting the children lead the way wasn’t actually had operating paradigm for life,” he wrote on Instagram. “And when the truth don’t line up with your bulls**t narrative just hold your breath and stamp your feet and refused to except it.... then take multiple days off of school playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates blood....!.... it might be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic and disgusting……”
Hughes was referring to the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 and sparked the March For Our Lives movement.
His Instagram rant was accompanied by a drawing that compared a woman turning in her gun to a man cutting off his penis to prevent rape.
“Obviously....The best thing to do to combat chronic abusers and disregarders of the law (like the law against Murder) is to........pass another Law!…..Genius!!!,” wrote Hughes. “But before we pass this law we’re going to denigrate the memory and curse ourselves by exploiting the death of 16 of our fellow students for a few Facebook likes and some media attention.
The musician has ranted against stricter gun laws despite witnessing a mass shooting at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris in 2015.
“As the survivor of a mass shooting I can tell you from first-hand experience that all of you protesting and taking days off from school insult the memory of those who were killed and abuse and insult me and every other lover of liberty by your every action,” wrote Hughes.
“May everyone of these disgusting vile abusers of the dead live as long as possible so they can have the maximum amount of time to endure their shame....and be Cursed...."