Billy Corgan Says He’s Stood by Marilyn Manson Despite Sex Abuse Claims Because He ‘Didn’t Feel He Was Guilty’: ‘I Don’t Want the World to Tell Me Who My Friends Are’
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You can stand by your friend while also condemning his behaviour. In fact, that's what a real friend does.
I've heard a few interviews with Corgan where he says something like "I was there for some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that most people don't know about, I won't go into it, but it's because of these magical secret things that I think the way I do". It's like his get-out-of-jail-free card when he's challenged on anything. It's some "my girlfriend goes to another school" shit.
He's also buddies with Alex Jones and thinks kids are having gender 'ideology' forced upon them, so yeah...
Going to delete their music from my feed now
He has always been a shitty person.
Trash. The both of them.
Oh.
Edit: ugh I just know I'm going to get pissy if people assume things so I'll mention I'm a prison abolitionist so I don't think people who do bad things should be thrown away, but that's also not what he's saying here.
My oh is about the idea that it's christian or otherwise 'virtuous' to assume your friends are incapable of doing bad things.
Man who drove his own wrestling company into the dirt so a Fox News pundit could hold the title for two years has opinions on sexual assault allegations
Oh Billy… he never did recover from his mother dying.