"We're more popular than Jesus now."

"We're more popular than Jesus now."
Why did Lennon's comment get such a strong reaction in the (primarily southern) United States but was relatively unnoticed anywhere else?
If he were still alive and made the remark for the first time yesterday, would it have brought out the same response?

> Why did Lennon's comment get such a strong reaction in the (primarily southern) United States but was relatively unnoticed anywhere else?
Because he was right, and everyone except for the Dixie were ok with that. It's like the Evolution.
> If he were still alive and made the remark for the first time yesterday, would it have brought out the same response?
No one would have noticed.

Dixies think playing D&D makes you become satanic.
They are kinda dumb

Amerifats are fucking retarded, that's why
It was an obvious jest from Lennon who was known for his wit and they couldn't get it

religious people have a paranoid persecution complex against "the culture" so when they get directly bantzed in the pants, they lash out by condemning whatever they don't like as "pure evil"

But that comment just wasn't funny in any way

Unless this is the British "humor" I have heard so much about

yeah, it wasn't funny, but he wasn't serious about it

It was a flippant yet obviously insincere remark, some people just couldn't chill out.

>meanwhile Muslims kill people when they get outraged but keep focusing on this non-issue that happened decades ago

It wasn't a joke. He was stating the fact that more people we're attending the Beatles concert than were showing up to church.

Southrons were only pissed that me made a shitty joke

Because he was a shitty "musician" in a meme band at the time. Glad he was shot tbqh

>Dude globalism LMAO

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Well it's sacrilegious and meant to provoke.

Now go back to tonguing Mohammed's asshole, Nigel.

because it was true in terms of church attendance and they couldn't fucking stand it
today it would be meaningless and that says it all

>Now go back to tonguing Mohammed's asshole, Nigel.

wasn't true in the states at the time, I guess that's why they got mad

No one would care now. Society was very easy to offend back in the pre columbine era

Maybe they were offended by his arrogance

The reaction wasn't as bad as the media made it out to be

Doesn't help American southern Christians have a whole bunch of televangelist hucksters who can get them riled up as needed.

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This. The mainstream was much more conservative then. Today, no one would care.

Society seems just as easy to offend, but the focal point of what is actually offensive has shifted.

>Why did Lennon's comment get such a strong reaction in the (primarily southern) United States but was relatively unnoticed anywhere else?
People knew he was right.