Well, I am a good-looking, pretty much clean cut, no tatoos, no piercings, right wing politico (who thinks W is TOO liberal). Oh, I am also a metal head.
If I was near the vigil sight I would have been there, Perhaps in this authors opinion I would have purtied up the joint.
The rantings in this piece would be better suited coming from the liberals I know that are still stuck in the sixties listing to Peter Paul and Mary and the Beatles. Their superior taste allows them to look down on metal. This author has much more in common with the left that even he realizes.
Also add to the fact that I could be trained to play 2 or 3 Bach or Beethoven tunes in less than a day, but it would probably take 2-3 months, perhaps years to play Metallica, Queensryche, Kansas or Rush . The degree of complexity is like comparing a balsa airplane to the space shuttle.
That, and the liberal idea of going after physical appearance when losing an argument on substance. Yeah, I think living in Europe has changed this guy, and he doesn't even realize it.
Ditto that for me.