Guy From Mumford & Sons Dragged For Promoting Anti-Antifa Propaganda

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March 8, 2021, 5:53 am

A member of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons is facing backlash after making some pretty questionable opinions he has known on social media.

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Winston Marshall, best known for playing the banjo and once having been married to Dianna Agron, tweeted on Friday that he had “finally had the time to read [Andy Ngo’s] important book,” Unmasked.

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“You’re a brave man,” he congratulated the right-wing troll.

While Ngo claims to be a journalist, like many right-wing provocateurs, he’s made it clear over the years that he’s happy to skew facts and twist narratives to suit his purposes, often being referred to as a grifter and an instigator of violence.

His book, with a lazy endorsement from Tucker Carlson on the cover, capitalizes on the right’s current fear of “Antifa,” with Ngo claiming that he is exposing their “radical plan to destroy democracy.”

As usual, it’s worth noting that “Antifa” is not an organization, and the term simply means anti-fascism — if people come out against that, you can simply remove the “anti” to figure out what they support.

Marshall’s support of the book was so out of nowhere that people at first thought it may have been sarcasm, but a quick browse through his “liked” tweets — filled with conservatives decrying censorship, nonsense from Ben Shapiro, and people dunking on the ACLU — suggests it was said with complete sincerity.

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Former fans on Twitter readily shared their disappointment with Marshall’s stance.

Idk cynical, nostalgic, bombastic yearning for a past that never existed is an aesthetic very near and dear to the rightwing heart

— dewey beach fc (@shulsolari) March 6, 2021

Well, it’s still a relatively unpopular ideological stance. Andy has gotten beaten up for it at least once.

— Fenwick Beanwax (@FBeanwax) March 6, 2021

Also because it sucks

— Klaus Kinkski (@ZornAusAeonen) March 6, 2021

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Great tweet

— Danny Cage aka Dan McDonald (@TheDannyCage) March 7, 2021

I just googled Winston Marshall.

1. Described first as a musician.

2. Then as a fascist sympathizer.

3. Third as a guitarist for Mumford and Sons. pic.twitter.com/fPJf9WCP1E

— Marybeth: BabySavers (@BabySavers) March 7, 2021

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And others were there to point out the issues with supporting anything from Ngo, let alone calling him “brave.”

i mean… brave for telling lies that have been debunked for years or months? brave for leaking false info in order to get a Black city councilwoman arrested? brave for inciting his follower to send hundreds of death threats?

bro what are you even talking about

— Nationalist Dracula (@ToriGlass) March 7, 2021

I’m confused… a person wrote a book against antifa, and the premise is that, antifa (anti fascist) is destroying democracy, so to save democracy we need to be anti-antifa (pro fascist)… am I getting this right?!?

— caroline (@carolineskar) March 7, 2021

Who can forget when Ngo marched alongside Patriot Prayer and bravely decided to remain silent and complicit as they discussed how to attack a local bar? That’s some true commitment to his principles right there

— DB Pooper (@CranBoonitz) March 7, 2021

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Of course, plenty more were just ready to dunk on this self-destructive tweet.

The whole world learning that Mumford & Sons are fascist sympathizers is the best thing to happen to Nickleback in years.

— Michael Chappell Resister (@GallifreyanMike) March 7, 2021

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we cannot be stopped, and will not be stopped until we force naked police officers to plant community gardens and beat dr. seuss to death with mister potato heads and boobless animated female rabbits

— Jennifer C. Martin (@notreallyjcm) March 6, 2021

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i knew mumford and sons were narcs by the way he over articulated the word fucked in that one song

— hyper relevisation (@Eve6) March 7, 2021

Mumford & Sons, eh? It’s always the ones you absolutely suspect the most

— Richie McCormack (@RichieMcCormack) March 7, 2021

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American conservatives are already coming out claiming that the left is trying to “cancel” Mumford & Sons for Marshall’s view so this also seems like a great time to remind everyone that criticizing someone, declining to listen to their music, and/or simply dragging the hell out of them on Twitter is not “canceling” them. The world remains free to listen to as much mediocre banjo rock as they desire…if for some reason you actually want to do that.

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*First Published: March 8, 2021, 5:53 am