I do agree the song was mean in some areas, especially regarding the insults of appearance and height. I didn't really like those parts, tbh.

as redwizard pointed out, most people are libs. that doesnt mean some libs aren’t better than others or that it invalidates all his music and the criticisms they make because his politics aren’t radical enough

it would be cool if he were more to the left but still

My problem is that Welles is a career opportunist. I really tried to give him the benefit of the doubt for a long time, but he doesn't seem to want to take a few more seconds to look at current hot issues from a more critical lens. He just wants to make "safe" and pacifist songs and have his fans cheer him on, and his fans are beguiled to believing he's some profound thinker. After hearing more of his songs, a lot of them tarnish his old songs, and I'm realizing he isn't geniunely writing songs for the oppressed but more so just to merely call an end to violence without understanding where the violence comes from.