After seeing Nine Inch Nails being brought up in the Donald Trump (Trump 2017: Year Zero) thread, I thought about making this one. This is something that has always fascinated me since becoming a fan in 2002 because I have always been surrounded by Christian conservatives my entire life. I also thought that I'd have an attempt at finally making this topic public, as it's a topic I'd sometimes often bring up with various members via private messaging.
Even though I was already shocked by Marilyn Manson at the time, as I was a fan of his about a year earlier, in some ways, Nine Inch Nails shocked me a bit more as a first-time listener. Terrible Lie, Heresy and The Wretched had me taken aback at the time because I knew most of the people I know would call it blasphemous and sacrilegious, and on top of that offensive due to the profanity. Some of them were also very uncomfortable and disturbed at the rest of the content and topics the songs and albums had to offer, and looking back I could see why, considering where my religious faith and convictions were at the time.
And by all means, I totally understand as to how and why the majority of fans would most likely be atheist/agnostic and liberal (And progressive.) as well. I've noticed that on ETS since 2004, and it has seemed to be that way since 2002. I also don't really know any atheists and liberals in real life either, and if I did, they certainly had absolutely nothing to do with any of my family's social circles, as just about all of them come from either the Seventh-day Adventist Church or the Roman Catholic Church, with most of them being active and involved members of their organized religions and while also being evangelicals. A lot more of them also happened to be Democrats, but I've also seen a fair share of Republicans as well. If they also had any other ideologies surrounding them, they also seemed to be very traditionalist and libertarian.
Even just reading about the majority's views and opinions on sex, marriage, dieting and drugs blew my mind for the very first time over here, and it still does, especially when compared to the social circles I've been exposed to in the entirety of my actual life, which are in some ways the complete opposite of everything I read here.
However, as far as gun control and undocumented immigrants, most of them would definitely be on board.
While I also made a thread about Nine Inch Nails and religion, I thought about making this specifically about Nine Inch Nails and Christians, as well as both social and political conservatives. Like say, The Simpsons, South Park and Marilyn Manson, NIN was also one of the very things that introduced me to life outside of the religious right from my life as a child to a teenager. I know it shouldn't be a surprise either in many ways, but it is certainly interesting to see opposing views being discussed among specific interests that would seem to be very contradictory.
It would also probably be kind of like making a "Ted Nugent & atheist liberals" thread on a Ted Nugent forum from the looks of it.
This thread is also about your experience as a NIN fan and Christian conservatives' reactions to NIN, or say, if even you, yourself happen to be a Christian conservative NIN fan. I also doubt that this is exclusive to ETS either, as I've also seen far more atheist liberals on NIN.com or just about any other corner of the Internet that discusses NIN.
Like any other form of entertainment or media, it is still very interesting for me to see which social, political and even religious views are more compatible with who or what. And not to say that it's all because of NIN, or always one way or another either as there are always exceptions.
And well, I hope this thread goes well, since can certainly I see as to how it probably might not. I also figured that it would probably best to go here should NIN ever become a topic regarding conservative social, political and religious (More specifically, Christian.) issues again on the In the Headlines section.
I also wanted to get this off my chest for a very long time. So anyway, what's your take on being on or off the left while taking the ride with NIN?