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ALL THAT REMAINS Phil Labonte Wants You To Know He's Not Homophobic

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Yesterday, we called out All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte for calling the singer of Black Veil Bridesa "faggot". We weren't the only ones to do so, and since Phil clearly has nothing better to do, he's taken to his social media accounts to defend himself. The gist of my argument was that the dude is a role model and shouldn't be using such degrading language in pointless situations. In the interest of reporting the whole story, here are his responses with a few of my opinions in between. 

I use the word "FAGGOT" in reference to a guy who dresses like @Jeffreestar but w/o the pink and it makes the metal "news" and I'm a homophobe. I say "I back gay rights 100%" and no one makes a peep. Nice job metal media. Also, I've talked to @jeffreestar, he's a cool guy. Or girl. And he doesn't get fucking butthurt by the word "faggot".

Oh, and he's sucked WAY more dicks than the singer of Black Veiled Brides. I don't think Andy is even GAY. #mediacreatedoutrage

Oh, I see. It's ok for you to call somebody who is not gay a faggot because you have gay friends. That makes so much sense to me! I am not butthurt by the word "faggot," I am just shocked at how flagrantly you used to word to describe another musician WHO DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROVOKE YOU. There is no validation for what you did.

I ain't mad. Just a lot of peeps been posting this stuff on my wall and I felt like I needed to elaborate. People talk TONS of shit about me EVERYDAY. And have for years. NO. CARE.

America, ya know what sucks? Beheading someone for SORCERY. Rape. Murder. Violence. That hurts. Why doesn't the metal "media" mention any of that? Oh yeah, cause it doesn't generate traffic to their site. And in six months no on will remember this at all. But in six months the guys who got their heads cut off for speaking out against the NarcoCartels in Mexico will still be dead.

This is pretty much the most ridiculous argument ever. WE ARE A METAL SITE, NOT A GLOBAL NEWS WEBSITE! Why the hell would we cover beheadings unless they were vocals in the latest Cannibal Corpse CD? You are just deflecting the issue here.

I think this will be my last remark on the subject. All the blogs that don't like what I said, or what I post, or my politics. YOU ALL MAKE MONEY CAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE ME! As much as you "hate" me, you love me. Cause every once in a while I say something you can hate on. Maybe it's a comment on here, where I am far more honest than ANY other person in the music industry today, OR we put out a disc that you can not listen to but still say how much you hate it. You're welcome. Faggots.

So charming! At least we agree on something. You're right, Phil! Yesterday, we got a lot of hits to the post about your bigotry, so a thank you is very much in order. All I ask is you continue to make assinine remarks like this, so that you can continue to be in the news cycle and we can both continue to profit off your names showing up in headlines on this metal news site, in the place of actual metal news we could be reporting on, because this gets more hits. That's right, it goes both ways. Just as we are making money off you, you are just as much making money off us, indirectly, with your name getting publicity on this metal news site.

Last night, while discussing this humorous story with Axl Rosenberg and Vince Neilstein at the Metal Suckfest pre-show, we decided that we should just start replacing the word faggot in our vernacular with "Labonte." So whenever one of your friends starts acting like a pansy, just go "Dude, you're such a Labonte."

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  • gmike620

    Way to go Phil! Don't let them beat you down. You have every right to say how you feel, and if they don't like it then tough SHIT!!!

    • heavymattal

      ^^^^^Labonte^^^^^

  • Siferian

    who the fuck cares? there are people who say way worse things than he does and noone says shit about it. whoever gets offended by the word faggot, is a faggot. words mean nothing unless you give them meaning. everyone needs to calm the fuck down

  • Of Conscience

    At the end of the day, nobody cares about this AND All That Remains.

  • deftonesfan

    Every fucking post Phil makes is about GUNS AND MERICA FTW! Seriously get the fuck over youself the guy is worse than Greg Puciato hating on disturbed and a7x. Its like misha mansoor said if you got nothing nice to say dont say it at all! Be professional for gods sake.

    • Mothmonsterman

      Actually Greg's A7X and Disturbed bashing was well called for.

      And as for All That Remains and Black Veil Brides, they both suck.

      • deftonesfan

        Eh your right and true on both bands.

  • EofA

    I guess if someone is to comment on a photo of a glam dude who clearly looks ridiculous, one would have to use terms like, assclown, douche-rocket, black-veiled turd, jerkturd, sissy-pants or something of the like to deflect any kind of "real" negative character demeaning qualities or sexual preference.

    Then again I love GWAR and they dress in fishnets, but their music actually is awesome. RIP Maximus. :(

  • dreamtheater912

    Good job being biased and trying to stir up an issue over nothing Mr. professional journalist.

    • Akeldama

      Thank you, finally someone who understands.

  • NeonCultUvSharkClaspers

    Honestly who the fuck cares? He's just singer in a mediocore (get it?) band. That shouldn't be anyone's role model in realty. This whole situation is a load of faggotry.

  • pech24

    I mean in Phils defense, look at the guy he called a faggot. I mean I dont think he was far off?

  • DogBert

    You guys are missing the point. It's not BECAUSE he used the word faggot it's because he blatantly went out of his way to attack somebody over the internet which he knows is obviously going to be seen by thousands of fans. He's trying to make this guy seem inferior by bashing the way he dresses just so he can feel better about himself. 'nuffsaid

    • Super_Buick

      Is Metal Injection not doing the same thing?

      • DogBert

        Metalinjection is reporting this because they are a news site, not so they can feel superior to Phil Labonte. Metalinjection isn't calling some guy a fag for the way he looks, they're calling Phil Labonte and asshole for being an asshole.

  • Spuhmaster

    calling RobInjection a fag is to disrespect fags everywhere.

  • Jewers

    I'm not defending Labonte, but If the guy from the Red Chord said this we'd never hear a word about it.

    • DistrictCyanide

      I love your name. lol

  • ToothGrinder

    1. This Labonte dude is way too fucking old to be picking on people that are most likely half his age.
    2. "NO. CARE." obviously you do since you seem all butthurt.
    3. When the fuck was the last time someone got beheaded for "SORCERY. Rape. Murder. Violence." in recent history? You guys should get on that.

    • Zeroforty22

      You've obviously never heard any new about Mexico, Uganda, Rwanda, or about another half dozen countries. Labonte was expressing his right to free speech. The fact that everybody jumped on his back for saying what 99% of the Metal community has been wanting to say about Black Veil Brides is ridiculous, It's one of those "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" situations in my opinion, I wonder if the author of this has ever called anybody a name. I doubt he hasn't

      • Zeroforty22

        news*

  • Super_Buick

    Why do you faggots care that he said "faggot?" You're not being progressive by belittling people that use the word; merely retarding the development of language. If he had called him a "sissy" or a "bitchboy" would you complain that he was endorsing gender stereotypes? I seriously doubt it. Get off your high horse and quit bemoaning the continuing evolution of speech.

  • Akeldama

    I think it was pretty harsh to slam Phil earlier with a headline calling him a "homophobic asshole." I mean, what he said was a little uncalled for, but any guy who sings for a band called Black Veil Brides, wears makeup and tries to be taken seriously in a band that looks so commercialized and fake is bound to take a few shots. Not to mention pulling a Bret Michaels and holding an "exclusive interview" to bitch about how he accidentally broke his nose in some show (you never hear a word from bands like Dillinger Escape Plan, guys who lose teeth and break bones all the time). My point is, Phil wasn't very far off at all.

    Phil was also not very far off in what he said about this site trying to generate traffic. This whole ordeal is pointless and I wish Rob had something better to do than call someone out about a facebook post. Speaking as a journalist myself, WHERE'S THE REAL NEWS???

    *goes to blabbermouth*

  • mOTA

    Saying that term out of context and he say's hes sorry, get some education and upgrade your vocab. Roll-model haha right!

  • jessicawelch

    if you dont think hes gay then why call him a faggot? makes no sense to me whats the point in hating against people just because you dont approve of how they look? or what they like honestly its stupid and immature

  • DJ Mike Zero

    This is the most asinine piece of "journalism" I've ever read. Phil posts DOZENS of posts every day that are positive, motivating, and fair. He talks about the outrage of basic human rights being taken away, the mistreatment of minorities, and opens himself up to his fans to come to him anytime they are in a time of emotional problems.

    But he posts ONE comment that is taken out of context, and suddenly he's the most hated man in the world? Not only that, but the Metal Media is deaf to his logical reasonings-we simply shrug off his words as if they're in some foreign language.

    Why? Why, I ask. What gives YOU the right to condemn Phil Labonte for a word???

    The word "faggot" is not bad. Words, themselves, are not bad. They are just words. the fact that you, along with dozens of other media individuals, are giving it such a negative slant is what makes it so horrible.

    Think about that the next time you decide to write an "article" about something.

    You're an insult to journalism and bloggers everywhere.

  • name

    MInjection is just like MSucks: crap postin wannabe journalists.

  • Dragon

    Feigned "insult" / offense = Increased readers / profits. Freedom of Speech is all but a once
    -great, now dead ideology that's only exercised by certain people. The ones that are so self
    righteous and absurd enough to think that only THEY have that right to FoS and no one else..unless of course it agrees / supports their own. There's no difference in calling someone a faggot than there is in labeling someone a "homophobe" for speaking out against homosexuality in this increasingly Pro-Homosexuality mindset. People's RIGHTS to support or oppose whatever they may wish is a quickly fading freedom that the Pro-Gay agenda ( aka The Gay Mafia ) seeks removed altogether. In other words, people are to praise, uplift, exalt, support, etc. Homosexuality or expect to be verbally attacked, called
    names, persecuted, etc. Hmm, that reminds me of the way Homosexuals have always cried
    and whined about being attacked, called names, persecuted, etc. so how can they, of all
    people, expect doing the same thing to others will somehow strengthen their positions?

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