As a society, we’re becoming more cooked with each passing day. We’re basically burnt to a fuckin crisp at this point and it’s not like we needed another indicator of that, but, here we are. The red hats have been up in arms since Bad Bunny was announced as next year’s Super Bowl halftime show talent, crying over not wanting to get up and refresh their drinks or take a shit while he’s performing. The idea of a “team America, fuck yeah!” counter to actual halftime show has merely been a joke for the last couple of weeks—with one alt-reich mouthpiece suggesting Creed at its helm—but now, it appears as though at least part of it is actually going to come true.
Turning Point USA, the conservative nonprofit started by Charlie Kirk, announced earlier today that they’re throwing something called “The All American Halftime Show,” which they described as “celebrating faith, family, and freedom.” Everything about that makes me sick.
When it comes to the Creed of it all—they haven’t (yet) been confirmed as the show’s talent. The whole reason they’re even part of the current conversation in the first place is because of far-right commentator Jack Posobiec. He tweeted late last month how it “Sure would be a shame if Turning Point USA hosted a counter-Superbowl halftime show with Creed.”
That got everyone talking, with some suggesting other “very clearly loved by white people” musicians, like Trump bootlicker Aaron Lewis of Staind, Carrie Underwood and, of course, the human equivalent of pissed out Mountain Dew: Kid Rock. Posobiec doubled down on the idea later by saying on a podcast:
“By every measure Creed has earned the Super Bowl halftime gig. It is time for them to take us Higher. To a place with golden streets.”
“We need Creed. We need [Creed frontman] Scott Stapp flying down from the rafters.”
No, what we need is for Creed to turn down this hypothetical offer. The band has yet to respond to any of this nonsense.