The Rage Mob Came for Alice Cooper and Left Empty-Handed
After Cooper denounced wokery and trans surgeries for kids, a z-list makeup company tried to dunk on the guy who essentially created their industry.
Alice Cooper was one of several rock stars to speak out against the absurdity of medically unnecessary experimental genital surgery and hormonal abuse on young kids. In a recent interview with Stereogum in support of his latest album, “Road” (released on August 25th) he was asked about gender in theatrical productions, as it relates to his own performances. His answer on that specific question:
“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that. I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, “Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.”
I think that’s so confusing to a kid. It’s even confusing to a teenager. You’re still trying to find your identity, and yet here’s this thing going on, saying, “Yeah, but you can be anything you want. You can be a cat if you want to be.” I mean, if you identify as a tree… And I’m going, “Come on! What are we in, a Kurt Vonnegut novel?” It’s so absurd, that it’s gone now to the point of absurdity.
The whole woke thing… Nobody can answer this question. Maybe you can. Who’s making the rules? Is there a building somewhere in New York where people sit down every day and say, “Okay, we can’t say ‘mother’ now. We have to say ‘birthing person.’ Get that out on the wire right now”? Who is this person that’s making these rules? I don’t get it. I’m not being old school about it. I’m being logical about it.
It’s getting to the point now where it’s laughable. If anybody was trying to make a point on this thing, they turned it into a huge comedy. I don’t know one person that agrees with the woke thing. I don’t know one person. Everybody I talk to says, “Isn’t it stupid?” And I’m going, “Well, I respect people. I respect people and who they are, but I’m not going to tell a seven-year-old boy, ‘Go put a dress on because maybe you’re a girl,’ and he’s going, ‘No, I’m not. I’m a boy.'”
So I say let somebody at least become sexually aware of who they are before they start thinking about if they’re a boy or a girl. A lot of times, I look at it this way, the logical way: If you have these genitals, you’re a boy. If you have those genitals, you’re a girl. There’s a difference between “I am a male who is a female, or I’m a female that’s a male” and wanting to be a female. You were born a male. Okay, so that’s a fact. You have these things here.
Now, the difference is you want to be a female. Okay, that’s something you can do later on if you want to. But you’re not a male born a female.”
[INTERVIEWER:] “I don’t think parents are encouraging doubt in their kids’ identities. I would just hope that they listen to their kids and find pediatricians that provide appropriate care.”
COOPER: “Well, I can see somebody really taking advantage of this, though. A guy can walk into a woman’s bathroom at any time and just say, ‘I just feel like I’m a woman today’ and have the time of his life in there, and he’s not in the least bit… He’s just taking advantage of that situation. Well, that’s going to happen. Somebody’s going to get raped, and the guy’s going to say, ‘Well, I felt like a girl that day, and then I felt like a guy.’ Where do you draw this line?
Something’s going to raise its ugly head, and all of a sudden, people are going to start going, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. We’ve got to get this under control.’
It’s almost like that with AI. People would say, ‘Well, what about AI?” And I said, “The only person that shouldn’t have AI is Paul McCartney.’ It’s dangerous.”
The entire interview is actually quite good and worth the read. I felt it fair to publish his remarks in their entirety in response to the question. Cooper didn’t say anything cruel or purposefully malicious. He merely disagreed and explained that his basis for doing so was logic.
As a consequence, a Great Value-version of MAC Cosmetics publicly announced that they were terminating their collaboration with the theatrical rock pioneer because they desperately needed the attention.
The intolerant company, Vampyre Cosmetics — spelled with a “Y” to lend the brand an air of sophistication they failed to secure with their flag team-reject, goth-aid aesthetic — sells what looks like dollar store-quality tinted grease palettes (think Pat McGrath rip-offs) and promise on their “about us” page that they’re “not selling beauty.” (Don’t worry, anyone who’s seen their Instagram would never mistake them for doing that. They promptly blocked me on Instagram for publicly criticizing their empty stunt.)
VampYre Cosmetics had previously trumpeted their partnership with the godfather of shock rock but the moment Cooper gave his very innocuous opinion on trans surgeries for children the people who wouldn’t have jobs without the industry he created decided that they were too narrow-minded to “co-exist.”
Did no one at the company do any research on Cooper beyond a garden-variety Google search before doing a collab? How do you not know this song?
These goth poseurs needed Cooper more than he needed them. This is ALICE COOPER. He is UNCANCELABLE.
I’d be more inclined to believe that the company’s publicity-seeking move was motivated by compassion had I ever witnessed them doing an ounce of the service Cooper does. Every Christmas Cooper feeds and personally services hungry kids in his area:
We reached out to Cooper after the nontroversy broke but he’s probably too busy holding a Bible study with his golf friends and feeding the hungry. I’m not being sarcastic, either. He literally does this things. He’s public about being a born-again Christian. He’s the most wholesome person in metal.
He’s also one of the most original people in rock.
That’s why the false, performative “compassion” play by the cheap makeup company angered many of us — Cooper was asked for his opinion and he shared it in the most diplomatic way possible. I doubt enough people even know about the twilight makeup people to even force their move on this, which is why it’s obvious that they did this to double-play on his name for publicity while appearing to score some social credit point for themselves amongst wokescolds.
Wokery is hollow, mass-produced compassion.
That’s why it doesn’t make sense to Cooper.
His new album Road is out now.
In the DANA SHOW studios:
Oh they wanted a pound of flesh but got nada. Even some post on social media "I'm sorry" was removed... Good for Alice Cooper.
“The only person that shouldn’t have AI is Paul McCartney.’ It’s dangerous.” LOL!
There is a reason he wears makeup.