Today I was talking to an online friend that lives in England. He is 21. In his Facebook picture he is wearing a t-shirt for an American 70's rock band. Today he was watching the Eurovision finals and was telling me Conchita Wurst won and that he liked his song. I hadn't heard it yet so I listened and it was alright. I listened to a few other contenders and it definitely was better. So I told him I had listened to the Russian contenders and he said they would have done better but Russia is not popular now. We started talking about politics. I asked him about UKIP and he said they weren't as bad as the BNP and the BNP aren't as bad as Britain First. He votes for Labour but isn't happy with their middle of the road stance and thinks they should be further left. He said that UKIP uses buzzwords meant to play to people's fears about the future. He said he has friends that support them but that they argue about it.
Finally to my point here. When I talk to people that live in England I sometimes mention Morrissey. This person is a music fan who lives near Brighton. I asked him if he was aware of Morrissey's support of UKIP, or of Morrissey's lawsuit against the NME for calling him a racist. He does not know who Morrissey is or what the NME is. I thought Morrissey was like the frikken Kim Kardashian of England and every dropped what they were doing when he releases his latest statements. I have casually mentioned Morrissey to about ten English people and two have laughed, this one today did not know who he is, and the rest did not take the bait. No one said how much they loved some song or even wished The Smiths would reunite or even got angry about things he talked about. My random sample seems to indicate that people just aren't bothered either way.
