Some Irish Band is Holding Chris Brown Responsible for Committing Domestic Violence

I was a bit confused this morning. I thought I'd slept through the winter and woken up April Fools' Day as not only is David Cameron hosting a UN conference on poverty, an Irish band I have never heard of has refused to open for Chris Brown because of his conviction for domestic abuse. I read NME article three times to make sure I was reading it correctly since the Original RudeBoys are not only refusing to financially profit from supporting a man convicted of domestic violence, the article also failed to blame Rhianna for being assaulted. Considering the flack Dominic Monaghan got for calling out his former co-star Matthew Fox on domestic violence and the level of celebration child rapists like Roman Polanski receive, it's quite a brave move for a band who have only just released their first album.

This is what Sean Walsh of The Original Rudeboys said in an interview with Irish channel RTE : 

"Even though it's a huge opportunity to play in the O2 with a major hip-hop star and a substantial fee was offered, we are completely against Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna... In addition, with our latest single 'Blue Eyes' being about domestic violence, it goes against everything we are about as a band and supporting Chris Brown would send out the wrong message to our fans."

I am so very angry at the continuing celebration of violent men and the blaming of their victims that I am going to break my current rule on only buying music written and/or preformed by women to buy The Original Rudeboys album. In the scheme of things, it's not really a big deal. One feminist buying one album isn't going to change the world but the biggest weapon we have in our capitalist-Patriarchy is money. So, I'm not only supporting Eva Wiseman's Dickhead detox but also financially supporting those who take a public stance on Violence against Women.

These are the violent misogynistic thugs who deserve our contempt and our hatred on my  list of the  dickhead detox.

James Brown: domestic violence*
Hugh Grant: abusing a prostitute
Ched Evans: rapist
Sean Connery: domestic violence
Ike Turner: domestic violence
Mel Gibson: probation for domestic violence [not to mention the issue of racism]
Harry Morgan: domestic violence
Tupac Shakur: sexual abuse
Richard Hatch: domestic assault
Tracy Lawrence: domestic abuse
Dennis Rodman: domestic abuse
Mickey Rourke: domestic abuse
Sean Penn: domestic abuse
Paul Gascoigne: domestic violence
Stan Collymore: domestic violence
Bill Wyman: child rape**
R. Kelly: domestic abuse [amongst some other horrifying accusations]
Micheal Lohan: domestic violence
Larry Fitzgerald: restraining order for domestic violence
Santonia Holmes: multiple arrests for domestic violence
Tommy Lee: domestic violence
Alec Baldwin: emotional abuse
Steven Tyler: child rape**
Iggy Pop: child rape**
Jerry Lee Lewis: child rape**
John Peel: child rape**
Jonathon King: child rape
Gary Glitter: possessing child pornography and child rape**
Johnny Thunders: child rape**
David Bowie: child rape**
Jimmy Page: child rape**
Pete Townsend: possessing images of child pornography
Jimmy Savile: child rapeAnd everyone who stood by whilst Jimmy Savile raped children whilst they did nothing.

*I'm using both domestic abuse and domestic violence because the terms reflect the legal status of the crime in the jurisdictions in which the men were charged.

** None of these men were convicted of child rape. But, that's because we live in a society that celebrates male violence and doesn't give a shit about children.