Slayer on Trump Photo Controversy: “Like Him or Not He Is the President”

Slayer’s Tom Araya has criticized fans who objected to his photoshopped picture of Donald Trump and the band, as Stereogum points out. Noting mixed reactions to the photo, Araya said he “thought it was funny” and that anyone who disagrees should keep quiet. “I never would have guessed that there where so many snowflakes commenting their distaste for the new president,” he wrote. “Like him or not he is the president.” Read the comment in full below.

Believe it or not this picture was posted by me Tom Araya on 1/20 cause I thought it was funny … I was amazed at the comments about the picture some positive some negative more amazing was in 2 hours there was 10,000 likes … But i never would have guessed that there where so many snowflakes commenting their distaste for the new president. Like him or not he is the president … woke up the next morning and found someone had deleted the post … can some one please explain why…?

A photo posted by Slayer (@slayerbandofficial) on Jan 24, 2017 at 12:54pm PST

As Stereogum’s Michael Nelson points out, Araya used the comments section to continue mocking those who objected to the picture.

Like, not even getting into the “snowflakes” and “fruits” shit, which is indefensibly gross. pic.twitter.com/s2cyYGtHPu

— Michael Nelson (@nelsonicboom) January 25, 2017

The user @zogar77, to whom Araya was responding with the “turning fruits into vegetables” comment, replied: “I happen to be gay @slayerbandofficial so fuck you and your fruits to vegetables comment. Go crawl up Pence’s arse.”

Araya also commented: “thanks [...] to everybody that has commented thanks for insight… this is how fake news gets started, not once did I say that I supported trump… and assuming I speak for the band you are mistaking .. the picture did exactly what I thought it would do… piss some of you off.”

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