After Paul Stanley’s message to Americans about the elections and their decision, Alex Skolnick chimed in to share his own thoughts.
The Testament guitarist took to X to respond to Stanley’s statement. “I agree with this in principle but also feel a—hole behavior shouldn’t be tolerated. Those who post ‘Cry more, Libtard!’ name call, insult etc don’t deserve a bridge. Don’t get me wrong: Respectful disagreement is good, as some have shown. The others? Only if & when they grow up,” he wrote.
Stanley has been open about his political views and expressing them publicly hasn’t been an issue for him. Skolnick’s words came in response to the Kiss rocker’s statement. “IT’S OVER. If your candidate lost, it’s time to learn from it, accept it and try to understand why,” he wrote earlier. “There will be no building bridges to those you don’t agree with by being condescending, insulting, talking AT them or removing yourself. If your candidate won it’s time to understand that those who don’t share your views also believe they are right and love this country as much as you do. The enemy is not our fellow Americans. It is anyone and everyone who seeks to divide us.”
Like Stanley, Skolnick has also openly shared his political views with his fans over the years. The guitarist even made a rap song to slam Donald Trump.
Two months ago, Skolnick explained whether or not his politics would affect the band in any way on social media. It came after an argument about his song about Trump.
“For every ‘I HATE YOUR POLITICS AND AM DONE WITH YOU & YOUR MUSIC!!’ there are many more like this. THANK YOU,” the guitarist responded.
When a user asked him to check his album sales, the guitarist responded with, “Album no longer count. Ticket sales do. And they’re better than ever,” with a winking face emoji.
Skolnick also made it clear that he would never pretend to support right-wing just to not lose fans.