In which Vox displays his ignorance of music history and pop culture

Taking a break from spewing stupid arguments against atheism/atheists, science and anything remotely intelligent, Vox Day now attacks a subject he seems to despise just as much, judging from the tone of his latest screed: the Beatles.

And, as you can expect, it's completely and hopelessly ignorant and stupid.

As I see it, The Beatles were little more than the Jonas Brothers of their day, which is very, very far from even beginning to approach anything that can reasonably be described as cool. So they wrote a lot of pop songs, had some big hits, and met with a Tiger Beat reception in America. BFD.

Whoa. One does not have to be a fan of the Beatles to be offended and indignant by such a statement – merely minimally knowledgeable in recent musical (and popular culture) history. Love them or hate them, it is simply undeniable, except for the utterly insane, that the Beatles shaped our modern world through their music and popularity in more ways than we're probably even aware of: they popularized an entire new branch of music (you know, that "rock" and "pop" stuff) that would take over the global music scene by storm forevermore; their influence on other artists and performers is clear as day; they shifted the global musical dominance of American-style Rock & Roll to UK acts; they led to the vast transition in popularity from solo performers to groups and bands; they led to artists relying less on professional songwriters and instead composing their own music and lyrics; and, of course, one would be horribly remiss not to mention their obvious effects in the fashion world. And this is all without mentioning the simply incalculable impact they've had upon virtually all aspects of popular culture in general. Whereas, the Jonas Brothers are just the latest teen sensation (whereas by "teen", I mean "young girls who swoon whenever Nick Jonas flashes his pearly whites").

All this is stuff you can gleam from a little bit of common sense, and less than two minutes of Googling. Now, imagine what someone with Vox's supposed hallowed brainpower could do with more time spent researching what they're talking about, and less time spewing hilariously dumb stuff and passing for a total ignoramus.