# Neil Young’s Rise Up Rally Cry: Rockstar Rhetoric Fuels Anti-ICE Rage While Ignoring Real Threats to Freedom
In a fresh salvo from his personal website, Canadian rocker Neil Young is once again blasting President Trump and ICE agents, branding the U.S. as the biggest mess I’ve ever witnessed amid reports of violent attacks on immigration enforcement officers. Young’s post demands that Americans rise up against what he sees as Trump’s destruction of the nation, conveniently timed as leftist agitators escalate physical assaults on federal agents doing their jobs. This isn’t just vintage Neil—it’s a masterclass in celebrity hypocrisy, where a draft-dodging expat from up north lectures red-blooded Americans on patriotism while ICE heroes face molotov cocktails and bricks in cities like Portland and Aurora.
Let’s unpack the irony for the 2A community: Young’s call to rise up echoes the revolutionary spirit he romanticizes in songs like Rockin’ in the Free World, yet he turns a blind eye to the very Second Amendment protections that safeguard such dissent. While antifa thugs hurl firebombs at ICE—echoing the 2020 riots that saw over 2,000 officers injured and billions in damages—gun owners stand as the thin blue line against chaos. Remember, it’s armed citizens and their RKBA that deterred widespread vigilante justice during those unrests, not Woodstock-era platitudes. Young’s rhetoric isn’t harmless; it normalizes violence against law enforcement, the same cops who protect our rights to bear arms at rallies and ranges. If Trump is destroying America, why does Young ignore Biden-era border invasions that flooded streets with fentanyl and MS-13, straining the very resources ICE defends?
The implications hit hard for 2A patriots: this is red-flag legislation in musical form. As attacks on federal agents mount— with incidents like the July 2024 Aurora ambush where an illegal migrant shot an ICE officer—expect Dems to pivot to assault weapon bans, painting self-defense tools as enablers of right-wing extremism. Young’s megaphone amplifies the narrative that resistance to open borders is the real threat, sidelining how armed citizens have historically quelled riots (think Oath Keepers in Kenosha, acquitted for protecting property). 2A folks, stay vigilant: stock up, train up, and call out these Hollywood has-beens. Their rise up is code for disarm us first—don’t let it stick.
