That statement reminds me of the frustration I feel when I see rabid right-wingers at say a U2 concert singing happily along to "one", totally oblivious to the fact that it's a song about a gay son wanting the acceptance of his homophobic father.

then when you press them on it, they want to pretend that it's some stupid love song and as a matter-of-factly assert that they're not in it for the message, they just like the music.

Which IMO is a slap in the face to the work involved in the 1st place.