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In an effort to up their sales, Rage Against the Machine threw down the gauntlet to Simon Cowell and his X Factor protégé Joe McElderry, urging fans to ignore the so-called monotony music put out by the reality star in favor of the band’s 1992 hit ‘Killing in the Name’. Simon has gotten wind of the campaign and was quoted in saying to the press “All these musical snobs have ganged up against Joe. If you take me out of the equation, you have a teenager with his first single being attacked by a huge hate mob on Facebook. It almost feels like a little kid being bullied. It feels like a spiteful campaign aimed at an 18-year-old who won a talent competition. It’s David versus Goliath and it’s not fair on Joe. It’s getting out of hand.”