Oh, the pitfalls of enraging yourself on Twitter against perceived enemies: facists, racists, Russian traitors! This is what it is like to live in the mind of Stevie Van Zandt:

The veteran E Street band guitarist has gone after what he has called "Republican White Supremicist scumbag cowards and pussies" who need guns to feel like real men, after Tennessee representatives demanded gun controls.

How did we get here? Well, Stevie Van Zandt has been explaining to the critics on Twitter that his Jersey style of approaching life warrants various expletives and straight forward opposition. 

It seems Stevie is now explaining that the cockroaches he was referring to exterminating are his political foes, merely to be defeated at the ballot box:

Do you think Stevie Van Zandt's recent outbursts are warranted? At this point, should his rantings be considered "Bitter Fruit" like his 1987 song and not be gathered? 

How did this man go from writing about the struggles of the common people: "If it's not soldiers it's foreign debt, but they haven't won this one yet" to embarassing tirades?