There are plenty of issues that I have with U2 over their 30 year career. I am an apologist for very little in my life, maybe my family members at times, but even then don't count on it. What you see many times is me taking a logical opposition against the many baseless knee-jerk arguments I see in here. It doesn't mean I find U2 faultless, quite the opposite.
I see far too many people yell "sellout", "they've lost their integrity", "they're apologizing for their past", or some other baseless argument too often and too fast purely based on their subjective leaning towards an era of the past that they enjoy more than now. And I just try to find a way for them to apply consistency to other musicians they like, or bring context to their argument, or have them really explain their point. It's not because I'm trying so hard to defend U2, it's just that I find lazy arguments frustrating. U2 is a rock band, I think people sometimes take all of this too seriously, I'm one of them at times, but at the end of the day it's just rock music. I have a painting that hangs on my wall, I don't know the artist I don't know where it came from but it moves me more than any single painting of it's kind does(and I've been to art museums all over the world). If I worried about the integrity of that artist, or their past work would it make this piece less moving?
So I should kind of thank you?