Jon,

The line about hanging himself/herself from a cross led me toward a correct guess. 

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After all, this was the same artist who decided in the early 1990’s to dedicate part of a music video to traipsing around a field of burning crosses while singing the chorus to a number-one hit.

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By the way, we should not be surprised that Rolling Stone decided to give the Neil Young “I hate Bush” album four stars — even though the review acknowledges that the music and lyrics are undercooked.