text: whats the mesage behind american idiot?   they are voicing their opinion on the current state of the us media. more particularly how they deem it to be a propoganda machine for the bush agenda ("red neck agenda") that has done a very good job of keeping people scared and in a state of hysteria regarding the war on terror. they are asking people to wake up and see the light and stop this media/government control of thought and reason - hence "i don't want to be no american idiot"