Posted on 04/03/2013 6:55:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
After the punk-folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked made remarks critical of homosexuality and same-sex marriage while performing in San Francisco two weekends ago, clubs around the country responded by canceling bookings they had made with her. But that hasn’t stopped her: Thursday night she turned up outside one such club with her face covered and her mouth taped shut to protest the way she is being treated.
The site of the sit-in staged by Ms. Shocked, who in the past has acknowledged being involved in lesbian relationships but now describes herself as a born-again Christian, was Moe’s Alley, in the university town and hippie haven of Santa Cruz, Calif., south of San Francisco. Seated outside the club with a mask across her mouth that read “Silenced by Fear,” she did not comment about the backlash against her onstage outburst, but instead pointed to a series of posters that had been placed above her head.
Thomas Vincent Mendoza/Associated Press Her scheduled performance was canceled after she made anti-gay remarks at a show in San Francisco.
“Does speech really scare you that much?” one inquired. Another asked “Is it possible Michelle Shocked was a target of fear-mongering in the name of a protection racket?” The most prominent reflected directly on the recent controversy: “What would you say to Michelle Shocked if you had waited to hear her side of the story vs. what was reported? Were you there?”
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This is why almost all celebrities support the homosexual agenda. It is simply a career move.
"To get along, you go along". Gays control the entire entertainment industry.
Kinda reminds me of the Dixie Chicks.
Politics and entertainment are like water and oil.
Dixie Chicks were dropped from some radio stations playlists and their album sales fell, but I don’t know of booked concerts being canceled by promoters/venues out “solidarity” with the outraged.
Maybe Michelle didn’t have signed contracts for her gigs. Otherwise, the venues broke contract.
I thought”LIBERALS”were TOLERANT??????????????????
Punk, folk, Born again Christian, no CW? I am as confused as she was at a piscine store.
I was going to work Regicide in there as well but I figured you hadn’t taken my advice about the diazepam (get the blue ones and the non generics have a cool looking V in the middle). Mildly habit forming and by mildly, I mean you’ll look like Whitney Houstin did after a binger in a week.
And having worked in that industry, I can assure you that is not an exaggeration.
“Gays control the entire entertainment industry.”
Then let the faggies entertain one another.
;^)
Dixie Chicks were dropped from some radio stations playlists and their album sales fell, but I don’t know of booked concerts being canceled by promoters/venues out “solidarity” with the outraged.
Maybe Michelle didn’t have signed contracts for her gigs. Otherwise, the venues broke contract.
And I suspect contracts were broken. This could get interesting.
It’s one reason I now primarily watch foreign productions. I’m sick of the dreck that today passes for American culture.
Dang... I thought it was the Jews.
Gay Jews???
Thank you for the educational opportunity. I had to go look up piscine store.
How do I pronounce that, btw?
Anything is possible in Hollywood. Even Gay Black Jews.
Currently my only real connection to the American entertainment industry is Duck Dynasty (can’t get enough of those bearded rednecks) and episodes of Battlestar Galactica I’ve been downloading to watch at the gym on my Ipad while I run on the epliptical. I just finishaed season 1 and I’m hooked - I can’t believe I missed this show when it was being broadcast but I’m glad I’ve got three more seasons to watch while exercising!
My, my.... how easily I am misled.
I don’t know, just say, fish.
B&B, the modern Shakespeare for our times. I love Mike Judge’s humor.
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