“Russian Soprano Netrebko Shocks by Posing With Ukraine Separatist Flag By The Moscow Times
Dec. 10, 2014”
Posted on 03/05/2022 5:03:44 AM PST by sockmonkey
“It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera.” Those words from General the Metropolitan Opera Manager Peter Gelb makes it sound like soprano Anna Netrebko has died or lost her voice in some accident. In reality, Netrebko was cancelled for failing to denounce Vladimir Putin. As with the criminalization of support for Putin in some countries, the termination of Netrebko is an attack on free speech. It is perfectly bizarre for the Met to stand against tyranny by attacking free speech, the very right that combats tyranny in all forms. This is not just the day that the music died for Netrebko, it is the day that free speech died at the Met.
Go get ‘em!!!
But is she jabbed ???
“Russian Soprano Netrebko Shocks by Posing With Ukraine Separatist Flag By The Moscow Times
Dec. 10, 2014”
There is a long line of artists who made American ballet and opera great by defecting from Russia, and on the flip side, many artists whose careers were ruined by Russian political oppression. It works both ways.
Had tickets for one of her shows in April.
Cancel culture originated in Russia.
Cancel culture - the political philosophy of suicidal idiots...
Very Stalinesque.
I saw elsewhere in the news where a substitute teacher was fired for endorsing Putin.
I hate this cancel culture BS we have acquired, when I was younger (lol 10 years ago) the common belief was that no matter how wrong or stupid an opinion was it’s still free speech.
Just wait, next time it might be YOUR opinion that’s not PC.
For the record I condemn Putin and the invasion.
After a corporate presentation about the importance and “celebration” of diversity one employee said, “How long before it goes beyond tolerance and we each must publicly affirm our support of diversity?” Another chimed in, “Or, we have to prove we’ve had sex with our own sex?” This is where we go when we are forced to say one thing or another. I have often wondered why people say the things they say when just keeping quiet would have been the better option. We no longer have the option to not speak out...where does that stop?
Social cancelling is a way of making sure the only views expressed are rightthink. Any deviation, no matter how small from the approved narrative, must be corrected or punished.
Oh great! Now America is soviet. 2024 can't come soon enough.
Is that legal?
I like this. It rips the mask off of the Elites who are really just Facists with expensive clothing and digs. And gets rid of another Commie on the payroll here in the US.
I’m assuredly no “Putinesta” but this is a crying shame. This canceling B.S. has to stop.
Why does the pretty woman in that pic look like she just stepped out of the 80s?
All these Libtards supporting Ukraine make me wonder what the heck is really going on
Disgusting....but oh so typical of the authoritarian Left today.
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