Posted on 11/19/2016 12:27:26 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
As someone who has grown up around artists and liberals my whole life: I want to say, “Hamilton” is an incredibly well-written, well-produced, true-to-history feat! The phenomenon is cause for hope that liberals and young generations of "minority" Americans will identify with our founders after years and years of being conditioned to view America as fundamentally a bad place and our founders as fundamentally hostile, racist people -- and not for the great, complex, robust characters they were!
Give it more time, and eventually more will eventually be drawn to conservatism, which ideally leads to embracing the Judeo-Christian principles and our Creator God which underpin them.
Regardless,
I think a basic rule of thumb is to not enter hostile, traditional “enemy” territory (in this case, Broadway/Hollywood) JUST after a battle while the blood is still wet on the ground from defeat so to speak. Hence why I think the timing for the VP-elect's attendance was not right.
Abraham Lincoln understood this! This is why Civil War reconstruction was such a disaster because he died before being able to oversee it. The North did not give the South enough time to sort of recover itself from the initial war itself! (A far more extreme example, yes, but the idea still applies!)
"Making America Great Again" will not just happen in a day and President-elect Trump did a great job in reaching out to groups of people considered traditionally opposed to the conservative message: African-Americans, et al. It's a start!
No, The ‘Hamilton’ Casting Call For ‘Non-White’ Actors Is Not Reverse Racism
Lol—thanks, I needed that.
Yes, I understand.
I see a distinction. But ok agree to disagree.
If I were Hillary, I would not go to a NASCAR race and introduce myself so shortly after this kind of election no, but I will say that I bet the people in *that* audience would likely be more respectful.
Why would anyone think Pence would have a problem going to see Hamilton? I was going to see it eventually but could not get tickets. Now I refuse to see it.
Having the Government Grant, the racist play should be prosecutes with the Trump DOJ. A refund for any funds, penalties, and a Tony. Let the racist pay with their only funding.
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