Same here, yet there's always someone here on FR that has to fall all over themselves to be the first to bring it up. Unless they're running for office, I don't care about an entertainer's politics one way or the other.
That’s right.
I don’t know if they will give me the same grace, but I don’t care what their opinions are.
I really wish more celebrities would realize that your view is probably shared by most people and shut up.
If I don’t know already, I assume that person wanted to keep their politics to themself, and I respect that.
I used to love music by Pink Floyd. I listened to their work all the time.
Back in 2004, I went to a Roger Waters concert. I was in a large group of 10-15 people, all good friends.
In retrospect, I should have seen what was coming, but...I didn’t.
It turned into a 3 hour political audiovisual tirade against Bush, neocons, conservatives and Israel, with some music mixed in. It looked like Code Pink put together the slide and video shows they had going on.
I didn’t want to ruin the evening for the people I went with, but I was steaming mad. I grit my teeth and sat there. At the end of the “concert”, they released a 40 foot high ballon of a pig with “F*ck Bush” on one side and “Vote Democrat” on the other.
I have only within the last few months begun to listen to Pink Floyd again.
If I know someone is a vocal Leftist a-hole, I have no problem with someone bringing it up and accentuating it.