James Taylor: Let’s sacrifice a little liberty for safety

Hot Air ^ | January 22, 2013 | Ed Morrissey

[2ndDivisionVet]

Oh, it’s fun to pick on celebrities who don’t know much about the issues on which they’re asked to pontificate — and at least James Taylor has the honesty to preface his answer to The Daily Caller’s Nicholas Ballasy with an admission of ignorance. In fact, he does so twice, when Nicholas asks him about Obama’s continuation of George Bush’s drone policy and on the “executive orders” Obama promised on gun control (actually executive actions, most or all of which don’t require actual EOs). At some point, it’s easy to feel a little sympathy for Taylor, who must be thinking that he’d rather follow Laura Ingraham’s advise to just “shut up and sing.”

Being a good sport, Taylor provides an answer — which won’t exactly endear him to anyone outside of Obama’s orbit:

(VIDEO AT LINK)

Addressing the issue of gun control, singer-songwriter James Taylor told The Daily Caller that Americans ‘need to make some sacrifice[s] to our freedoms’ in order to keep children safe. Following his performance at President Obama’s second inauguration, TheDC asked Taylor if he agreed with Obama’s executive actions on gun control. ‘I think the nation is very divided on gun control,’ Taylor told TheDC, ‘but I think the majority of us feel strongly — even the majority of gun owners feel strongly — that we need to make some sacrifice[s] to our freedoms, if that’s the way to put it. We need to make some sacrifices to what we might want to have, in order to safeguard our children.’

Since Taylor admits to a rather significant level of ignorance on the topic, it’s not quite clear what he means on this...

[Georgia Girl 2]

This from the guy who cruised through the late 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s on heroin.

[wbill]

Ah....celebrities. Is there anything that they don’t know?

[wbill]

“nobody needs an assault weapon”

It always amazes me that people who don't know a rifle magazine from a Newsweek magazine, think that they can opine expertly on who needs exactly what, and in what quantities, for self-defense. :-)

What the hell, sheep always want to be herded.

[Secret Agent Man]

Nope.

And I reject the premise I’ll be safer.

So double nope.

Libtard asshat.

[dfwgator]

James Taylor: Let’s sacrifice a little liberty for safety

And wind up with neither.

[Liberty Valance]

Inauguration Day: When President Obama called, James Taylor and family answered (The Berkshire Eagle)

President Obama poses with the Taylor family Kim, 11-year-old twins Henry and Rufus, and James during a Nov. 3, 2012, campaign event in Nashua, N.H. James Taylor will perform 'America the Beautiful' just before Obama takes the oath of office for his second term. (Handout photo via James Taylor)

This is sad for me. Been a major JT fan since the early 70s. Him singing America The Beautiful was the only time i un-muted my TeeVee in the entire ceremony. To hear him speak of giving up a little liberty for security just makes me ill. His political views and opinions to the general public are usually held close to his vest. Just damn.

[Travis McGee]

[SaraJohnson]

Taylor is a converted Islamist. Ofcourse he sees Shaira law as better than the constitution. Bet he’d also find it wise to give up a little freedom of speech against Islam, too.