Replies

Since you pinged me, I'll give you my take...

I was a DC fan earlier on. I liked the banjo-mandolin faux-bluegrass flavor. I'm sure real bluegrass fans would hate it, but I'm not a bluegrass fan, I like music with that bluegrass flavor in the background. I like Allison Krauss, big time... Vince Gill's music has that flavor about it.

And I liked that quality in DC's music. Their last album, though, I disliked, didn't buy, it was clearly an attempt to go mainstream, which I took as DC losing faith in the music that had got them to where they were. It was not long after that record was released that they attacked their own country in time of war, which really is unforgiveable. Its not unforgiveable that they disagree with me, they're musicians, who cares. Its unforgiveable the really awful things they said, essentially, about me and people like me.

So, while I am not boycotting them or anyone else, per se, the fact is that I don't like them, and I can't listen to them. Anything of theirs comes on the radio, I hit the button. Not to "boycott" them, but because I just can't listen to them. There is a list of movie actors whose remarks have been so ugly as to cross a line with me, and I can't watch anything they are in. Its not a boycott, I just can't stand to see them on screen. There are several other musicians who I previously liked, but can no longer listen to.

Its not a matter of "shut up and sing", they really don't get it. Its letting your art speak for you. Art, music, literature, if done well can communicate across lines in a way that a political speech can't. Step over into politics, and you pay a high price, if your desire was to communicate your truth. Art should never be overtly political, if you want people to hear you. Nor should artists.

There is a list of movie actors whose remarks have been so ugly as to cross a line with me, and I can't watch anything they are in.

Exactly. Entertainers typecast themselves when the abuse their celebrity to prosyltize their politics. Glover is the most recent example. I can't enjoy his acting in any role without being reminded of the racist statements he makes. I change the channel. Even repeats like "Lethal Weapon" are now too nauseating to watch.

Manes and her ilk have prostituted their art. We give them a platform to entertain from, not preach from. I think her actions in Europe were mere profit-mongering. She wanted to break into the Euro market and spouted her anti-americanism to bond with potential buyers. Its the modern equivalent of Hollywoods casting couch: actors make moonbat political statements to get invited to the right parties, so they can meet the right producers and get cast in the right movies. They are whores.