Posted on 04/03/2013 6:55:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
After the punk-folk singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked made remarks critical of homosexuality and same-sex marriage while performing in San Francisco two weekends ago, clubs around the country responded by canceling bookings they had made with her. But that hasn’t stopped her: Thursday night she turned up outside one such club with her face covered and her mouth taped shut to protest the way she is being treated.
The site of the sit-in staged by Ms. Shocked, who in the past has acknowledged being involved in lesbian relationships but now describes herself as a born-again Christian, was Moe’s Alley, in the university town and hippie haven of Santa Cruz, Calif., south of San Francisco. Seated outside the club with a mask across her mouth that read “Silenced by Fear,” she did not comment about the backlash against her onstage outburst, but instead pointed to a series of posters that had been placed above her head.
Thomas Vincent Mendoza/Associated Press Her scheduled performance was canceled after she made anti-gay remarks at a show in San Francisco.
“Does speech really scare you that much?” one inquired. Another asked “Is it possible Michelle Shocked was a target of fear-mongering in the name of a protection racket?” The most prominent reflected directly on the recent controversy: “What would you say to Michelle Shocked if you had waited to hear her side of the story vs. what was reported? Were you there?”
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Duck Dynasty Rocks! One of the few shows worth watching on television these days..
"There's that fag talk we talked about."
When I first saw the Title of this article, a version of this picure came to mind. Moochelle.. shocked.. My God, is that Jeanne Shaheen in the background? LOL
I had assumed he would have gotten tared and feathered by now for that but nope, he’s still alive, must be the electrolytes.
PS - I always put the "gay" tag for homosexuals in quotes, because they are anything but the dictionary definition of gay, which used to be a really nice word until they bullied it into submission.
Everyone I know in LA says its gays and liberal Jews
And a few others
A handful of quiet not so lib
The Jewish studio bosses loved America and catered
to traditional values
Today’s bunch is just awful in comparison
But under 45 folks have no idea
Look at the old works of the Zanucks....Warners...Meyer....Goldwyn....
“The site of the sit-in was Moe’s Alley”
*snicker*
pee-seen
Quit looking.
Not fish, swimming pool. Fish is poisson.
What has been pee-seen can not be un-pee-seen!
Actually, Hollywood hasn’t changed much, they are just not producing anything new anymore. AND they are catering to their audience, which should be self-explanatory.
Say that three times real fast.
Zanuck wasn’t Jewish btw.
You’re right and I knew that but had forgotten
Even though many have always thought he was....last name I guess
Actually Swiss prod
In any event he represented a better era to me with respect to traditional culture
Regardless how some of them behaved privately....they appreciated being here
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