Posted on 05/18/2019 7:59:08 AM PDT by rktman
When Elton John testified before Congress, the media had a field day.
When Smokey Robinson made a brief appearance, everyone cheered.
But when Gene Simmons of KISS traveled to the Pentagon on May 16 to laud the troops for their service and fight back tears to discuss how America saved his Hungarian-born mother from the concentration camps, many reporters and pundits scoffed.
Why did the media opt to cast negativity around Simmons’ appearance rather than fawn over it as they would typically do with any other Hollywood star?
Simple: if it wasn’t for the president himself, he could be considered the poster boy for everything that the left hates about the modern-day culture war.
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Having “FU Money” is a good thing.
> I love Gene but you would think his swinging and unapologetic lifestyle would endear him to the left. <
Not with today’s left. Either you are 100% with them on every issue, or you are the enemy.
Me too Mr. Simmons, Me too...
Bravo to Gene Simmons!
Probably because Simmons is Israeli.
-PJ
You hit it!!
They are so shameless that they would possibly hit on his past to use against him as they have NO shame.
Love that man. Saw Kiss twice and loved every minute of it. Real American.
Chaim Witz speaks his mind. He is a capitalist and old school libertarian. He is therefore, hated by the left.
Obviously
As for American Jewry, Israel is not even on the radar.
Today’s Libertarians are a leftist tool?
How does one explain leftist tools having a forum on FR?
With a tongue like his, it wasn’t difficult.
Big “L” libertarians are leftist tools.
The RLC seems to be withering. The only post made to it since February is some rant about Allah. Shape up, small ‘L’s!
The world hates rabid capitalists. For which the world in this state would not exist.
I love ‘em! They get shit done.
Simmons also led singing of the national anthem while standing amongst representatives of the armed services at a recent Dodgers/Braves game at Chavez Ravine recently.
As an aside, I once worked at a large media company and Paul Stanley once came in to work in our edit studio for a week. During that time, most of the older female marketing execs suddenly just happened to wander into our area just to say “hi” to us - where they otherwise ignored us completely. It was obvious and so pathetic. Paul saw right through it but hid his annoyance. Nice dude, ‘though.
If you think Gene Simmons gives a big green weenie what anybody thinks about his support of the troops, your thinker is busted.
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