Posted on 04/09/2016 8:34:43 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
"You can't start a fire. You can't start a fire without a spark!"
Bruce Springsteen fans in Greensboro, North Carolina, won't be dancing in the dark anytime soon, because The Boss canceled an upcoming concert. And you can blame the governor and state lawmakers.
Springsteen moved the concert in protest of the state's so-called "bathroom" law, which, among other things, forces transgender people to use the restroom associated with the gender on their birth certificates, not their gender identity.
Springsteen released a statement saying, "Right now, there are many groups, businesses, and individuals in North Carolina working to oppose and overcome these negative developments. Taking all of this into account, I feel that this is a time for me and the band to show solidarity for those freedom fighters."
The Boss is right: More than 80 business leaders, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook, signed a letter calling for a repeal of the law.
And PayPal canceled plans to open an operations center in Charlotte because of the bill, taking 400 new jobs with it. The CEO released a statement saying the "new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal's mission and culture."
Fans who bought tickets for Springsteen's show will get a refund.
Bruce is supporting an assault on women and children.
Shut up and sing, trained monkey.
Do transgendered women pee sitting down or standing up?
If he doesn’t do it, his mama will for sure if she’s still living.
Yikes!
Yell us a song, Bruce. I’m so old I remember when you were popular.
We were in this huge lesbian bar (Eastlake East) one New Years in Seattle (late 80’s), hundreds of girls, maybe 5 guys other than the waiters. Stood in line for the men’s room with nothing but girls. Once I got in I headed to the urinal (trough on the wall) and started doing my thing. Cute little lesbian chick stands next to me, drops her jeans and says “I can do that” and proceeds to pee everywhere BUT the urinal.
He can’t discriminate against people based on their geographical origin. Is this any different from not baking cakes for homosexual customers?
“Geographical origin” is not a protected class.
Bruce play in clubs, around the area you live. All the left appears to be on the take for their souls. Not surprising.
So Springsteen is pissed that males have to go in male bathrooms, females in female bathrooms and transgendered freaks can use the family bathrooms?
Me thinks he doth protest too much
The sad part is I do not think most people care. He is only real popular with the media, not the American populace.
He's probably just looking for a place he can finally pass that turd he's been trying to pass all these years when he sings. Never liked his music, now I have more of a reason to not like him. I never could understand why he's known anyplace outside of New Jersey.
Uh, no, you can blame some third-tier noise-maker no sane people would want to listen to anyway.
Daughter reports that a good friend of hers who has been a strong Springsteen fan across the years is pissed at him for his stance on the North Carolina law - just maybe some of this will start to backfire on these holier-than-thou nouveau-blacklisters who are all trying to outdo each other to prove who’s morally superior.....
Bruce Springsteen, who cheated on his first wife with Patty Scialfa, and then he cheated on Patty with a 9/11 widow. Yeah, he’s a pillar of morality. /sarc
Springsteen is a human toilet.
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