Posted on 06/13/2020 8:11:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Never ever kowtow to the left-wing mob—ever. They don't want an apology. They want to destroy you. Period. They're an emotionally unstable and unhinged legion of troublemakers who have infiltrated almost every aspect of our society, especially cultural bastions. The woke activists who are mocked on The College Fix and Campus Reform in years past have graduated. The left-wing mob's reach has become more expansive and crazier than ever before. Remember this is the "silence is violence" crowd. Words are violence. Just a method for them to shut down free speech, which The New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer learned this past week. Top editors from both publications were scalped by this mob for printing op-eds that were "problematic." The NYT published an op-ed from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) who argued the military should be deployed to quell the unrest caused by the officer-involved fatality of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. The Inquirer pushed aside an editor who had been with the paper for over two decades, helped improve diversity in its newsroom, and helped them win a Pulitzer for their series on violence in Philly schools. Why was he sent to the guillotine? He printed a column called "Buildings Matter, Too."
And now country trio Lady Antebellum decided to make a preventative move to change their name to Lady A in the wake of the Floyd unrest. Political correctness is a cancer. We all know that, but the band's move was not without controversy because some blues artist who goes by that name is calling them out, slamming their decision as one grounded in…privilege (via Rolling Stone):
You can bend a knee to the mob, but they'll still eat you. Every. Single Time.
This is delicious. https://t.co/4KHyoKlXDK— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) June 12, 2020
Seattle blues singer Lady A had just gotten off of work on Thursday when a bombardment of phone messages from friends, fans and producers came in all shouting the same thing: Her name had been stolen.
Earlier that day, Grammy-winning country trio Lady Antebellum — whose name had been criticized for its associations with romanticized ideas of the pre-war, slavery-ridden American South — announced they were changing their name to Lady A in light of a heightened national conversation about racism. Lady Antebellum made the changes swiftly on social media and distribution platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, and the group’s website also announced their rechristening as Lady A. But according to Seattle’s Lady A, neither the band nor any members of their team reached out to her before making the change.
This Lady A — a 61-year-old black woman whose real name is Anita White — has been playing the blues under the name for more than 20 years. She began singing as a gospel performer at church and started going by Lady A for karaoke nights in the Eighties. She’s released multiple albums with the name, and on top of her day job working with Seattle Public Utilities, she’s gearing up to release another album, Lady A: Live in New Orleans, on her birthday on July 18th.
White tells Rolling Stone she’s frustrated that Lady Antebellum hadn’t gone to her before making a decision, pointing out the irony in changing a name in support of racial equality while simultaneously taking another one from a black performer. “This is my life. Lady A is my brand, I’ve used it for over 20 years, and I’m proud of what I’ve done,” she says, her voice breaking. “This is too much right now. They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before. It shouldn’t have taken George Floyd to die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it.
Well, that's it. Lady A, the white version, is canceled. They didn't need to change their name. Have the Dixie Chicks done the same? I don't think so—and they're as lefty as they come. Lady Antebellum tried to "be woke" and got decapitated anyway. Looking down the barrel of the political correctness gun is both stupid and unnecessary. Those who go out of their way to assimilate to this insane ethos usually end up with buckshot to the face. Lady Antebellum is just the most recent victim.
That cured of me of listening to country music.
When you kneel to progressives, you put your head in easy kick range.
> Garth Brooks killed country music. <
You betcha. Brooks sings pop songs. But since he wears a cowboy hat, he must be country, right?. Thank goodness my streaming music service (AccuRadio) has quite a few classic country channels.
Huh? Maybe on their computer interface, but I thought their satellite receivers were receive only thus could not provide rating information.
And who now dares to say the left is losing? Other than the diamond in the rough, PDJT, they have this victory locked up.
The name "White Lightning" certainly wouldn't fit this group of progressive powderpuff panderers, but that name has already been taken anyway, by at least a couple of groups.
“No they won’t.”
I give you NASCAR.
Not me, like their songs and style.
Never bought any of their stuff never will.
Wont deprive myself of what I enjoy cause someone else is an asshole
I do the same.
And not just for country stations.
“Today’s country music is bad rock with a fiddle” - Tom Petty
But now getting the satellite signal only matters when I'm in the car and even in the car, I can stream through my mobile device and send it to my car radio. It's more reliable to stream in the car over 4G because you aren't losing the signal everytime you go under an overpass or under a canopy of trees.
At home, I stream Sirius/XM fulltime over my home wi-fi and hardly bother listening live anymore as I can get all my favorite shows on demand. So Sirius/XM must be getting some really good user data now.
When 5G goes mainstream, I doubt that anybody will bother trying to receive Sirius/XM with the satellites.
Note to Virtue Signalers everywhere......if you bow down to Political Correctness, you are NOT Country. Take your schtick to one of those crappy Rap stations and what your career circle the bowl.
But it’s NOT Country.
But hey, that’s never “offensive”
Nor is calling someone a “redneck
Or “white trash”
Or ridiculing farmers, small town folks
Or disguising bigotry as “Affirmative Action” Or “Diversity”
Yeah. And of course she had to bring her own race-centric BS into it Instead of just talking about the intellectual property infringement
Did she even have her name trademarked or music copyrighted? If not then she’s a fool also
Just not as big of one
I remember when Howard Stern would call Brooks' hat a "N---er Hatin' Hat"
And I wouldn’t know this black Lady A at all. Funny her actual name is “White”.
Sounds like she doesn’t have any deadly serious career. So maybe she’s known in black circles in Seattle. Why should Lady Antebellum know about her? Frankly at least I know of the latter country act.
Shania was hot late ‘90s/2000.
Country was good largely up until 2010. Now it is mostly rock/rap variant.
They’re both idiots, who deserve each other.
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