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'American Pie' singer Don McLean pulls out of NRA convention
Says his performance 'would be disrespectful and hurtful' after Texas school shooting
foxnews.com ^
| 5/25/2022 2035 hrs edt
| wnd news service
Posted on 05/26/2022 6:34:24 AM PDT by rktman
"American Pie" singer Don McLean will not be performing at this year’s National Rifle Association convention in Houston Friday.
McLean told Fox News Digital his performance would be "disrespectful" and "hurtful" after the recent tragic events of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
"In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week," McLean said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans. I share the sorrow for this terrible, cruel loss with the rest of the nation," he concluded.
McLean was one of several performers set to take the stage at the annual NRA convention. Reps for Lee Greenwood and Larry Gatlin have confirmed to Fox News Digital they still plan to perform. A rep for Danielle Peck confirmed to Billboard she plans to perform as well.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; byebyedonmclean; donmclean; donmcleangoeswoke; fidiot; music; nra
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Way to go 'dawn', you fookin' idjit. Does he believe the nra was somehow complicit in this travesty? And, the GUN LOBBY!!!! What a load of 🐴💩
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:34:24 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
Wow, a long ago has been is whining. I’m trying to care but it’s not working.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:36:01 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
To: rktman
Maybe it’s about the timing. The fact that he was willing to play there at all makes him different from most in the entertainment world.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:38:34 AM PDT
by
x
To: rktman
Obviously he was not willing to take the flak he would get by performing at an NRA gathering.
It is a shame, but he won’t be the first or the last person to fear the RAT smear machine.
Bye bye American Pie, Indeed!
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:38:45 AM PDT
by
dforest
(We have to put a stop to this now.)
To: rktman
Naw, I totally see what he means. It’s rather hard to separate the refrain, “the day the music died” from the current context. Give him credit for publicizing that he’d been going to go to the NRA, rather than hating on him for reasonably assessing that the meaning of his song would be transformed by the context.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:45:24 AM PDT
by
dangus
(I had some sympathies for some of Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
To: rktman
Oddly enough, the left just started hating the NRA and the Second Amendment.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:45:41 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: x
Maybe it’s about the timing. The fact that he was willing to play there at all makes him different from most in the entertainment world.Agree, he gets a pass.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:47:44 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: 1Old Pro
agree too. the NRA needs to acknowledge the tragedy, but not cancel the event. i believe after the last one the NRA offered free training to all educators.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:50:29 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: rktman
Really? Which NRA member pulled the trigger at the school?
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:51:25 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(I do not recognize Biden’s authority. )
To: rktman
Well aren’ you a fine example~
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:51:27 AM PDT
by
Guenevere
(“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
To: rktman
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:52:05 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(So high gasoline prices are part of a plan? I thought that it was Putin's fault. WTAF?)
To: teeman8r
the NRA needs to acknowledge the tragedy, but not cancel the event. i believe after the last one the NRA offered free training to all educators.They will be respectful.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:53:25 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: dforest
--
... he won't be the first or the last person to fear the RAT smear machine. --
Or he runs in circles that are rat infested, and doesn't want to harm that.
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:55:26 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: rktman
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posted on
05/26/2022 6:58:39 AM PDT
by
Gen.Blather
(Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry.)
To: rktman
I would sing at the convention ... if I could sing.
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Cboldt
Or he runs in circles that are rat infested, and doesn't want to harm that. While this is the first I've heard he was even playing at the event, it's likely that it was public information, so I don't think this would be a reason. The lefties would hate on him just for playing there.
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:02:09 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: Cboldt
Yep, that could pretty much be true.
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:05:53 AM PDT
by
dforest
(We have to put a stop to this now.)
To: x
Yep, seems like a personal decision, not a slap at NRA
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:06:12 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: rktman
Why, did NRA shoot any of those kids?
Too bad there isn't a Fentanyl convention he could refuse to sing at. It would make more sense.
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:07:05 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: rktman
He’s not making any friends on the left, they’ll hate him with equal vigor for just agreeing to play at the nra convention.
And upset anyone on the right as well.
Stick with your convictions and you won’t look like a sellout.
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posted on
05/26/2022 7:10:19 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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