Musicmystery
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic Ohhhhhhh i see "free speech" is only allowed/acceptable if you are paid for it...or pay for it. Thanks No. But if you yourself do happen to be a fan of some musical star who happens to be a conservative, do you want to pay 50 - 500 bucks for a seat to their concert and...instead of grooving to the music...get your head filled with his diatribe against Obama and what's wrong with supporting some liberal cause? Or do you want to hear the music and see the spectacle you paid for? Something similar happened at a Barbara Streisand "concert". T^T Well, ok, but a lot of today's music approach came from the rise of the singer/songwriter during the 60s and protest against the Vietnam War and the establishment. That is still part of the roots of many of today's artists. You go to see Graham Nash, you know you aren't going to hear Trump's praises. Incidentally, I did see Nash recently (he has a new album), and he sang "Chicago." Other than that, he only mentioned the election (this was in October) when someone from the audience (obnoxiously, in my view) yelled out "Vote Hillary." And at the same time, I'm not going to be at a Ted Nugent concert to listen to that crap. But you know -- in Russia, members of Pussy Riot were imprisoned for protesting Putin. That's the beauty of the US . . . we get to publicly have those views. We don't perform as if Stalin is watching. The one thing I admire Pence for is his answer to his daughter asking why the audience booed him at Hamilton: "That's the sound of freedom." Or at least, it used to be, before we started repealing America.
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