Uh. Where does "Shut up " and the right to speak intersect, again?
On Oct 9, 2008, at 9:35 AM, justifiedright wrote:
> Why do people like you assert that folks like Ms. Lallo and me are
> attacking Springsteen's "right" to speak?
>
> We aren't. We are speaking too.
>
> We're sayhing, "Shut up and Sing."
>
> By disagreeing with me, should I say you are attacking me "right to
> speak?"
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "fancypaaantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I honestly don't understand what the big deal is. Celebrities have
> a
> > right, like everyone else, to endorse a candidate. And they also
> > have a right to show up at political rallies and speak their mind.
> > If you do not want to listen, don't listen. Don't go to their
> > concerts, rallies, change the channel or station etc.
> >
> > I think what people are really upset about is that an entertainer
> > that they like disagrees with them about politics. Well, tough. And
> > that their celebrity status gives them a bigger voice than yours.
> > That's just life. There are people I hate to listen to as well, but
> > I can't say that they should not have a right to speak because I
> > disagree with them!
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> > <justifiedright@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Entertainers too political
> > > October 9, 2008
> > >
> > >
> > > This is just a short shout-out to all the musicians out there who
> > > have determined they are the utmost authority for doling out
> > > political advice: Shut up and sing!
> > >
> > > Where do these artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Jon
> > Bon
> > > Jovi and John Mellencamp get the idea they can tell me who to
> vote
> > > for?
> > >
> > > They sit in their lofty mansions in Rumson, Colts Neck,
> Middletown
> > > and Long Island and proceed to tell us the economy is bad. How do
> > > they know? Is it because we no longer can afford to pay the $100
> > to
> > > $500 per ticket to see them? Oh, that's right, maybe their
> wallets
> > > are hurting because of this. Somehow, I don't think their wallets
> > are
> > > hurting as much as mine.
> > >
> > > I used to be a big fan of all the above. I can remember
> > Springsteen
> > > going ballistic when Ronald Reagan used his name in a speech. He
> > said
> > > he didn't want to get "political." Why is it OK now?
> > >
> > > I realize I'm a small fish in their arsenal of "money" (oh, I
> mean
> > > fans), but I no longer listen to any of these artists. Back in
> the
> > > day, their music made me forget, made me dream and soothed my
> > anxious
> > > state. Now, they are no better than evangelists who beg for money
> > in
> > > the name of God and commit all kinds of ungodly acts. Well, I
> > don't
> > > have to listen to them. I can change the channel when they are
> > > preaching.
> > >
> > > It's bad enough we have to listen to the politicos on CNBC, Fox
> > and
> > > so forth, but at least that is their job. Politicking is not the
> > job
> > > of these artists — their job is to entertain, and I am no longer
> > > entertained.
> > >
> > > Vikki Lallo
> > >
> > > TOMS RIVER
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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