Ray From Cleveland
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I was thinking more about this because of this thread
Rockettes not required to perform at Trump inauguration, union says
Who cares who performs at Trumps inauguration? It's not a home coming dance or a popularity contest..
It's about the next President being sworn in and his policys for the next 4 years.
I guess this is the mindset of democrats and why they don't show up for the mid terms, they don't have a clue about politics but think the presidency is sporting contest or something to win at all cost.
That's all I can figure..
Discuss.
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In the leftist world, if you perform for somebody like Trump or any other Republican, you are scarred for life.
It's like the Hollywood people. Sure, there are some conservative actors and actresses, but they keep their political opinions to themselves in fear of losing future work. A select few are willing to put their careers on the line to freely express their stance on policies, but as for the rest, they either wait until after retirement or until they are washed up due to age or because they are financially secure enough to not need work if they can't find any.
It's a sad state of affairs but one that people understand when they get into the entertainment business.
It isn't just the Liberals however. Remember the Dixie Chicks? Republicans and Conservatives shunned them by the dozens. Radio Stations that catered to the Conservative listener base stopped playing the songs from the Dixie Chicks. Liberals boycotted Chik Fil A and Conservatives were outraged at Coke for having a commercial where America the Beautiful was sung in many languages.
Coke Had Americans Singing 'America The Beautiful' In Different Languages And A Bunch Of People Hated It
Everyone overreacts from time to time, and every over reaction by the left is met soon after by an overreaction from the right. The see we're more powerful than you are boycott wars accomplish jack shit. Because most of the people don't give a damn about whatever cause the outraged are flying today.
In the end, Chik Fil A is still slinging Chicken Sandwiches, and Coke is still on the shelves. The Dixie Chicks are still singing.
You care comparing rejection by the people to rejection by an industry. Big difference.
There are few (if any) national left-wing radio shows. Why? Because nobody tunes into them. If you can't generate an audience, you can't get advertisers to financially support your radio station. But again, that isn't industry stopping those shows, it's the lack of audience.
In Hollywood and other parts of the entertainment world, it doesn't matter if you can draw an audience or not. The industry will make sure you don't work if you choose a different political view from theirs.