The situation invokes a thought of 'Inglourious Basterds'

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[–] 137 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Audience members had undergone a full Secret Service security check as Vance’s motorcade drew up at the US’s national performing arts centre, delaying the start of the concert by 25 minutes.

After news of the reaction to Vance at the concert emerged, Richard Grenell, interim director of the Kennedy Center who was recently appointed by Trump, said the crowd was “intolerant”.

In February, Donald Trump sacked the chairman of the Kennedy Center board along with 13 of its trustees, appointing himself the new chair, bringing in foreign policy adviser and close ally Richard Grenell as interim leader, and naming new board members (...)

“So we took over the Kennedy Center,” the president said at the time. “We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things. We’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke. There’s no more woke in this country.”

Who ruined this place, JD?

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  • [+] 87 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Aww I love Shostakovich. He almost died under Stalin, but decided to play along afterwards. Still, anyone who doesn't understand that his music was deeply critical of the system - well, doesn't understand his music.

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  • [–] 77 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    There's no more woke in this country

    I'm still waiting on their written definition of woke. They will never provide one though. "Woke" is their "shmoo".

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    The real definition: being aware of systemic discrimination, oppression, and persecution.

    The Republican definition: everything that doesn't comport with the values of 1920s-1940s European fascism and 1840s American labor and racial laws.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Woke is anything they don't like. If they have to describe it, it's minorities and women having equal opportunities. Saying woke makes them sound like less of an asshole to people not willing to go beyond surface level conversations.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    It's civil rights.

    From Britannica:

    Civil rights are an essential component of democracy. They’re guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics. Examples are the rights to vote, to a fair trial, to government services, and to a public education. In contrast to civil liberties, which are freedoms secured by placing restraints on government, civil rights are secured by positive government action, often in the form of legislation.

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    [–] 77 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    good. none of these people should be able to go anywhere in public without being booed. Typical conversations should be: Hey your one of the assholes fucking everything up.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I was told during donvict's first term that denying an asshole like Huckabee her cheese plate, or following along with the likes of Rand Paul as he walked down the street and asking him questions was the REAL terrorism.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    I too would also boo the person who took a gigantic shit in the middle of the stage. Fuck that guy.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    After news of the reaction to Vance at the concert emerged, Richard Grenell, interim director of the Kennedy Center who was recently appointed by Trump, said the crowd was “intolerant”.

    Orly?

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    "What, just because my party and I shit on this city 24/7 and just robbed you of your jobs and your children of a decent public education, you boo me? I thought this was America!"

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Yes, they ARE intolerant ... to facism and stifling creativity.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    No no they were saying “booourns”

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