re: So, about that whole outrage at Hamilton.

It's not like there was a boycott called. Every time I saw Pence asked about it he recommended people go see it because it is a great show. Unlike what SJWers would do, which is whine and call for boycotts because their safe space was violated. I don't really see this as a big gotcha.

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We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us — our planet, our children, our parents — or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us.

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OMGEE! The sheer anguish is palpable.

I didn't insinuate anything. I flat out stated that if we drew a Venn diagram of people who enjoy musicals, a large part of the overlapping circles would be people who aren't fans of Trump. Draw from it whatever inferences you want.

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But he surely knew he was going into hostile territory.

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considering that more people voted for the other person, most places are going to be hostile territory.

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This is, for lack of a better term, concern trolling.

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Concern trolling is not classless IMHO.

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It's fear mongering disguised as a plea for reconsidering - but reconsidering what? Something that doesn't exist and is entirely fabricated to serve a political objective?

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You see the thing where we disagree is that trump campaigned on
a) global warming not being real
b) the need to deport a whole bunch of people and ban people from coming to the US
c) Pence sided against gay marriage, which per the SCOTUS is a right

So, I do think these are valid concerns that the cast of the musical had.

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So? People came to see your art, you delivered a one sided political narrative without opportunity for meaningful response.

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This is the case for most shows though. Mike Pence isn't performing. If I went to a ted nugent show, do you think I would get to respond to anything he said? No I wouldn't.

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Maybe not.

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It doesn't. This is not classless. This was a well thought and reasoned plea.

Personally i prefer my art and politics to stay separate. I almost universally disappointed when an artist that I like makes a political statement.

As far as political statements go by artists though, this was pretty tepid and not particularly offensive, or classless.

Classless, ted nugent calling for hillary clinton to be executed. that is classless.


eta: I haven't seen hamilton and have no intention of. I do not like musicals.

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"Hamilton" should thank Mike Pence for his visit to Broadway,

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Pence handled this with class. It was Trump who sought "safe spaces."

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. If I went to a ted nugent show, do you think I would get to respond to anything he said? No I wouldn't.

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See. Now that's just being a troll.

If Nugent stopped to say, "hey, look, Hawkeye is here...." Then proceeded to go with a bunch of passive aggressive shite, THEN, your example would be valid.

And. I'd say Ted was an arse for doing it.

As a lifelong artist myself, I can't even imagine taking the opportunity to insult my audience members and cast a spotlight on them to be booed.

It was typical pathetic liberal "MEism at its finest.