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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?
No no they were saying “booourns”
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.
I too would also boo the person who took a gigantic shit in the middle of the stage. Fuck that guy.
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".
Apparently the woke was what was keeping the planes functioning
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.
A DeSantis attorney already has. "it would be the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them". That is what they're against.... Wow.
Unfortunately, in their world it works perfectly, because of "systemic oppression of white christian family values".
I’ve just started calling things I don’t like “woke.”
These potatos are woke, not enough salt
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.
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.
Woke is anyone who isn't them. Which makes the the sleepy weepies.
Yes, they ARE intolerant ... to facism and stifling creativity.
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?
Who ruined this place, JD?
those weird stains on the seats suggest he was desperate. The couches probably started seeing someone else. maybe a futon. once you go futon, you don't go back.
"I did not have sectional relations with that ottoman!"
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Thursday evening’s concert programme – Shostakovich’s second violin concerto, with Leonidas Kavakos the soloist, followed by Stravinsky’s Petrushka – got off to a slightly shaky start before settling into its stride.
Audience members nervously joked during the intermission about the apposite all-Russian programme, given Vance’s brutal dressing-down of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during an Oval Office blowup in February that played directly into the hands of the Russian ruler, Vladimir Putin.
If this was a movie I'd complain about the stupid "coincidences" that happen for the sake of the plot.
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.