‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert
‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert
Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover
The situation invokes a thought of 'Inglourious Basterds'
"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!"
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 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.
New here. Thought this was more European, but this is just a copy of the politics Reddit. All US crap.
I'm not American, there are lots of Europeans here but American politics is very important for Europe right now in particular... Where the fuck have you been?
Gotta put your filters up no matter where you go it seems.
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".
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.
I’ve just started calling things I don’t like “woke.”
These potatos are woke, not enough salt
Woke is anyone who isn't them. Which makes the the sleepy weepies.
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!"
Yes, they ARE intolerant ... to facism and stifling creativity.
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.
MAGA = Y'all are f✓cking re+ards!
I used to refer to them as MAGAtards, but then someone very respectfully asked me to stop using a variation of the R-word, so I honored their polite and heartfelt request. Now Inrefer to them as MAGAmorons, MAGAtraitors, or just Traitors.