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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
... What makes you think entertainers exist only to entertain you? ... If someone has a soapbox and an opinion, they have every right to use it.
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What kind of dumb question is that? No entertainer has the
right to hijack a performance for which they are being compensated. No one has the right to use their employer's venue to espouse their personal opinions.
A soapbox speech is delivered at the expense of the deliverer and not on someone else's dime. If Linda Ronstadt has something to say, let her pay for a concert hall, sell her own tickets and then she can blab all she wants. Or, she can publish her own book or cut her own CD with her views narrated on it. Or she can ask Oprah to invite her on to discuss her views. Whatever.
It isn't
free speech when someone
else is paying for it! Of course, highjacking a conservative venue to deliver a liberal message is ok since the end justifies the means, right?