Didn't one of the "indie blogs" of the mid-2000's have a pretty fantastic Christmas compilation that had like Feist, DCFC, and a slew of others on it?
GvB, You Aint No Picasso. My Old Kentucky Blog? I can't remember which one it was.
*Or* instead encouraging anyone and everyone to vote, who may or may not even be making an *educated* decision in the first place – we encourage everyone to get educated.
The studies show that if you're educated, you're more likely to vote. If you're educated and don't vote, it's at least assumed you have an educated reason to do so.
Then instead of shoving everyone into the lines who, most likely, have no idea how their vote even affects everything – we have educated folks making the decision for themselves.
Just goes to show you most people don't *really* care about what's *truly* best for people – people just want votes. God forbid we try to get people educated so they can be independent and knowledgeable adults and make decisions for themselves.
"everyone isn't a caricature of a party..."
Well said, JV.
*Except unborn children
I'm voting Biden, but as someone who simply believes abortion is an immoral act – it makes it really difficult to continue voting Democrat, at least after this election.
It's pretty obvious and clear the guy isn't against people being antiracism – I think what he's saying is that there are certain people preaching that are in no position to preach. Two different things.
Dude compare the hairline of the photo in this article with this one:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSrOMwss4blRQgERUrxdRRVtypmVqRtEh08p1o-J3vgha7kdlMu-vPZqbin6CEjN2_sc6OZvqCaslk7HsivGKrj8U47Ya-qevk56lkW&usqp=CAU&ec=45704947
I don't get how it could be how it is in this photo.
> musician who has been vocal about his political opinions for his entire career shouldn't be asked to give his politics opinions
Here's why:
A. It's predictable. I know how Michael Stipe feels, you know how he feels – anyone that cares to tune in to this segment knows how he feels. It's predictable, so what's the point? There's nothing new or valuable to be gained.
B. It's preaching to the choir. It's just more echo chamber noise. "Hello crowd of mostly people who agree with me, how about I throw some red meat out there for you all to predictable devour?"
C. It's one thing to speak in your art, because that's where your craft is. It's one thing to explain that art. It's another thing to attempt to be a political commentator acting as if you're opinion is valuable of being shared of in the first place.
> he has a massive platform to speak from that could reach millions and could potentially be used to spark conversation and understanding of the issue
I see this argument ad nauseam. There are some cases where this is true, however:
I don't think any person who is dependent upon, or inspired by, a famous person to guide them on serious, real world issues is ever going to be valuable member of that cause. There's something more wrong than simple ignorance if it takes Tom Brady for you be curious about the science behind climate change.
It's similar to the argument about voting: We shouldn't be pushing people to vote, we should be pushing people to get educated. Statistically speaking, educated people will vote. Who wants uneducated people voting? Educate them, they'll vote on their own. It's bizarrely backwards.
I mean – there are hundreds of interviews done on television, youtube, and podcasts daily with myriad variable guests of different professions and the topic doesn't come up in all of them.
> Climate change is way more interesting than football.
To you, sure.
But even if that's true – why would Tom Brady's opinion on it be any more interesting than my realtor neighbor Tom's opinion on it? Because he's good at football and famous?
It's the same with musicians and actors. It's the same reason we don't go to urologists when we're dealing with depression. Who cares what a urologist has to say about depression?
Personally – I've been through now 4-5 election cycles where I could vote.
I've seen the Democrats act like the end of the word is happening with W, and I've seen the Republicans act like the world is ending with Obama, and I'm old enough to remember Republicans acting like the world was ending with Clinton.
I'll give you this: Trump is easily the worst of all of them, *but it's not the end of the world.* I don't think we're anywhere close to "the end of Democracy" or the country or whatever hyperbole-driven narrative people want to push.
You live in a different world than I do, let's just end it there.
And heck no, I don't support the job he's done – I think this election sucks no matter how you dice it, but I'm taking Biden everyday.
I didn't say to "only talk about music," I just said I don't give a shit about an artist's or musician's opinions on Donald Trump or covid.
I don't need anyone to tell me their thoughts on Donald Trump, it was easy for me to figure out he sucks. I don't need anyone to tell me that covid has been handled poorly by more than just Georgia, I can figure that out.
It's this idea that simply because someone is good at art, that their opinions on anything else are valuable or relevant. Then the presumption on the artist's part that their opinion something like that is even worth sharing in the first place.
It's like people asking Tom Brady what his thoughts are on climate change, the dude is good at football – who cares?
I kind of feel like if I'm Michael here – why would I even *want* to give my opinion on something like politics?
Maybe he did it simply because they asked, and I'm open to that.
But I don't presume anyone cares about my personal opinions about Donald Trump or the handling of covid, and I really hope that if I ever became famous, I'd continue to not make that presumption – but maybe I'm naive in thinking I'd continue thinking that.
Also should elaborate: it's one thing to talk about this weird time we're in and to talk about how that affects us. But *another* conversation for us to all talk about terrible Trump is, and he is, or how terrible covid has been handled, and it has?
Ah man, what a walk down memory lane. Remember that time The Polyphonic Spree was in a trailer for Eternal Sunshine?
Indie music was a diff. world then. They'll have a soft spot for being a part of that time of my life.
"Christian extremists want to turn the country into a religious state straight out of “The Handmaid’s Tale”."
What kind of echo chamber must one live in to *genuinely* think this is going to happen, or is close to happening?
"in the not-so-distant future we will be billed and sent products we never actively ordered because an algorithm decided we need them"
You mean...like a *subscription?*
Want to know why our country is in such turmoil. Look no further than this thread. No excuse to get political ignored. It's us vs them tribalism at it's absolute worst.
Perhaps PTA's view of "palette" isn't really on the same plane as skin color and gender identity. Not everyone finds depth there, nor should they.
If PTA was intentionally more interested in centering his perspectives on white men, is there something *wrong* about that?
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