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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inappropriate for the cast to have done this. 
They had a job to do - entertain.  
They failed at that by feeling the need to deliver a partisan political message.  [/quote]

Which part of that message was partisan? That was a direct statement of their feelings and fears to the man who has been elected vice president.

They didn't challenge his legitimacy. They didn't refuse to perform while he was in the audience.

They did their job, and at the end of the show they used their opportunity to ask him to make sure the administration he is a part of represents them, as well. [/quote]

Did they deliver the same message to Hillary when she was in attendance?  No?
It was a partisan message.  And, not appropriate.  [/quote]

So don't go see the show.  They don't care.

If you stand with injustice, you are guilty of injustice.  I will not be silent.  They will not be silent.

They are a diverse cast.  Whether you believe it or not, we are afraid.[/quote]

But why are they afraid? I would imagine that the theatre union they belong to does not let you work without legal documentation that you are in the country legally ...correct? Are they afraid of being deported because of their ethnic background?  I'm Iranian but have lived in this country for 25 years and I'm a US citizen. I'm not afraid of being deported.  [/quote]

They themselves are not afraid of being deported. However, many of them are people of color and fear the fact that white nationalist groups feel empowered by the Trump Administration and the appointment of Bannon to his position. They've seen the effect of Republican efforts to disenfranchise minorities at the state level and fear that those efforts will redouble now.

Many of them, their co-workers and friends are LGBTQ. Pence made it clear when he was governor of Indiana how he feels about LGBTQ rights and funding for HIV treatment. Pence's positions give them legitimate reason to fear what a Trump administration will do.

Many of them may be Muslims or from countries that have terrorism problems. Donald J. Trump called for a complete and total ban on the entry of Muslims into this country, which he then walked back to "extreme vetting," which has become who knows what. A newly appointed member of the administration called Islam a "cancer." How should Muslims feel about that and what the administration thinks of them? (As an Iranian, consider whether you would've been permitted to immigrate to this country when you did had Trump's policies been in place.)

Many in the theatre community do not have access to health insurance as part of their work. Obamacare may be providing the health insurance they need. They legitimately fear losing their health insurance under a Republican administration.

Tump and Pence were legitimately elected and they will be the President and Vice-President. However, they did not win the popular vote and they need to deal with the fact that the majority of voters in this country did not support them. [/quote]

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