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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is so much to protest right now, but if you are a patron of the arts, this entire boycott is dumb. I won’t call it the Trump Kennedy Center, (and it’s the Department of Defense and the Gulf of Mexico), but unless they were telling the resident companies which pieces they could and could not do, it’s the arts that get harmed. I would not spend my money on shows and performances in which I had no interest or could be construed as a bribe, but if other people wanted to because it’s what they want to see, that not my concern. We are starting to hit the point where everything I want to see is canceled but I’m still not sure how that’s helping the artists. [/quote]
This was my position as recently as a few weeks ago. I really fear for the future of The Kennedy Center but I just can't deal with the bullshit anymore. No more Duck Dynasty: The Movie screenings, no more Charlie Kirk prayer vigils, no more political shit.

I mean go look at their Instagram profile. Even their social media now looks like something run by an effing MAGA boomer, with the American flag emojis and the links to things that don't work and the constant videos of their gay ass president (he's literally gay but I mostly mean figuratively gay in the sense that he's up Trump's ass) talking about how much he loves Trump. They can't even format the captions correctly. It's like if I told my 85yo grandma to start making instagram captions for something. She wouldn't be able to do it, and they clearly can't.

Also, I work at another local large nonprofit and we had a few openings last year. I swear I interviewed more Kennedy Center development staff than anyone else. BECAUSE: Their first Chief Development Officer was a guy who, like ten years ago, had said anti-gay shit on Fox News which Gay King Ric didn't like (how convenient...free speech is not allowed when it's about your own demographic) so he was fired. Then they brought on some MAGA hag who literally tried to lead the team in prayer at her first all-staff meeting.

I hate all these people and they're gonna ruin something as nonpartisan as the arts. And then they wonder why we think they're white trash. [/quote]

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