Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 16:17     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
I am really sad because we had a nice tradition going with the children’s Christmas sing along, but I’m not going to go if Richard Grenell is making a huge thing about promoting Christianity for the holidays. It was just a fun show for anyone. Now I feel like it will have an overt political/religious agenda. It’s such a bummer because my kids will outgrow it before peace returns.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 16:15     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of worthless weirdos on this thread.


Curious what makes you say this? People voting with their feet or dollars is common. Is there a real reason or just bc you like DT?


I'm not a Trump fan, but I don't see any real evidence of any significant changes except for performers voluntarily cancelling their own shows.
Its over reaction.
And previously, the KC was primarily run by those that supported Democrats.
I'm guessing you were A OK with that?

You knew that was a lie when you typed it and hit submit. The KC has always been nonpartisan, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans alike. PP what is the point of posting lies on an anonymous board. The board is appointed to six-year-terms that overlap. It has been that way from 1971 until 2025. Even the Kennedy Center honorees have been bipartisan and crossed party lines. It will be interested to see who the honorees are the next four years. All Magats and billionaire donors, no doubt.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 16:15     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of worthless weirdos on this thread.


Curious what makes you say this? People voting with their feet or dollars is common. Is there a real reason or just bc you like DT?


I'm not a Trump fan, but I don't see any real evidence of any significant changes except for performers voluntarily cancelling their own shows.
Its over reaction.
And previously, the KC was primarily run by those that supported Democrats.
I'm guessing you were A OK with that?

You knew that was a lie when you typed it and hit submit. The KC has always been nonpartisan, appointed by both Democrats and Republicans alike. PP what is the point of posting lies on an anonymous board. The board is appointed to six-year-terms that overlap. It has been that way from 1971 until 2025. Even the Kennedy Center honorees have been bipartisan and crossed party lines. It will be interested to see who the honorees are the next four years. All Magats and billionaire donors, no doubt.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 16:09     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:I donate thousands annually to the Kennedy Center. I’m not doing that any more. I’m not canceling tickets to events if I already have them, but I’m not buying new ones.

The programming won’t change immediately - arts scheduling takes place so far in advance. So it hasn’t changed yet, but it will. Trump doesn’t think that the current offerings reflect the best of American culture.


Somehow I still think the KC will survive. Even without your thousands.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 16:04     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
I donate thousands annually to the Kennedy Center. I’m not doing that any more. I’m not canceling tickets to events if I already have them, but I’m not buying new ones.

The programming won’t change immediately - arts scheduling takes place so far in advance. So it hasn’t changed yet, but it will. Trump doesn’t think that the current offerings reflect the best of American culture.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 12:37     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:I just bought tickets to a show next month. KC needed a revamp, it was too leftist.


What was leftist about it? It caters to its audience. This is the DMV. It produces what sells.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 12:37     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, won't support the orange man, will not return to the KC under this administration/board


Kennedy center won’t miss you. It’s a beautiful venue and we should still support the arts.


Oh it will miss us.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 12:36     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will not cancel current tickets but in the future I will not be a patron as long as a known Nazi is on the Board of Trustees.


“Known nazi” is beyond farce and feels like you maaayyyybe need to have someone point out to you what actually Nazis did so that you don’t continue to insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who were brutally tortured and MURDERED under the Nazi regime.

Mean words that result in someone’s hurt feelings or passing laws and drafting policies that you disagree with or even “put lives at risk” (as goes the argument) may well be something to get upset about and protest. That’s all fine.
But you really need to make this its own argument rather than use hyperbolic comparisons to the world’s worst mass atrocities to make your point.
Otherwise you just look like a literal clown.


Ok. So you keep the Kennedy Center open.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:18     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will not cancel current tickets but in the future I will not be a patron as long as a known Nazi is on the Board of Trustees.


“Known nazi” is beyond farce and feels like you maaayyyybe need to have someone point out to you what actually Nazis did so that you don’t continue to insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who were brutally tortured and MURDERED under the Nazi regime.

Mean words that result in someone’s hurt feelings or passing laws and drafting policies that you disagree with or even “put lives at risk” (as goes the argument) may well be something to get upset about and protest. That’s all fine.
But you really need to make this its own argument rather than use hyperbolic comparisons to the world’s worst mass atrocities to make your point.
Otherwise you just look like a literal clown.


+100
Thank you.


And if those 6 million Jews (and gays and others) were alive right now, they'd be reminding you that Nazis didn't start with death camps and that their initial rise looked JUST LIKE THIS. Who do you think they'd be more insulted by: those of us who are so horrified by the Holocaust that we are vigilant against and resistant to even a whiff of similar dynamics or by people like you who invoke them to excuse and minimize how horrific it is to see public officials repeatedly giving Nazi salutes on national television? I'd rather be an aggressive anti-Nazi clown than a disgusting sympathizer and excuser.


+1 the problem in the US is that people can’t fathom that what happened in Europe can’t happen here. Fascism can take root anywhere, and we can clearly see its roots emerging here. We are at the beginning of a very scary road, and I would urge anyone scandalized by people calling it out for what it is to reflect on what’s happening and the role you will play in helping to save our democracy.


I agree with both of you. But we must speak much more persuasively. We know Americans are terrible with history and most believe that American exceptionalism will keep us safe. My issue with people who liken this to the early days of Nazism and facism is not the comparator, but rather it causes people to close their ears. We have to think of a better to communicate the danger.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:12     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will not cancel current tickets but in the future I will not be a patron as long as a known Nazi is on the Board of Trustees.


“Known nazi” is beyond farce and feels like you maaayyyybe need to have someone point out to you what actually Nazis did so that you don’t continue to insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who were brutally tortured and MURDERED under the Nazi regime.

Mean words that result in someone’s hurt feelings or passing laws and drafting policies that you disagree with or even “put lives at risk” (as goes the argument) may well be something to get upset about and protest. That’s all fine.
But you really need to make this its own argument rather than use hyperbolic comparisons to the world’s worst mass atrocities to make your point.
Otherwise you just look like a literal clown.


+100
Thank you.


You both have your heads in the sand. You have no clue what is coming.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:11     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just bought tickets to a show next month. KC needed a revamp, it was too leftist.


No you didn’t.


PP is so full of shite. Enlighten us about the leftist programs at the KC? You assume anything related to any other culture is leftist. You are a nut. A deranged ignorant nut.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:09     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sorry but we have to take a stand for something. We lost because we were too f'ing nice and not willing to let anything fall behind. We have to make choices. I WILL not go to KC under Trump.


Yeah. You tell' em, PP.


She should stomp both feet too!


I see your nervous laughter. You know in every possible venue the majority of the people in this country do not support the destruction of our country that you are raining down.

You know people are voting with their dollars now.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:07     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of worthless weirdos on this thread.


Curious what makes you say this? People voting with their feet or dollars is common. Is there a real reason or just bc you like DT?


I'm not a Trump fan, but I don't see any real evidence of any significant changes except for performers voluntarily cancelling their own shows.
Its over reaction.
And previously, the KC was primarily run by those that supported Democrats.
I'm guessing you were A OK with that?


False equivalence. Trump isn't just "a republican". Even the republicans don't think this. Trump is a zealot, a loose cannon, a nazi sympathizer (if not an outright nazi himself), a felon, a thief, a cheat, an unabashed misogynist...

It's not overreacting for performers with morals and integrity to refuse to perform for the profit and publicity of a tyrant. The sheer number of people protesting should've clued you in to the fact that this has gone WAY beyond simple R vs. D politics.



+1000
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2025 11:06     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of worthless weirdos on this thread.


Curious what makes you say this? People voting with their feet or dollars is common. Is there a real reason or just bc you like DT?


I'm not a Trump fan, but I don't see any real evidence of any significant changes except for performers voluntarily cancelling their own shows.
Its over reaction.
And previously, the KC was primarily run by those that supported Democrats.
I'm guessing you were A OK with that?


I had no problem with that because IF THAT IS TRUE since your ilk will lie about anything and everything, they were not rabid drooling crazies bent on introducing their fascist politics in to everything.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2025 23:06     Subject: Pls don’t cancel your Kennedy center tickets
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will not cancel current tickets but in the future I will not be a patron as long as a known Nazi is on the Board of Trustees.


“Known nazi” is beyond farce and feels like you maaayyyybe need to have someone point out to you what actually Nazis did so that you don’t continue to insult the memories of the 6 million Jews who were brutally tortured and MURDERED under the Nazi regime.

Mean words that result in someone’s hurt feelings or passing laws and drafting policies that you disagree with or even “put lives at risk” (as goes the argument) may well be something to get upset about and protest. That’s all fine.
But you really need to make this its own argument rather than use hyperbolic comparisons to the world’s worst mass atrocities to make your point.
Otherwise you just look like a literal clown.


+100
Thank you.


And if those 6 million Jews (and gays and others) were alive right now, they'd be reminding you that Nazis didn't start with death camps and that their initial rise looked JUST LIKE THIS. Who do you think they'd be more insulted by: those of us who are so horrified by the Holocaust that we are vigilant against and resistant to even a whiff of similar dynamics or by people like you who invoke them to excuse and minimize how horrific it is to see public officials repeatedly giving Nazi salutes on national television? I'd rather be an aggressive anti-Nazi clown than a disgusting sympathizer and excuser.


+1 the problem in the US is that people can’t fathom that what happened in Europe can’t happen here. Fascism can take root anywhere, and we can clearly see its roots emerging here. We are at the beginning of a very scary road, and I would urge anyone scandalized by people calling it out for what it is to reflect on what’s happening and the role you will play in helping to save our democracy.