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WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Kennedy Center on Friday fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that President Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.

“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment — explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure — is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with The Associated Press.

In the letter, Grenell said he would seek $1 million in damages “for this political stunt.”

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 75 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn't the political stunt the illegal renaming of the Kennedy Center?
Confusing....

[–] SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is how fascism works, there'd be news articles about how people are making things political by refusing to get into the cattle cars, too.

The article should have lead with how this is an illegal renaming.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is what's been so frustrating to me is that news outlets that nominally disagree with fascism and Trump in general don't put things into their wider context and just focus on the minutia of the particular story to the exclusion of The wider reality. I call this sane-washing.

One particular example more or less related to this is when NPR said something to the effect of stopping focusing on Tylenol and instead focus on other causes of autism, as if Tylenol was a cause of autism.

Even they seem to be falling prey. They have lost control of the language.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

News outlets fear any legal action from Trump. He will sue for 10 billion, but settle for 10 million....less than it would coat to fight the lawsuit in the first place.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

Excellent point. 🎶Land of the freeeeee....🎶

Ugh.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago

They are threatening to sue for $1mil

In the unlikely event they win, I predict $2mil in donations to the artist.

Hell, I hate jazz and I'd kick in a few bucks

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

yes but who is going to do anything about it?

the usa has no law and the people still think holding signs on weekends will do anything

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

efforts to save this national treasure

Oh please do get all the way fucked. Trump like a kid with a can of spray paint is tagging up his name everywhere because he knows he’s going to die soon, and he also knows that we’re going to piss on his name and grave when he does

He’s getting the “Nancy Pelosi’s Schmear” special for eternity

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not everybody can make it to New York to piss on trump tower. He’s just making it more accessible

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 15 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, keep this shit up and the only acts you're gonna be able to book will be kid rock and snoop dogg.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

The Pedophile Centre for the Performing Arts.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Little bitch who caved for the wannabe king mad at people who think he's dumb. More at 11

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trumps pawn who is currently in charge criticizes someone who voted with their feet.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fuck these people, I have no tolerance for them trying to take the high road while destroying the country.

These people don't seem to realize when they lose power we will turn it all back into non-partisan and we will jail and remove all the people who went along with this nonsense.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

are you really? history shows you'll "let bygones be bygones"

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

You don't remember when we hanged Nixon for high treason? Or sent Trump to prison forever under the Insurrection Act? Or Bush for stealing the 2000 election?