| Lady Gaga and Politics - Indonesia May 29th 2012, 12:29 Very interesting article IMO: Quote:
Lady Gaga is finally relevant
Monday, May 28, 2012 - The Tygrrrr Express by Eric Golub
LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2012 – Lady Gaga is now officially relevant.
This is not about pop culture, which will never and should never be relevant. This is about Lady Gaga who is now relevant to society at large.
Before this past week, she was some 26-year-old woman named Stefani Germanotta. She sings and dances, and promotes herself by wearing outrageous costumes. In a nutshell, she is "edgy" and "original" to those too young to remember Madonna.
Ms. Germanotta's music was fairly harmless and inoffensive. While Madonna tackled abortion and racial prejudices, Ms. Germanotta tells people to "just dance."
Like many young people today, Ms. Germanotta through her Lady Gaga persona came to the conclusion that her musical talents (which admittedly are abundant) required her to express political opinions. My first experience with this unknown (to me) woman came while watching Bill O'Reilly. He showed a clip of a young woman pulling at her own hair and screaming like a lunatic. "Are you listening, President Obama? Are you listening?"
The issue was gay marriage, and she was in favor of it. Ms. Gaga claims to be bisexual, which may be interesting to somebody, somewhere. Later on, she demanded a meeting with President Obama to discuss childhood bullying in schools.
Her activism does not make her unique. Many Hollywood celebrities assume their opinions matter. Yet what makes Ms. Gaga and her supporters frustrating (a polite way of saying hypocrites) is that when they truly should stand up, the only sound is silence. Ms. Gaga became a real victim this week, and everybody should rush to her defense.
She had a concert scheduled in Indonesia. 50,000 tickets were sold for this Jakarta extravaganza. Then she was forced to cancel the show under heavy pressure. Despite Indonesia being seen as a model of secular democracy mixed with moderate Islam, this nation of 140 million people still has Radical Islamists flexing muscle.
The Islamists decided that Ms. Gaga's concert would be too extreme for the youth.
Yes, the people who flew the planes into the Towers on 9/11 are still hoping to extend their worldwide Caliphate. This time all it took was the threat of violence to cause Ms. Gaga and her sponsors to retreat. She should not be blamed. She is a young girl who has every right to consider her personal safety.
Her promoters and supporters have no excuse. Once again, the West surrendered to pressure from Islamic fundamentalists.
Ms. Gaga and her supporters should think about this on a deeper level, despite Hollywood celebrities having an aversion to depth.
Those who care about gay marriage may be surprised to know that gay people do not fare well in most Muslim countries. Forget the right to marry. They just get murdered for "crimes against Islam." Crimes include being gay while breathing.
Ironically, many leftists hate Israel, even though Israel allows gay marriage.
Those who care about bullying should understand that Radical Islam is all about bullying. There is no need to ever "tolerate" or "try to understand" any of the "root causes" of Radical Islam. They hate us and want to kill us. They want to drive us from every part of the world. What the Islamists did in Indonesia is the very essence of what bullying is about.
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