Posted on 04/13/2016 3:11:41 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Ringo Starr won't be performing in the Tar Heel State. The former Beatle has just canceled a concert scheduled for June in Cary, North Carolina, citing HB2, an anti-LGBT law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory that has drawn national outrage.
"I'm sorry to disappoint my fans in this area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred. Spread peace and love," the 75-year old singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor said in a statement first reported by ABC News on Twitter:
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No, they actually were very talented but you have to understand them in the context of the times. THey were definitley not talentless thanks to one man...George Martin. Talentless is not the description. But like four spoiled brats they lost the golden goose. Any musician can verify their song craftsmanship and especially the vocal harmonies are to die for amongst musicians. The problem was drugs.
I'm with you! I never liked them either!!
Seriously though, don't these thing represent a breech of contract with the various venues? Lawsuit city.
When Muslims boycott an airline, that’s a safer one to fly.
In related news, North Carolina is becoming safer for women and children.
They were the McDonalds of their era’s music. (Monkees were the Burger King.)
Both are basically glorified oldies acts. I expect Chubby Checker to announce his boycott any day now.
Both are basically glorified oldies acts. I expect Chubby Checker to announce his boycott any day now.
Ringo. Is this a joke.
True!
Who knew a single law could keep all the freaks out of a state. Pest control was never so easy!
>> Dingo: we need to take a stand against this hatred.
The dogma of the modern idiot.
Dingo DOGma. Clever
Oh my gosh!!! Ringo could be performing at the house next door to me and I wouldn’t be going.
Yes! Another BIGOT has been outed!
Attention whore, basically. If he went and then gave an impassioned plea to rescind the law, or even presented a song he wrote about it, he wouldn’t get nearly as much notoriety. Got to milk that ex-Beatle cow for all it’s worth.
He is a woman... The seat is up.
I’m glad you pointed that out. I’ve seen lots of men in ladies bathrooms for years. We all have seen them but not all of us know they are men. The very large shoes (usually high heels) and heavy makeup give it away. They cause no trouble and never try to peek at the women.
Just the other night in a restaurant two men (dressed as women) walked by our table. I was looking down and saw the shoes. Looked up and saw the wigs. I mentioned it to my husband. He said that others had just walked by. When I went to the ladies room I had to go by their table. There were at least eleven of them having dinner together. The restaurant had put them in the back of the dining room. I am sure most of the people in that restaurant had no idea. As you say, they’re not the trouble makers.
This entire boycott fiasco is all about punishing North Carolina’s Republican legislature. The super liberal mayor of Charlotte and a LGBT guy - who is a registered sex offender - did this to attack the Republicans. It was a planned attack.
BTW - today the gay mayor of Santa Fe came out with a boycott against NC. (who cares) Anyway next week he is going on a junket to Qatar where it’s illegal to be gay. Why doesn’t he speak out against Qatar? Because this is about burning Republicans, not Muslims.
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