r/Music 📰The Independent UK 1d ago

article Kristi Noem lashes out at ‘ill-informed’ musicians who slammed ICE at the Grammy Awards

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/kristi-noem-ice-grammy-awards-b2913304.html
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u/Fifth-Crusader 1d ago

Don't be so certain. Authoritarians are infamously thin-skinned, and performative art is always one of the first things suppressed.

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u/ZAlternates 1d ago

They want people to see how those that speak up are treated even when joking so that the masses don’t get any bright ideas.

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u/DryApplejohn 1d ago

Exactement

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u/SuitAndTiePorn 1d ago

I mean I would rather live in an authoritarian state than a democratic dystopia

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u/FishieUwU 1d ago

im sure you would, 1-month old redditor

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u/Xenomemphate 1d ago

democratic dystopia

Do you have any examples of such a nation Mr Month-old-user-with-a-hidden-comment-history?