We pay for the tickets to see these "celebrities" - whether it be Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Jane Fonda, etc.. Why they believe the fees we pay for their talents gives them license to lecture us on the personal decisions we make is audacity gone amok. Laying down $1,500 (plus a service fee of $75) for a single ticket, to see Streisand perform live at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and to then be subjected to a sarcastic, insulting, barb-filled skit about our then-President Bush, was an iconic exercise in presumption. The absolute insolence to assume that her audience would be entertained, rather than incensed, by such a production is evidence of HER OWN BIAS.
More recently, the audience at the musical, “Hamilton,” booed Vice President-elect, Michael Pence, as he entered the theatre with his FAMILY, including his wife, children, niece and nephew. He was also booed THROUGHOUT the performance. Mr. Pence, however, sat courteously until the end of the show. --- Then came the piece de resistance in this saga of impudence. As the Vice President-elect was leaving, Brandon Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in "Hamilton" had the temerity to begin the following address to Mr. Pence. The Vice-President-elect then STOPPED HIS DEPARTURE AND GRACIOUSLY WAITED until Dixon ended his discourse - this boorish, disrespectful discourse:
“And Vice President-elect Pence, I see you're walking out but I hope you will hear us just a few more moments. We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us.”
What impertinence!!! There were many of us who had our doubts about Obama, but though we suspected the man, we respected the office. These liberal looneys respect nothing - not the office, the person, the flag, the Constitution, the laws, ethics, morality, civility - NOTHING!!! How Mr. Pence kept his composure while these partisans rudely injected themselves into the entertaining evening he wished to spend with his wife and family was nothing less than chivalrous.
And so, if all these “stars” believe their lectures to Americans will sway their resolve, then it is proof-positive that they don’t know “real” Americans. If they did, they wouldn’t be in shock - wailing about their loss of the election. They would understand that people who love this country will only tolerate so much corruption, so many apologies, criticisms and aspersions cast on their beloved America, before the “deplorables” stand up, begin, and then continue, WINNING!!