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So, while most people said that celebrity opinions don’t affect
them, it seems that this may be an understatement. Why else
would the Dixie Chick’s record sales suddenly go down or other
artists’ suddenly go up? As The Voyeur's Model, VSGal put it, “it
could be good for the celebrity’s personal publicity."
A few other people pointed out that they pay good money to hear
music, not a political diatribe. Staff Writer Gabe said, “I
hate it when I pay my money to attend a concert and then they preach
to me about who and why and how I should vote. If I wanted a
political opinion I'd read or watch the news." Reader Elena
commented, “I HATE when entertainers (musicians) spew their
political opinions in concerts. I think there is a time and a
place for everything and I do not pay good money to hear them talk
about politics." |
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Everyone seems to admire musicians,
even Joel has a go at Rock Band.
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So, if it isn’t a massive, drawn out speech, maybe the fans would be more
receptive to simply hearing an opinion, rather than being force-fed a verbal
political recount of the state of the country and who is responsible for what.
There were a
few outliers. One response was very different and included this statement
from Reader Julie, “Remember, 'Loose lips sink ships.'-- It is better they
remain silent about political stance because they tend to tarnish their
reputations and mislead people."
Maybe the
question should have been 'in what way a person is affected when the celebrity
voices a political opinion that is grounded and factual?' … because certainly no
one wants to hear an ill-informed opinion receive massive public attention and
then sway the lemmings. Overall, most people felt that celebrities do have
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