News @lemmy.world Lee Duna @lemmy.nz 8 mo. ago

Greg Abbott tells musicians "don't come back" to Texas

www.newsweek.com Greg Abbott tells musicians "don't come back" to Texas

Thye Texas governor defends U.S. Army sponsorship of SXSW festival by telling musicians "don't come back" after they pulled out of the festival.

Texas @lemmy.world FenrirIII @lemmy.world 8 mo. ago

www.newsweek.com /greg-abbott-sxsw-texas-musicians-boycott-army-1878521

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So, wait. He wants to secede, but also supports the US military spending money to sponsor an event in his state? Do you want help from the federal government or not, Gregg? Or did the tree hit more than your spine when it fell on you? Though I suppose both can be true…
- Conservatives want a government that's only large enough to force their beliefs on you.
- You mean the tree limb that fell on him, sued his neighbor, got a massive payout (millions) and then got elected to higher office only to turn around and pass laws to make sure no one else could get payouts like that? Fuck Greg Abbott. I hope the tree comes back to finish the job.
  
  the tree did nothing wrong, and in fact I hope it goes further
  
  #TeamTree
- You can't reason a person out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Hypocrisy and double-think are the bread and butter of Texas Republicans.
Why is the U.S. Army allowed to spend taxpayer money on concert festivals?
- Recruitment. They were sponsors so that people think it's cool to be in the army.
  
  Same reason they do flybys and giant flag-things and shit at sporting events.
  
  We have a literal propaganda division that helps with movies like transformers as long as they have a say in how the military is portrayed in them.
  
  The actually cool way of increasing recruitment would be to pay higher salaries and increase the work place safety, with tax money taken from crying billionaires.
  
  Same reason sporting events exist.
  
  There, FTFY. The unfettered truth.
- This is just one more step towards Texas looking like Russia. I'm sure this will cause a major backlash and have a ton of artists refusing to play Texas regardless of the venue.
  
  Does this idiot not know how much revenue these fests generate for an area?
  
  It's not about money for Greg Abbott, it's about hate.
  
  It's all about where that revenue infusion goes and who it attracts. In this case, Austin area and more open minded people.
  
  Don't worry, I'm sure they'll get someone like Kid Rock to play, which is what those audiences probably want anyway.
- What do you think Top Gun is?
  
  Or Call of Duty for that matter. Uncle Sam likes em young.
- because it's advertising and propaganda.
- Because the grinder needs fresh meat.
- They also spent money to develop a game for recruitment purposes.
  
  The game is dead now, but in it's peak it was good.
  
  Which one?
- They do it at high schools and universities too. It’s really annoying.
Just another lead-addled piece of shit.
Greg "Jade Helm" Abbott? The chucklefuck who said the US army was invading Texas?
"We don't need your money here. Especially not when we re-legalize slavery."
- Uh, the for-profit prison system would like a word
So, if Abbot thinks he has the legal authority to tell people they can't go to texas... that could be very interesting.

the US has a right of travel. States can't ban people coming into their state for any reason.
- I don't think he believes any such thing as his words being legally binding.
  
  He's just being your run of the mill petulant childish Texan politician with the "nuh uh YOU ARE!" type rhetoric.
Well then Austin can secede from Texas and then the more conservative neighborhoods can secede from Austin. Secedeceptions all the way down. Why not?
Fuck him.
No problem.
So the US army who has very little say as to where the ammo is sent (it's congress making those decisions) is helping to sponsor an event. And certain musicians are pulling out to protest something they (the army) have no real control over?

Nothing like sending a message of "hey you are out there doing a tough job but we don't want you near us ".

Edit :whoops.. I mean congress and the president
- Are you serious with this take? SXSW is an arts festival. Not a place for military propaganda and recruitment. Turns out, most artists abhor any kind of military action.
- No. They don't want to support the literal weapons companies also helping sponsor. I'd boycott any artist endeavor backed by a standing military.
- Are you fucking mental or just too young to think before blurting out adult-like sounds from your feed hole?
- Giving the entire US Army the "just following orders" cop out, incredible. Going to need a gastroenterologist to get that boot out
  
  Demonstrate (using the law) how the army can tell congress that "no we aren't going to send the ammo to place x" if the congress says "send it there".
- "Before we rock out, don't forget to enlist! Yeeeaaah!!!"

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