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This happens all the time and is just part of the boring non-news cycle. 1) important person X says their favorite Y is Z. 2) creator of Z has different polit
by googlryas 4y ago
This happens all the time and is just part of the boring non-news cycle.
1) important person X says their favorite Y is Z.
2) creator of Z has different politics than X so they do an interview saying person X is stupid and doesn't understand Z.
3) the cycle moves on 5 minutes later.
- enviclash 4y agoAlso repeated from another angle: since the 1970s it is a known story that such tax cuts do not deliver the promise.
- yucky 4y agoEvery single time. My favorite is Variation B of this where aging rock star demands that politician not play their old song at rallies - the song they no longer even own the rights to. Instead of turtles all the way down, it's virtue signaling all the way down.
- somehnguy 4y agoWhen did stating your opinion become virtue signaling?
- yucky 4y agoThey're not stating an opinion. An opinion would be "Politician X sucks". Instead they pretend that Politician X has no right to play the song and they demand it to stop, knowing full well that isn't how their music licensing works. At that point, it's clearly performative.