There's multiple ways to deal with this.Originally Posted by sugilite
It is the opera performers you have to watch for Pritch. According to DL they are communists and they all bring up their children a certain way as well, DL must have the Opera Singers manual on child raising, as he seems to be an expert on the subject. If you want to go to a performing arts college to learn how to sing opera and you are a conservative, you will be shit out of luck, only socialists and communists are accepted.
Let's go with Linguistically to start with: Where does the term 'Liberal' (that being the Americanism for a staunch Left-wing voter) come from? One the etymologies is that people who earned degrees in the Liberal Arts had a noticeable political bent, to the point that it was so noticeable that Liberal became a synonym for that political position.
Then let's bring up psychologically: People in the Arts world by nature have to be high in openness and creativity - they want to try new things and to be a good artist, you have to try new things, to push boundaries etc. Wanna take a guess as to which 2 personality traits most accurately predict a left-wing political stance?
Then we can go with Anecdotally: Think of any TV Show that features heavily either the Performance Arts or Creative Arts - I can bet you won't find any MAGA hat wearing staunch conservatives - but you WILL find people who are only to happy to openly espouse their far-left viewpoints. Whether it be something like Skin Wars, Ru Pauls Drag Race or something like The Big Flower Fight.
Then we can look at things like: Coachella, Burning Man and other similar festivals - How many of the performers do you think will be Trump voters? And then ask how many Hammer and Sickle or Socialist Fist icons you spot - I'll give you a hint, one vastly outweighs the other/
Then we can look at the likes of what commentary prominent Performance Artists say: The majority of Hollywood actors regularly espouse left-wing and far-left ideals, JK Rowling, Lilly Allen, Rage against the Machine etc. etc.
Then we can go Personally: The performance Artist crowd, I used to (and to a limited extent) still do roll in these circles - although the overwhelming air of constant politics does make it harder these days - Many of my dearest friends are in that milieu and I can assure you, all of them have Politics that are very Left.
Back to your original critique:
If someone:
- Wears a T-Shirt that supports certain Political ideologies
- Works in an industry that has a definitive political sympathy
- Makes major life choices based on that Political Ideology
- Allows their child to take part in world-wide activism based on that Political Ideology and
- Allows their child to accept assistance and services from other people who are also promoting that same Political Ideology
You are asserting that because I do not know every single microcosm of their life, that my judgement (based on the weight of evidence of their actions) is false.
Of course, you are allowed to hold that opinion - I do not begrudge you for it, however if it walks like a Duck, Flies like a Duck, Swims like a Duck and Quacks like a Duck - the preponderance of evidence suggests... You've got a Duck.
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