this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2025
83 points (98.8% liked)

news

347 readers
276 users here now

A lightweight news hub to help decentralize the fediverse load: mirror and discuss headlines here so the giant instance communities aren’t a single choke-point.

Rules:

  1. Recent news articles only (past 30 days)
  2. Title must match the headline or neutrally describe the content
  3. Avoid duplicates & spam (search before posting; batch minor updates).
  4. Be civil; no hate or personal attacks.
  5. No link shorteners
  6. No entire article in the post body

founded 4 months ago
MODERATORS
dude@lemmings.world
83
Kennedy Center demands $1M from jazz musician who pulled out of annual New Year’s concert in protest at Trump renaming (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 2 days ago by dude@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

“Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn’t courageous or principled — they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people," Daravi said.

No, refusing to perform for fascist dictators is a perfect example of courageous and principled. Suing an artist for their political leanings is selfish, intolerant, and failing to meet the basic duty of a public arts board.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They simply don't think Trump is bad so they can't see it that way.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What is a “public artist” ?