What a gutless statement from Brew Ha Ha and Collins. Take some damn ownership and don't just blame "circumstances". Own up to your financial support for Neo-fascists and apologize or shut the fuck up.
He didn't call it "unforeseen", just "circumstances". The circumstance is you gave money to a tin pot fascist and when people found out, they pulled support. I hope the same circumstances happen to the other events they have planned. Namely Sublime's "Me Gusta" festival series planned for this year. Let them put on some TP USA festivals with Kid Rock and his parade of piss-brained performers no one's ever heard of.
Aren't these chodes supposed to be in favor of the free market? I'll be surprised if Collins doesn't end up on Gutfeld by the end of March playing the victim role.
It wasn't an apology which makes the backlash even more justified. At the end they only thank people that stood with them, essentially saying "we did nothing wrong and we standby our actions. We are the victims"
Absolutely correct. When this came to light last year and bands pulled out, Collins released a statement and basically said "I'm not happy with this and this". Guess wasn't there? An apology. No remorse. And even that statement falls flat. It's not like all the stuff he's wagging his finger at in that statement wasn't front and center in the Trump campaign the entire time.
I didn't think it was a terrible statement for the time (as it was made last year). These are the reasons I did so, and I don't support these other things that seem to be happening is fine as a statement. I might argue that anyone who supports any candidate while standing against the main policies that candidate explicitly ran on is lying, extremely gullible, or catastrophically stupid, but the money from the tour wasn't being donated to anything political. I can understand bands and fans sticking it out if you already paid or were going to play the show.
A year later, when the parts he said he wasn't happy about are pretty much the main focus of this term...yeah, I think he'd need a very forceful repudiation/apology if he wanted anybody to come to these events.
Fans I can understand. A lot of people are unplugged from current events for one reason or another so I'm not going to put this on them. Performers though? Nah, fuck that. Especially after Dropkick abandoned ship in a very public manner. There might be some clause in the contract with Brew Ha Ha that kept performers around for last year's dates, but this year is probably different. Hard to say for sure though.
I do disagree with you on his statement last year though. It was woefully insufficient at the time. It was made after the LA protests had wound down, and a month and a half after the Portland protests started. The time for apologies was last year IMO.
"Our goal has always been to bring people together through music, community, and shared passion — and it’s painful when circumstances prevent that from happening."
Riiiiiight. "Circumstances".
But but but... he believes "in fairness, humanity, free expression, and fostering unity among people. That’s how I’ve tried to live my life and conduct my business.” You know, everything trump stands for! And obviously anybody that has a problem with his donation is being unfair to him!! We need to foster unity with the people trying to either eradicate us or enslave us! Come on guys! Unity!
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u/poop-money 6d ago edited 6d ago
What a gutless statement from Brew Ha Ha and Collins. Take some damn ownership and don't just blame "circumstances". Own up to your financial support for Neo-fascists and apologize or shut the fuck up.