Years ago, I always
fielded questions about what it takes to break into the music industry. The answer was always the same. Write good music, play live as much as
you can, and be in the right place at the right time. A million things have changed since the early days, as has
my advice for up and coming musicians.
I feel that I have
discovered the secret of making it in the biz as 2017 rumbles to life. Here it is, you ready? BE PRO-AMERICA! No, seriously. BE PRO-AMERICA! Use an American flag as a backdrop
during your live show. Write
lyrics that express appreciation for your freedom, pro-God, pro-Life, pro-Law
Enforcement, and on and on and on.
Watch how fast your band takes off.
Why? Because Americans are fed up with bands
crying over how much our great country “sucks.” Nothing is good enough. Ever. And if
you disagree with them, as a fan, you will be berated incessantly. Bands have literally become so
annoying, that they are currently facing one of the largest backlashes since
2008.
Fans are talking
back. They aren’t putting up with
the crying. They aren’t putting up
with the insults. They aren’t
falling for the propaganda. They’re
telling anti-America bands that their vote and opinions count. Unfriending, unfollowing, standing up
for themselves. It’s a beautiful
thing to see. The proof is in the
pudding. Swing by your average
America hater social media site (Fat Wreck – Anti-Flag – Death Cab for Cutie) and
check out the comment sections.
If 2017 should have
taught anybody anything, it is that Americans are tired of your baseless
labels: racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic. This isn’t even about Trump winning the
POTUS office. This is about the
Average Joe who voted for the opposite of your party. A difference of opinion does not warrant your baseless
labels. And while the left accuses
you of all these things, MTV releases a “self-help” video for white men so that
they can better themselves in the year 2017. You heard me right:
MTV TARGETED AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE, BASED ON THEIR GENDER AND SKIN
COLOR, TO GIVE THEM ADVICE ON HOW TO BE BETTER HUMANS IN 2017. Fans reacted so negatively to this video, that MTV took it down. It received a 100/1 dislike to like ratio. It was like poetry!
Liberal satirist Tom
Walker (Trump opposer) had this to say, “The left is responsible for this
result. Because the left has decided that any other opinion, any other way of
looking at the world is unacceptable. We don’t debate anymore because the left
won the cultural war. So, if you’re on the right, you’re a freak. You’re evil.
You’re racist. You’re stupid. You are a basket of deplorables. How do you think people are going to
vote if you talk to them like that??? When has anyone ever been persuaded by
being insulted or labeled?”
You’re damn
right. The result is due to your
inability to create a reasonable argument.
You lost the
presidency. You’ve lost over 900
state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, and 13 Senate seats (as
of November 2015). Because, as Tom
Walker observed, when you suppress the Conservative argument, or ANY opposing
argument that differs from your world view, retribution comes in the form of a
simple vote. And that is a
POWERFUL thing.
So let me encourage
you today, Conservative friends.
Find strength and submit your arguments again! Put some thought behind it. Don’t fall for the name calling game. Win people over for your issue through
amicable discussion. Don’t let
artists and the media shame you for your opinion, the color of your skin, or
your gender. Present a good
argument. Stop supporting artists
who shame your view. You can make
your voice heard in so many ways.
Finally, to all of my
friends on the left: Learn how to
argue amicably again. Being
offended doesn’t work anymore.
Also, don’t believe everything the media tells you. All that fake news? “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” or polls
showing a massive Trump loss on the horizon? That was all you. Or, don't do anything! Keep berating people. Call them names. Make fun of their opinions. In the end, the right will continue to enjoy one political victory after another.
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