A gay violinist confronts Trump supporters
mainOn election night in Florida a group of Trump supporters went down to Wilton Manors with a view of provoking its mainly-gay residents.
They reckoned without Stephen Neil.
He got out his violin. And an amplifier.
More here.
Electrical violins are worse that any imaginable politicians.
I don’t mind a bit of Jean-Luc Ponty, but maybe I should keep that to myself?
The title does nothing for the equality of violinists. It perpetuates discrimination. Why should it matter that he was a violinist?
I’ll take “Things that didn’t happen” for $100, Alex.
What a balm, such civility. Would that it could become a model for bridging disagreements.
Yeah, he sure showed them!
Could you please get off your Anti-Trump hobbyhorse? I have not ever seen one comment of yours regarding the burgeoning Anti-Semitism of the progressive left in America including Democrats like Omar and Talib who were enthusiastically endorsed by Biden and Pelosi Go back to covering music gossip and obituaries please.
Alan K – You’re Fired!
You need to get off period Greg.
No doubt there’s a guy you can pay somewhere round your town.
Cope. As a gay jewish person, I am THRILLED we finally have a leader in the white house 🙂
BLACK lives matter to these people, not White or Jewish.
Kamala is only there because she’s a woman and looks black. She’s Indian and Asian. She’s also ‘under’ a white man just like she was in California by her choice.
Unless you’re black, there’s nothing you can claim they can offer your group.
Every single prior VP was “only there” by virtue of being a white man. Thrilled to see Harris in this role.
Left lies too much.
Kamala is not ‘black’ no matter how many times you repeat such insults to authentic black people.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/08/932755718/euphoria-residents-of-harris-ancestral-village-in-india-celebrate-her-win
“authentic black people”
What the hell does that mean? And what is your NPR link supposed to prove?
Kamala Harris is black and will always be black. There is no debate about this. Take your conspiracy theory to 4chan or Tucker Carlson’s youtube comment section.
It’s going to take an awful lot more than a gay man waving a violin to shut up the, er, deplorables:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/11/06/the-real-resistance/
Hi Sue,
I’ve been waiting a long time to say this to you.
You lost. Biden will be your president.
Have a great day 🙂
Wonderful.
Will you be identifying everyone from now on by their sexuality?
It’s relevant to the story. Reading comprehension is a valuable tool!
I would guess not, but time will tell.
It happens to be relevant in this context.
Did he play “Glitter and Be Gay”
Time for them to “don” their big-boy pants. As their leader has been told to.
Donald Trump – You’re Fired!
(and the world celebrates)
“…music hath charm to soothe the savage beast…”
The breast, too. The original’s worth reading.
Trump supporters are by definition homophobic.
These MAGAts have drunk the Trump Kool-Aid and blindly support anything he says or does.
Stephen Neil is a brave individual, that’s for sure. He could have easily gotten beat up, or worse. (As we’ve all seen, MAGAts are certainly not averse to violence.)
I’m relieved that he’s OK, and inspired by the fact that he combatted hatred with his music.
Bravo, Stephen!
Jesus, as natural philosopher, said “turn the other cheek.” Good for Stephen!
Bull-S! Nearly 45% of gays support are conservative and support Trump. This is silly.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-applauds-poll-showing-45-percent-support-among-gay-men-n1240633
oh well if the hornet app (i’m gay and never heard of it) says so, it MUST be true! LOL
Trump LOST! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
The Democrats with their constant violence, doxing, fires, canceling and looting are MUCH worse than just a few people merely peacefully protesting.
As usual there’s no backstory or context as to why Trump supporters are present other than standing against pedophilia which the left still embraces.
They aren’t covered in black beating and murdering anybody like the deplorable left, so it’s no big deal.
Trump is a pedophile and he is now FIRED! 🙂
Cope.
Cole Fredericks – You’re Fired!
LOL.
Where is the reference that the Trump supporters, in this instance, are ‘ standing against pedophilia ‘?
And, is there a hive of paedophilia in Wilton Manors?
Sadder than the man himself are only his supporters, and I don’t mean the violinist.
I couldn’t play it using Firefox. Was able to play it by copying the URL and pasting it in to Chrome.
Oh — this was meant as a reply to Steven Jones. Not sure how it ended up under RW2013.
Because you enjoy my comments so much?
What’s with the B Bruce?
Yes, that must be it 🙂
There is another “Bruce” who has shown up recently, and I wanted to differentiate myself from him.
Why can’t I play this video clip?
Trust me. You don’t want to.
Given the propensity of the president’s supporters for violence, that took guts. I particularly like the performance of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
Even in Wilton Manors, this is a brave young man considering many of those Trumpets are carrying firearms.
Bravo, Stephen!
Since you seem to enjoy trump fans and their bigoted ideas in these forums (while silencing those who oppose them), I fail to understand what your point is, Mr. Lebrecht… Do you support this violinist or not?
I’d guess that anything is good for clicks… Right?
Stephen Neil must be a racist. He must be happy that the segregationist, whose only accomplishment is authoring the bill, sending more Black and Brown people to prison, looks to be the new POTUS.
Of course, his running mate did the same for California.
Guess Neil is showing his happiness of not having the threat of BIPOC neighbors, thanks to Biden/Harris.
Trump supporters really live in a delusional dimension.
Black people overwhelmingly voted for Biden and probably are the reason we finally got rid of Trump. GOOD RIDDANCE 🙂
American people I’m in contact with reported Biden supporters rioting and looting.
I don’t know whether Harris was “tough on crime” in California but she did not prosecute the devious and greedy lenders who in many cases broke California law and regulations foreclosing on homes with subprime mortgages that the home owners were suckered into into California.
As far as Trump is concerned, although I have no doubt that many of his supporters are anti gay he himself has never said anything against gays or gay marriage and in fact I understand attended at least 1 gay marriage before he became president.
What a divided f**** up country the USA is
What a divided f**** up country Great Britain is
Sad, but true.