Attendance of vice-president – who once disbelieved that people listened to classical music for pleasure – strikes sour note at Kennedy Center in light of Maga takeover

Summary

JD Vance was loudly booed at a National Symphony Orchestra concert in Washington, delaying the start by 25 minutes due to security checks.

The backlash follows Trump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center, where he appointed Vance’s wife, Usha, to the board and removed trustees.

Resistance to the changes has grown, with artists canceling performances and protests over cuts to LGBTQ+ programming.

Vance, a vocal cultural conservative, has criticized “woke” influences in the arts, while Trump vowed to eliminate “anti-American propaganda” from the institution.

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      As long as it needs to.

      People need to feel empowered to actually rebel.

      The louder and louder the vocal discontent grows, the harder the regime cracks down. The harder they crack down, the angrier people get, and the louder they get. Volume is equated with numbers. There is a point, and we can’t really predict when, that it will break.

      Remember, the US is huge and not very densely populated save for some big cities. We have centuries of propaganda instilled in us that we are powerless beside our vote. As soon as a rebellion occurs, people can expect that their quality of life will drop off a cliff. We have to make sure we are prepared for that, and with most of us living paycheck to paycheck (by design) it’s a lot harder to do.