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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProminent Conservative Pundit Tells Black Musician To ‘Shut Up And Play The Piano’
John Podhoretz, a former speech writer for Ronald Reagan with a regular column in the New York Post, told musician John Legend to shut up and play the piano in a tweet sent on Wednesday afternoon. Podhoretz was prompted by a tweet that Legend sent criticizing Israels treatment of Secretary of State John Kerry.
Podhoretzs tweet was widely criticized for playing into racist stereotypes of African American entertainers.
Rather than apologize or address the controversy, Podhoretz apparently deleted his Twitter account. He was an extremely active user of the Twitter, sending almost 70,000 tweets and attracting over 34,000 followers.
Podhoretz is also the editor of Commentary, a conservative magazine, and a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard.
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2014/07/30/3466117/prominent-conservative-pundit-tells-john-legend-to-shut-up-and-play-the-piano/
Podhoretzs tweet was widely criticized for playing into racist stereotypes of African American entertainers.
Rather than apologize or address the controversy, Podhoretz apparently deleted his Twitter account. He was an extremely active user of the Twitter, sending almost 70,000 tweets and attracting over 34,000 followers.
Podhoretz is also the editor of Commentary, a conservative magazine, and a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard.
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2014/07/30/3466117/prominent-conservative-pundit-tells-john-legend-to-shut-up-and-play-the-piano/
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Prominent Conservative Pundit Tells Black Musician To ‘Shut Up And Play The Piano’ (Original Post)
one_voice
Jul 2014
OP
He probably realized that the account was likely to receive some criticism. Can't have that.
Shrike47
Jul 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Well, John is a piano player
Duppers
(28,127 posts)8. not really funny
trumad
(41,692 posts)2. Yeah---the coward deleted his Twitter account.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)3. He probably realized that the account was likely to receive some criticism. Can't have that.
I wonder if it was drunk tweeting?
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)4. No, it was asshole tweeting
lolly
(3,248 posts)5. Well, the Dixie Chicks were told to "shut up and sing."
Guess "those" people and wimminfolk are just supposed to entertain, not have any opinions.
Unlike, say, Duck Dynasty yahoos, whose every utterance is treated as divine wisdom.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)6. How dare he defend Kerry? He should play with band on the Titanic that Podhoretz is steering!
Naturally, Podhoretz will be exiting the ship with the rest of the one-percenters.
Cha
(297,673 posts)9. podhorest just needs to shut the fuck up since he can't do anything else but blah blah blah.