Stevie Wonder won't sing in any state with stand your ground laws

[billyscott]

http://www.wsmv.com/story/22854938/wonder-wont-sing-in-fla-after-zimmerman-verdict

[TripleDigitRide]

He's blind to reality.

[tnguy]

At least until a few months time when it's quietly forgotten.

[K191145]

I'll have to put Stevie Wonders boycott on my who gives a crap shelf.

[Guest Razz]

I feel better knowing the news networks will have one more thing to use, to drag out this side-show. I was worried they'd go bankrupt...

[Caster]

Meh, that's up to his manager. How the hell would he know where he's at?

...and who cares what he's superstitious of?

[hipower]

And this concerns me how?

[GKar]

Stevie who?

[Caster]

Stevie who?

Ohh you know who he is. You have an X-ray of him as your avatar.

[luvmyberetta]

Hell...he doesn't know his day from night anyway!

[Randall53]

Sorry there Wonder Boy.....but I wouldn't walk across the street to see one of your performances anyway.

[Guest sL1k]

Stevie: where are we I smell the ocean, is this FLORIDA?
Manager:uhh no Stevie its kalifornia
Stevie: are you sure? I smell an overwhelming stench of Ben gay and old people.
Manager: uhh no Stevie its a new blend of medical marijuana...

[whitewolf001]

He's blind to reality.

 

[TrickyNicky]

That's a shame. I like Stevie Wonder and would definetly pay good money to see his show live, guess that's not happening anytime soon. It's a damn shame that so many in the performance industry decide to get so politically involved that they won't perform for their fans based on how they feel about issues unrelated to music. Now don't get me wrong if I were a touring musician I wouldn't be playing any KKK rallies or anything else I thought was morally offensive either. I guess it just takes a bit more to actually upset me. The Nuge still performs in Cali, of all people he is able to put aside politics and put on a show for his fans, I think that's classy.


I'm also reminded of the stand that Ray Charles and others took during the civil rights era refusing to play in state that had Jim Crow laws. That was something I could get behind, this just seems stupid.

[RobertNashville]

If he want's to take what I consider to be an idiotic stand I can respect him for that even if I think it's idiotic.

 

I really do like Stevie as an entertainer but you know, I've never seen him in person and probably wouldn't go to a concert anyway (not because I don't like him but he's just not one I'd go to see).

 

Besides (for those old enough to remember); there's always Memorex

Edited July 16, 2013 by RobertNashville

[Caster]

Yeah, let's take a stand against a persons right to defend themselves. That makes perfect sense.

[rugerla1]

Awwww damn! Now I'm gonna have to throw all NONE of his records away! Brail :flipoff:

[DaveS]

Ohh you know who he is. You have an X-ray of him as your avatar.

ROTFLMAO!!!!

 

Good one Buddy!!! That was classic!!!

 

DaveS

[jtmaze]

You can't fix stupid!!!!!!!

[LagerHead]

Well, that spoils my plans for the rest of the summer. I guess I'll have to go see someone that I ACTUALLY GIVE A CRAP ABOUT instead. 

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Stevie is a talented man. One of the finest of his era and genre. I don't do concerts. Free tickets couldn't even drag me outa the house, for any act. Though I still will play music in public on rare occasions.

 

Real dedication would be a hunger strike.

[Guest Bonedaddy]

If he want's to take what I consider to be an idiotic stand I can respect him for that even if I think it's idiotic.

 

I really do like Stevie as an entertainer but you know, I've never seen him in person and probably wouldn't go to a concert anyway (not because I don't like him but he's just not one I'd go to see).

 

Besides (for those old enough to remember); there's always Memorex

 Memorex! :rofl: Damn. Now, I really feel old.

[Dustbuster]

OK and???

[dralarms]

He's just mad that he can't see to shoot. Lol

I'm glad he won't come to Tennessee.

[Handsome Rob]

Awwww damn! Now I'm gonna have to throw all NONE of his records away! Brail :flipoff:

 

The 'braille flipoff' has got tears streaming down my cheeks here!!!