Irish 2.0 said:

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50 says she has at least one heart attack or loses a finger/toe to diabetes before she hits 40

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I'll take that bet

Has anyone considered that maybe there wasn't a political motive? Possibly she is a trained flute player who played in the band in college as well as performed with the New York Philharmonic?
I would venture to say almost nobody knew this flute existed prior to her playing it, now we do. It would appear that the Library of Congress was successful in getting the word out about some of the items in their collection. A marketing ploy if you will.
On a side note, it doesn't appear Madison ever played it either, it was simply a gift he received.

Now that we've set the precedent, when Republicans win the White House, I want Kid Rock to wear Harriet Tubman's shawl during the inaugural performance.

cslifer said:

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Has anyone considered that maybe there wasn't a political motive? Possibly she is a trained flute player who played in the band in college as well as performed with the New York Philharmonic?
I would venture to say almost nobody knew this flute existed prior to her playing it, now we do. It would appear that the Library of Congress was successful in getting the word out about some of the items in their collection. A marketing ploy if you will.
On a side note, it doesn't appear Madison ever played it either, it was simply a gift he received.

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Doesn't matter. Nobody knows Harriet Tubman's shawl is at the Smithsonian but people would freak out if Ted Nugent was allowed to wear it while singing "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang".

G. hirsutum Ag said:

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There are few artists that can invoke a violent reaction from me. 0.03 seconds in to most of her songs and I will start clubbing babies. Can't stand it

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It's about damn time…

Yeah, I've never gotten vindictive political vibes from Lizzo, she's more like Gronk than Kaepernick. She just does dumb fun stuff because it's dumb and fun.

I also don't follow her 24/7, so I could be wrong.

This is where we are as a country.

ABATTBQ11 said:

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Irish 2.0 said:

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50 says she has at least one heart attack or loses a finger/toe to diabetes before she hits 40

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I'll take that bet

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How about she will be on a Gatorade commercial first ……..

cslifer said:

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Has anyone considered that maybe there wasn't a political motive?

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But then everyone remembered Carla Hayden was involved.

Anonymous Source said:

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Big thanks to the Library of Congress for loaning me Grover Cleveland’s accordion for the last month of my tour. 🪗

— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) October 2, 2022

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I will never stop believing he is the Super Bowl Halftime show we all want

I just want to say that the thread title is on the $. A++

After reading the title I actually thought it was about Liz Chaney and possibly some weird sexual thing. Never heard of Lizzo and don't care to ever again.

So now we get townies to come wag their political fingers at us too?

policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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You should probably take the day off work so you can recover from this atrocity.

We've opened up a world of possibilities.

1) Gene Simmons wears a Tuskegee Airman flight suit for a performance
2) Chuck Norris signs autographs using James Baldwin's inkwell
3) Gloria Estefan releases a new single recorded on Malcom X's tape recorder
4) Kenny G. plays Blind Tom's flute

I'm sure nobody would find any of these offensive in the least. I mean, Kenny G. is trained on the flute so how can it be offensive.

Don't forget Ben Shapiro rolling his ass around in FDR's wheelchair. That actually happened.

policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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This is why republicans don't get the votes of young people.

Democrats in this instance captured millions of young people's attention with this little marketing - they don't need them dressed in silly hats waving flags in an arena to get their votes. So next time you ask "where are their rallies, if they don't have rallies how do they get 80 million votes?!?!" remember this.

HTownAg98 said:

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Don't forget Ben Shapiro rolling his around in FDR's wheelchair. That actually happened.

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As much as I abhor Lizzo, she's no different than any other provocateur who knows that their best way to get attention, and thereby make a living, is to do things that will knowingly get one group enraged while making their own side gleeful about it.

I wouldn't be surprised if one day she has her own prime time cablenews channel show, podcast, or talk radio show where she'd be amongst people just like her.

TXAGFAN said:

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policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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This is why republicans don't get the votes of young people.

Democrats in this instance captured millions of young people's attention with this little marketing - they don't need them dressed in silly hats waving flags in an arena to get their votes. So next time you ask "where are their rallies, if they don't have rallies how do they get 80 million votes?!?!" remember this.

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Dafuq did I just read?

RWWilson said:

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cslifer said:

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Has anyone considered that maybe there wasn't a political motive? Possibly she is a trained flute player who played in the band in college as well as performed with the New York Philharmonic?
I would venture to say almost nobody knew this flute existed prior to her playing it, now we do. It would appear that the Library of Congress was successful in getting the word out about some of the items in their collection. A marketing ploy if you will.
On a side note, it doesn't appear Madison ever played it either, it was simply a gift he received.

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Doesn't matter. Nobody knows Harriet Tubman's shawl is at the Smithsonian but people would freak out if Ted Nugent was allowed to wear it while singing "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang".

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I just pictured this in my mind, that would be hilarious to no end! And yes it would massively trigger the left.

If you get it, you get it. If you don't you blame everything, but yourself, for failure. No further explanation needed.

TXAGFAN said:

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policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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This is why republicans don't get the votes of young people.

Democrats in this instance captured millions of young people's attention with this little marketing - they don't need them dressed in silly hats waving flags in an arena to get their votes. So next time you ask "where are their rallies, if they don't have rallies how do they get 80 million votes?!?!" remember this.

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What? You think people will vote for Dems because Lizzo played that flute? Nothing about your response makes a bit of sense.

TXAGFAN said:

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policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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This is why republicans don't get the votes of young people.

Democrats in this instance captured millions of young people's attention with this little marketing - they don't need them dressed in silly hats waving flags in an arena to get their votes. So next time you ask "where are their rallies, if they don't have rallies how do they get 80 million votes?!?!" remember this.

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So hats are "silly" but this is not lol

Who is next up ? Stacey Abrams………….

TXAGFAN said:

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If you get it, you get it. If you don't you blame everything, but yourself, for failure. No further explanation needed.

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I get it. Standing up to cultural rot isn't politically popular among the youth.

That's just one example of their marketing being more effective, nothing in my post says what you said. You're really into twisting my words the last day.

RWWilson said:

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Now that we've set the precedent, when Republicans win the White House, I want Kid Rock to wear Harriet Tubman's shawl during the inaugural performance.

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Irish 2.0 said:

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50 says she has at least one heart attack or loses a finger/toe to diabetes before she hits 40

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IN.

TXAGFAN said:

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If you get it, you get it. If you don't you blame everything, but yourself, for failure. No further explanation needed.

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The GOP is about to take the house, possibly the senate, and make gains in state legislatures. I don't think they'll be blaming anyone for anything in 6 weeks.

I think the articles and reactions were written before the performance even happened. If there had been 1 80 year old guy in Oklahoma who put a complaint about this on his MySpace page, the Forbes article still goes out. That is what the point was for the performance, and that is it.

I personally am offended by the performance because it caused me to be aware of this person and the outfit they were wearing and the twerking. It has made me not hungry for my lunch. That would not have happened if it weren't for that damned flute.

TXAGFAN said:

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That's just one example of their marketing being more effective, nothing in my post says what you said. You're really into twisting my words the last day.

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Was this a Dem rally or something? What does this have to do with Dems?

No one twists your words. They just don't make sense.

TXAGFAN said:

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policywonk98 said:

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It was wrong for the reasons stated by Knowles in that video.

It was a priceless artifact handed over by our tax payer funded government, not to honor one of our most important founding fathers, but to create a "revenge" moment for the leftists of this country.

This is just one more example of the left being able to keep everyone focused on just the negative aspect of our history. Doing so by handing over an artifact to a current pop culture musician.

There are probably many world renowned flutists that would have lined up to play the instrument as a honor to our country and a unique artifact from one of its founders. Likely considered a great honor for any professional flutist.

There is no reason to give it to a politically outspoken pop culture AA female musician other than to make a political point. And as Knowles pointed out, in a highly undignified manner.

And to the poster that thinks we need to know about an artifacts existence to analyze the situation and react to the merits of it, that's an argument that really holds no water. We can and should react to activities within any given cultural moment no matter our prior knowledge of any particular artifacts used, in this case, as a prop to make a political statement. Especially when it is an artifact being preserved by publically funded institutions.

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This is why republicans don't get the votes of young people.

Democrats in this instance captured millions of young people's attention with this little marketing - they don't need them dressed in silly hats waving flags in an arena to get their votes. So next time you ask "where are their rallies, if they don't have rallies how do they get 80 million votes?!?!" remember this.

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And this is how dems get the votes of old people. https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3325612

Don't care. Just a flute.

Tanya 93 said:

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If she hadn't twerked, would there still be a problem? She is talented on the flute

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Yes. She's a terrible role model for kids and teens. This was intentional by the folks running the Biden Administration to promote someone with low moral character to our young people.