Elton John: Another Entertainer Who Feels The Need To Lecture Us?
Steve Kirsch put out a newsletter on his substack , Elton John: Why not call for government authorities to engage in a discussion? He commented on Elton John quitting Twitter. He also showed a youtube video in which John extols the virtue of getting the Covid shots. If I were Kirsch, I wouldn't have responded to John's video. Elton John stated that vaccines will eliminate the pandemic––false, and they are safe––also wrong.
Now I have never been a fan of Elton John. However, that is not relevant; what is relevant is that he sounds like a dummy with his statements. We know that people are being damaged by the shots. We also know of many cases of sudden death due to heart damage. Also, we now have autopsies showing this, as described in the following paper:
Autopsy-based histopathological characterization of myocarditis after anti-SARS-CoV-2-vaccination
This is one of their conclusions:
"Overall, autopsy findings indicated death due to acute arrhythmogenic cardiac failure. Thus, myocarditis can be a potentially lethal complication following mRNA-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination."
The comments by Elton John speak to a more significant issue. Why do entertainers need to pontificate about medical or political issues? People pay them money to entertain, not to lecture us.
I have been to concerts many times, and regrettably, some performers choose to make their political viewpoints known. For example, Carlos Santana, the great guitarist, started to drone on about President George Bush and how lucky Australians were to not have such a person as their leader. It felt uncomfortable, inappropriate and totally unnecessary.
A few years later, we attended a Herbie Hancock concert. Here again, he launched into some anti-American tirade. It actually soured the rest of his performance. Talk about music and performance, not some political spiel.
Then we have Hollywood actors who lost their minds over Donald Trump when he became President. Most notable was actor Robert De Niro who went on multiple rants, including the following at a Tony Awards, "I'm gonna say one thing: F--- Trump!" He left panic-stricken broadcast censors trying bleep out the remarks. "It's no longer down with Trump, it's f--- Trump!"
Mostly left-wing actors seem at ease in sharing their distaste for anyone on the other side of the political spectrum. So I have a rule that I go by. If someone, whether an actor, singer or musician, gets into politics, I avoid them. I also avoid viewing their performances, and as far as I am concerned, they have "blotted their copybook".
The actors of old may have been liberal or conservative, but they kept their opinions out of the public realm. They were in Hollywood to make movies, and the vast majority were pro-American, regardless of their political persuasion.
Today, Hollywood has injected so much extra-curricular commentary that I watch few Hollywood movies. I'm not interested in entertainers who spread disinformation or emote about a political figure. Many find it tiresome when entertainers express ill-informed opinions.
For several years I have developed a preference for international cinema. There have been some great films in Europe recently and in decades past.
Speaking of international cinema, we watched a 2016 Spanish movie called Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest) a couple of nights ago. This is a brilliant movie if you like the dramatic thriller genre with twists and turns. The ending was such a surprise; it blew us away.
In Australia, we could only watch it on our T.V. by screen sharing with our iPad..
P.S. There are no political messages in this movie; just a thrilling and engaging film.
Music is pure and a mathematical language. Talking about a topic in which he has no expertise is folly.
So very true, I don't know how many actors whose performances and movies I have enjoyed I now go out of my way to avoid. Whoopi Goldberg being a stand out for her idiotic statements and hyperbole on the View. I have begun to listen to country music, because they tend to be far less likely to express their political views and quite frankly if they do, they carry much less vitriol than rock musicians who tend to swing far left. And comedians, that's just a lost art now, do to the work mob. I remember someone once asked Johnny Carson why his comedy was never political, and his response was simple... I am an entertainer, not a politician. Pretty simple and straight forward, it only other comics would take his advice, with a few notable exceptions.