Tom Morello wakes up wondering how he can push his radical agenda.
Bruce Springsteen wonders how he can turn every concert into an MS NOW-style screed on President Donald Trump.
Boy George of Culture Club fame just wants to make music. Or, at least, that was his default mode.
The singer's apolitical status took a hit following the Oct. 7 atrocities. The singer, now 65, saw the rise of antisemitism across the globe and, finally, decided to do something about it.
Now, he's paying the price.
The singer's new single, "We Will Dance Again," defends Israel against charges of genocide. The lyrics are blunt and bold.
You say genocide, I say war
When you're attacked, that's what the army's for
That alone is enough to get an artist canceled courtesy of the industry's hard-Left groupthink. He also tapped A.I. to help produce the song, a no-no in many artistic circles. He also suggested his pro-Palestinian peers have it all wrong.
We can all guess what happened next.
The singer bowed out of a London production of "Jesus Christ Superstar," ostensibly due to the backlash in his creative community. He also had to cut ties with his label's manager, Tony Pontius, who refused to publish the new track. The singer called him "gutless" and refused to bow to the Left's mob.
Boy George won't be silenced.
When someone is gutless it really does not hurt to say goodbye. My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win. I will release it!
Good for him. But where are his artistic friends? Will they agree to disagree on the matter but support his right to share his feelings?
Don't bet on it.
The creative community, by and large, stood down as Cancel Culture ravaged free speech. They said nothing as sensitivity readers censored passages by Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie.
Now, they're going silent once more as Jewish artists (or those who support Israel) face cancellation.
And, this week, author Alyssa Rosenheck joined that group. She's the author of the upcoming "White. Blonde. Jew." The book is a plea for peace, a tome tugging us collectively back to common decency. The book's subtitle says it all: "A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up, and Reclaim Center."
She's Jewish and pro-Israel, so the usual suspects vowed to boycott a Nashville book store unless it cancelled her upcoming appearance.
The indie bookstore sided with the mob.
Rosenheck vowed to find a new Nashville venue to promote her book, out Aug. 18.
U2 infamously penned a song dedicated to Renee Good, the far-Left activist who interfered with an ICE investigation, refused to follow the group's orders and was killed when she steered her car into an ICE agent.
Will Bono and co. sing about Rosenheck and her fellow Jewish artists, silenced for their faith? What about fellow '80s superstar Boy George?
The Culture Club mainstay will carry on, with or without U2.
