The timeline of events couldn't be simpler to understand. On March 17th, 2013, Michelle Shocked verbally attacked her paying audience of fans. In the days that followed, venue owners cancelled her appearances, unwilling to provide hate speech a stage or a microphone. Many of those same venue owners, in a show of solidarity to the LGBT community, booked gay-friendly artists and\or donated to gay-friendly organizations.
Among the acts booked to replace Michelle Shocked was Frootie Flavors, a local act out of Northern California. They performed at Moe's Alley while Michelle Shocked made an ass of herself outside the venue, in "protest."
As I said, the chain of events is easy for any dullard to follow. But Michelle Shocked won't take responsibility for her hate speech. This week, she embarked upon a series of lies, attacking the band that performed at Moe's.
Michelle claims, despite all evidence to the contrary, to be a supporter of indie music and the gay community. How can she continue to make such claims when she attacks an indie act that is decidedly gay-friendly? Frootie Flavors came to the aid of Moe's Alley, its owner clearly wanting to make it aware that they did not support or endorse Michelle Shocked's hateful words. There was no smear campaign by anyone against Michelle. Her own words caused venue owners to reject her and cancel her.
In one of the most pathetic acts ever witnessed on Twitter, Michelle appears to be drafting a teenage boy to do her dirty work. She's enraged that her hate continues to cost her gigs, and now wants the boy to troll Twitter accounts in search of evidence of her conspiracy theories.
She claims club owners are being extorted. Nonsense. Through outlets like this blog, they are being presented with the truth about what she says and does, then given the choice to decide for themselves. So far, they have all decided Michelle Shocked's hate speech is unwanted and potentially injurious to their club.
Michelle Shocked was the unprofessional one. People who buy tickets to hear music at a venue shouldn't be targeted with hate speech and gaybashing. And now she is doing what she's accused others of doing: Embarking on a "smear campaign" against innocent people, and roping in children to do it. This has to stop.
Venue owners: Keep denying Michelle Shocked a stage. Keep refusing to give her hate a microphone. Don't subject your patrons to her insanity. Keep supporting the LGBT community by allowing talented and supportive acts to perform.
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