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In reply to the discussion: Carrie Underwood: I'd quit my job if my husband told me to [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)this isn't true:
Whatever Carrie Underwood says today will be forgotten tomorrow - replaced by something some other celeb says or does. It is disposable information, and will be treated accordingly.
How do I know? Well, look at this thread alone. But in all honesty, I'm referring to her doting fans in my post.
No one can deny that those young people aren't influenced, however subconsciously, by what she publicly says. To deny it would be short-sighted at best. Elvis-the-pelvis rocked the music world and changed the mindset of generations with his "scandalous" dance moves, changing our music industry and televised choreography.
Big stars like Underwood can change young people's minds who can then easily buy into the CONservative lies because it sounds so, "awwww, so sweet". Propaganda, no matter how sweetly delivered, is still mind-altering.
That sounds a bit too much like a call for censorship of individuals, on the basis that their statements don't coincide with your political beliefs.
And that's utter bullshit. That's what YOU read into it, perhaps because you conform to CONservative "ideals". But if you're honest with yourself, you'll admit, even if it's to yourself, that modern-day conservatism is what's destroying this country and it earned the right to be eradicated.
Yes, Underwood has every right to voice her opinion, but let's not forget here, so do I. The difference is, I don't have millions upon millions of fans hanging off my every word nor influenced by it. She does. And that makes her statement an indirect threat to the well-being and future of our country. You first need to win the hearts and minds of the people before you can control them.