The Oppressors

Why is it that when people are oppressing others and the oppressed rebel they are uppity or are being bullies?

Congressman Slams Bruce Springsteen As ‘Bully,’ May Support Justin Bieber Instead
“I consider this a bully tactic. It’s like when a kid gets upset and says he’s going to take his ball and go home.”
Huffington Queer Voices
By Noah Michelson
April 10, 2016

While many people are cheering Bruce Springsteen’s decision to cancel a North Carolina concert in light of the state’s new anti-LGBT legislation, Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) is not one of them.

In fact, the congressman told The Hollywood Reporter that he believes the rock star is being a bully.

“Bruce is known to be on the radical left,” Walker told the publication. “He’s got every right to be so, but I consider this a bully tactic. It’s like when a kid gets upset and says he’s going to take his ball and go home.”

There are a number of other performers who are cancelling their trips to North Carolina,

On Friday night, comedian Joel McHale revealed he almost pulled the plug on his Durham, North Carolina, show and pledged to donate “every single dime I make tonight to the [Durham] LGBTQ Center.” Earlier this month, PayPal canceled a proposed 400-job expansion in the state.

And North Carolina is not alone in being boycotted,

Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi gig because of anti-LGBT law
Gay Times
By Josh Withey
April 2016

Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams has pulled out of his scheduled show in Mississippi because of his objections to the State’s anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ law.
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Bryan was set to play on April 14, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, but he has decided to cancel his performance and add his voice to those criticising the discriminatory bill.

The singer said on in a post: “Mississippi has passed anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ bill 1523. I find it incomprehensible that LGBT citizens are being discriminated against in the state of Mississippi.

“I cannot in good conscience perform in a State where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation. Therefore I’m cancelling my 14 April show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

In North Carolina there is growing support to overturn their law.

N.C. NAACP Promises Sit-Ins if Lawmakers Don’t Repeal HB 2
Local leaders denounced the anti-LGBT legislation as a throwback to Jim Crow-era segregation, and said they are ready to once again employ tactics that were effective to fight those unjust laws.
Advocate
By Sunnivie Brydum
April 10, 2016

Leaders with the North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have issued an ultimatum to the state’s legislative leadership: repeal the sweeping anti-LGBT law known as House Bill 2 by April 21, or face sit-in demonstrations at the general assembly.

Time Warner Cable News reports that leaders with the statewide chapter of the national organization are embarrassed by what they call “Hate Bill 2,” which rescinds all local LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections and requires transgender people to use public restrooms and locker rooms that do not match their gender identity.
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“Hate Bill 2 is the politics of Jesse Helms revisited,” Barber added, according to a tweet from cooperating worker’s advocacy group Raise Up for $15. “It’s not about bathrooms. It’s about oppression.”

I don’t think any of these boycotts and sit-in will achieve anything because they are bigots and are digging in their heels, they are preparing to do battle. It took federal laws to overturn the Jim Crow laws and it is also going to take federal laws to overturn these laws.

Bishop Rawls hit the nail on its head when he said,

“This is not about bathrooms, North Carolina,” added Bishop Tonyia Rawls, who leads Charlotte’s Sacred Souls Community Church and serves as the executive director of The Freedom Center. “It’s about money and votes.”