Michelle Shocked: Not the First Artist to Betray Her Fanbase
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Earlier this week, folk singer Michelle Shocked reportedly spewed vicious anti-gay comments during a San Francisco performance, voiced her support for Proposition Eight and quoted Old Testament verses that denounce homosexuality. "I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry," she said to the crowd, according to several witness accounts. "You can go on Twitter and say, 'Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.'" Since the late Eighties and into the Nineties, fans have associated Shocked with progressive liberal ideals; she's become a "born-again, sanctified, saved-in-the-blood Christian" only in the past few years. Her stance on homosexuality has a loaded history, convoluted by a 1990 interview during which she admitted to having at least one female lover. [link]
This is not the first time artists have outraged their fans by betraying their expectations – or by simply refusing sanity and reason. Read on for our list of artists taking some of the most left-field, bewildering standpoints in music history.
Earlier this week, folk singer Michelle Shocked reportedly spewed vicious anti-gay comments during a San Francisco performance, voiced her support for Proposition Eight and quoted Old Testament verses that denounce homosexuality. "I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry," she said to the crowd, according to several witness accounts. "You can go on Twitter and say, 'Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.'" Since the late Eighties and into the Nineties, fans have associated Shocked with progressive liberal ideals; she's become a "born-again, sanctified, saved-in-the-blood Christian" only in the past few years. Her stance on homosexuality has a loaded history, convoluted by a 1990 interview during which she admitted to having at least one female lover. [link]
This is not the first time artists have outraged their fans by betraying their expectations – or by simply refusing sanity and reason. Read on for our list of artists taking some of the most left-field, bewildering standpoints in music history.
- Neil Young blamed homosexuals for AIDS
- Bob Dylan preached radical Christianity
- The Dixie Chicks bashed Bush Foo Fighters pushed HIV denialist propaganda
- Willie Nelson supported 9/11 conspiracy theories
- Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges but admits to sleeping with young boys
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