The irony of using your voice to silence others

Laurelton: After reading multiple articles about tirade by Gene Simmons toward any celebrity who has chosen to voice their opinion on our current political wrongdoings, I find it to be disturbing, to say the least.

Throughout history, celebrities have spoken out against the atrocities world leaders have inflicted on the weak and defenseless. Some have suffered blacklisting, poverty and even debilitating death, such as Billie Holiday, whose song “Strange Fruit” angered federal authorities. She was placed under arrest as she was suffering from her terminal illness, handcuffed to her bed and denied medical and nursing care that would have greatly eased her horrendous suffering.

Celebrities haven’t only spoken out against injustice and cruelty, they’ve even marched and stood with advocates and great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. because they knew the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, including their own. Simmons migrated from Israel to the U.S. as a child with his mother, Flora Klein, who was a Holocaust survivor. He should know how fortunate he was to arrive here with almost nothing and embrace the opportunity to study music, simultaneously earning his bachelor’s degree in education. Prior to his music success, he was a teacher in Spanish Harlem, where I’m certain he witnessed the discrimination and adversity his sixth-grade students faced.

Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. Celestino P. Monclova

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