President Elect slams cast of Hamilton...

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(11-22-2016, 03:46 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Whether you agree with Pence or not, and I certainly don't (I find his attitudes towards homosexuals neolithic at best) what they did was rude.  Disagreement is fine, calling someone out publicly at an event that is supposed to be for the entertainment of the paying audience is not.  I find it very likely that most, if not all, of the people applauding this move would be equally horrified if something of this sort was done to Joe Biden.  A wrong thing doesn't become right because it happened to someone you don't like.

See, I don't get this point of view, and in the spirit of Sunset's thread, I want to understand it. 


They thanked Pence for coming, told the audience there was nothing to boo about him and then said 

Vice President-elect Pence, we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton: An American Musical, we really do. We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us — our planet, our children, our parents — or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us.

From this point until he leaves office, he is not a private citizen. He's the Vice President. He works for us and to serve us. They were petitioning him to redress their grievance. It wasn't rude and it wasn't accusatory as they made sure to use language that indicated this was their feeling. 

Thanks in advance.