Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Hysteria has consumed America | The Brendan O'Neill Show" video.

  1. "Classical music is less and less salient in our culture" Except in blockbuster movies, where it's practically required. And on YouTube, where good performances rack up massive view counts in the millions. =) Is it kinda niche now? Sure. But it's not going to disappear.
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  2. "Classical music is racist" May I present Jessye Norman, conducted by Herbert von Karajan (who had as interesting an employment history as any other German in the 1930s.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n042id3FIM Please look for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, if you would like more of the same. I wouldn't get too worked up about diversity in classical music. It will happen naturally -- already has. There is a component of heritage to it; I'm probably more interested in Grieg because I have family from Norway. And, other cultures are making it their own as well. The likes of Yimura, Lang Lang, and Wynton Marsalis are making classical music part of the heritage of other parts of the world as well. =)
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  3. Give up the Democrats and the New York Times as lost. What has recently happened in Kabul has demonstrated that the Democrats really are not "the adults in the room", which was their entire brand. The best they could muster -- Joe Biden -- is shown to be feckless. His successor looks like she doesn't want to be there, like she knows she's in over her head, and she has come to realize what this position of responsibility really means. Afghanistan cost the Soviet Hardliners their power and influence, and the cost for the Democrats will be the same. Get yourself a copy of the entire NYT archive from when it was first published, to 2010 or so. Keep it safe. That is all the New York Times will ever be now, its glory days a memory.
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