Michelle Shocked makes shocking statement.

[Berlin Expat]

Source: Dangerous Minds

Michelle Shocked committed career suicide last night at a club appearance in San Francisco. The “Texas troubadour” displayed some red state intolerance when she announced from the stage that “God hates fags.” Apparently the former skateboard punk wasn’t kidding.

Michelle Shocked, known for living up to her surname, cleared out San Francisco club Yoshi’s last night, and shut down the venue, after she went on an anti-gay tirade, which she summed up by saying, ”You can go on Twitter and say ‘Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.’”

And they did.

Yes, according to folks who were there – and Twitter – she really did say this – in San Francisco of all places!


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Yowza. I had no idea Michelle Shocked was a homophobic RWNJ. I learn something new every day.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. She was a Suzanne Vega wannabe. Now, she's nothing.

[PolitFreak]

68. She always was

Zilch!

[iamthebandfanman]

2. sounds like shes just

a wannabe famous person trying to get attention anyway she can...
hence why she told people to spread it..

yeah wow what a rebel :p

what a joke :p

[n2doc]

3. Last time she will be welcome there.

I guess she can open for the Nuge in the future.

[groundloop]

4. Michelle who?????

Seriously, I've never heard of this person. (And apparently I haven't been missing much.)

[Nevernose]

7. She had a very minor alt-music career

Twenty years ago.

[alp227]

18. you might have heard her songs on the Mike Malloy Show

bumper music like "Russian Roulette" 12:00 in this video

[Warpy]

33. She was a moderate phenom in the 80s

when it seemed like the rest of the country had fallen into line behind Reagan and his crew. I haven't listened to her album in many ages, although I think I still have it somewhere.

I think she was likely hammered. Booze is not a reliable high for doing your best on stage, sometimes it degenerates you into a caricature.

I do know she's in the Amen Corner in some wingnut church these days, which is where the rant came from. A stint in rehab followed by a different drug to prep for shows might deodorize her. Then again, maybe this is who she is now.

[Berlin Expat]

5. I hadn't thought about her

since the late eighties or thereabouts.

Hell, I didn't even know she was still active as a performer.

[Saviolo]

6. At Yoshi's!

What a legendary venue to disrespect in that way!

I saw Stanley Turrentine and Freddie Hubbard play some stunning jazz there back in the day. This was about two months before Turrentine's death. Sad to see someone disrespecting a place with such a history of great music with such hateful bile.

[KamaAina]

8. This is the new Yoshi's in SF

not the original in Oakland. Even that has moved to somewhat swankier Jack London Square.

[Saviolo]

23. Ahhh, I see

That name still carries a bit of the musical history with it. Legendary acts and musicians, etc... seems a shame she used it as a desperate plea for attention.

[maxsolomon]

9. There's undoubtedly more to this

Reminds me of the Elvis Costello/Bonnie Bramlett confrontation, wherein Elvis called Ray Charles the N-word because he was trying to provoke Ms. Bramlett during an argument. And he was drunk.

Saying "God Hates Fags", quoting Rev. Phelps onstage in SF? Her track record earns the benefit of my doubt, though it appears she now attends an evangelical church in LA.

And seriously, if you've never heard of her, get out more.

[Berlin Expat]

14. I remeber her from the late 80s

but I actually didn't know she was still an active performer. I thought she'd retired or gone into producing or something.

I came across this interesting article as well.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/folk-legend-incites-mass-walkout-anti-gay-speech-195312874.html

I didn't know she went to a fundamentalist church. As I recall from the late 80s, her music struck me as fairly left-wing.

[maxsolomon]

15. Bob Dylan was a fundie for a few years.

It sucked.

But we all seem to have gotten over that.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. Her past is irrelevant - I dont think there's much to doubt here

She was pretty explicit in letting us know she's a fundie bigot now.

"When they stop Prop 8 and force priests at gunpoint to marry gays, it will be the downfall of civilization and Jesus will come back," she said.

http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=68602

[maxsolomon]

72. Well, she WANTS Jesus to come back, so it sounds like she's in favor of it, then!

I kid.

She's not Catholic, WTF does she care about Priests?

[KamaAina]

10. Want to be shocked some more?

Several other people you've heard of go to her fundie church in L.A. Like Stevie. And Denzel.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2530050

[sweetloukillbot]

12. She might not be learning her hate at her church

I know nothing of that church, but I've never heard Stevie Wonder preach hate - quite the opposite actually. Just because she goes to that church doesn't mean that's where she's picking up her bigotry. I've gone to several very liberal churches with very open and affirming attitudes towards homosexuality that had right-wing nutjobs amongst the congregation.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. mediocre talent at best...her 15 minutes ended quickly - until now....

so I can now have no regard for her as a person, as well as an artist.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. I saw her perform once at an Amy Goodman event in 2003

I thought she was left-leaning

weird

[alp227]

19. I guess it's time for Mike Malloy to stop playing her music in bumpers

see my reply 18.

Shocked duped EVERYONE even Malloy and Goodman

[mpcamb]

22. "thought she was left-leaning..."

Me, too.

She spent a lot of time and energy on the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

This seems at odds with where her politics usually are.

[sweetloukillbot]

16. Not necessarily RW, but definitely NJ

She was big in Occupy LA apparently. And she's always been a big anarcho-socialist. But apparently since she found Jesus she's also turned into a big homophobe.
Some things I'm reading make it sound like she may be having mental health issues also. Either way, I'm, um, shocked, by this.
Kudos to the club owner for denouncing her, apologizing and offering refunds.

[DonCoquixote]

30. Like some of us were saying

back when Rand Paul was scoring genuine points against Obama, just because someone agrees with you on some things does not mean they are not a right wing not job you need to keep away from power. Also, right wing nuts will always team with each other, rather than us, because deep down, they always hated us.

Imagine Michelle at Occupy Wall Street,walking right past gay rights activists, some of whom thought she was a comrade in arms, and who would have given her whatever little food or blankets needed. For her to do this is a sellout worthy of Thirty pieces of Silver.

[JackRiddler]

32. Ah, conversion, I see.

So fucked up. She was so moderately cool in the 1980s.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

37. Occupy drew nutjobs like flies to shit

The infantile obsession with purity and refusal to have any sort of organizational structure or message allowed the movement to get flooded with kooks.
Our local Occupy turned into a birther/troofer Ron Paul haven, and was last in the headlines here for organizing a rightwing gun nut rally, where they said Obama is 'a tyrant' for trying to take yer shotguns away and stuff.

So it's no surprise that the now-rightwing Michelle would be there.

[Tom Ripley]

17. She became a pentecostal fundy years ago

ans apparently remains one

[Warren DeMontague]

20. Seriously? Pah. What an ass.

Even if this was some postmodern andy kaufman shtick, she'd be an ass- but I suspect it isn't, so she's even more an ass.

Well, I have the perfect man for her.

[DonCoquixote]

28. noooo

because stupid people tend to BREED. We do not need any spawn of these two!

[Arugula Latte]

29. She's probably 38 years too old for his preference.

[alfredo]

44. She's over 16 years, she's too old for him.

[Jamastiene]

60. She is not a child.

Pedophile Ted Nugent would not be interested in her. He only likes little girls.

[Warren DeMontague]

61. okay, yuck.

that is a blanket all-purpose yuck that applies to all the other replies saying basically the same thing.

[eilen]

21. Sounds like a candidate for rotten tomatoes. nt

[DFW]

24. She should have stayed with (and in ) Anchorage n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

48. It wasn't Michelle who was anchored down in Anchorage,

it was her friend. We've already got enough RWNJ's in our fair city, thank you. Michelle should just stay in New York or wherever she's from.

[intheflow]

53. She's from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

So kind of ironic DFW is saying she's from Anchorage.

[Blue_In_AK]

56. Indeed.

[Ken Burch]

67. They'd love her in Wasilla, though-right, Blue?

n/t.

[Blue_In_AK]

71. Yeah, you're probably right.

She'd fit right in out there. It must be something in the water.

[Ken Burch]

74. ...runoff from the meth labs, maybe?

[FreeBC]

25. That doesn't sound like something Jesus would have done.

[intheflow]

54. John 8:7 directly preaches against this.

"This" being sitting in judgement of someone's sexual activity. It's the story of when Jesus saved an adultress from being stoned to death by saying, "You who is without sin may cast the first stone." He dispersed the crowd that way, by pointing out they were all sinners. Exactly the opposite of why Michelle's crowd dispersed last night as they all rightly pronounced her the sinner. Jesus Fail, Michelle!

[DonCoquixote]

26. Ah, so good old Captain Swing has gone to the Dark Side

Well, do not be surprised if Fox news makes her a heroine.

Going right wing is the last refuge of the washed up. To think, she sang one of the best songs on the "dead man Walking" soundtrack. I wonder if she understands that she has made her bed with the sorts of people that wanted to put her at the end of a rope back in her heyday.

Go to Hell Michelle.

[chervilant]

27. Well ...

There goes the one Michelle Shocked CD I own -- relegated to the trash.

[babydollhead]

31. GOD HATES FACTS

that is what I hear from that statement.

[cate94]

34. How sad for her

to feel such hatred. How sad for her to destroy her career because of her hate.

Evanston, IL canceled her show because of her rant. Not too smart on her part.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

40. So did Portland and Eugene

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/next_months_michelle_shocked_s.html

She really just pissed off her fanbase, who always figured she was a leftist.

I wonder what her old pal Jello Biafra has to say about this?

[waddirum]

51. I was going to go to the show at SPACE

Bummer that she turned out to be a bigot. I always assumed she was gay-friendly, but now I know.

Talk about career suicide. Like taking a dump in the salad bar.

[intheflow]

55. eTown cancelled her May show, too.

Thankfully. I think eTown would lose 98% of their audience if she took to their stage and started espousing this crap.

[Cha]

35. But loves assholes like herself? n/m

[Crepuscular]

36. Infected

The god virus strikes again.

[OnyxCollie]

39. I thought Michelle Shocked was gay. nt

[Ken Burch]

43. I guess she's a self-loathing gay.

Maybe she just figured any press is good press.

[Hissyspit]

49. She's apparently entered a born-again Christian self-loathing stage

Sad. So unnecessary.

[SemperEadem]

41. I'm glad I followed my first mind years ago and never got into her music.

[Ken Burch]

42. Next week, she'll be playing Branson...with Victoria Jackson as her opening act.

What the hell happened to this woman?

[Beacool]

45. I have no idea who this woman is, but screw her!!!

Hateful and ignorant is no way to go through life.

[AsahinaKimi]

62. Agree

The fact she came to this City, by the bay and performed this, shows how much of a vile hater she is. Lets hope she never returns to San Francisco ever again.

What the hell is it with people who just feel free that they can spew their vile hatred of others, just so they can make themselves feel justified by it. Its too bad they can't turn that hate on themselves, and leave the rest of us in peace.

[Politicub]

46. Who? I don't think she was popular - just liked by a small niche, maybe

I'm not certain I've actually heard of her. It sounds like a pretty generic punk name from the 80's, and I kinda-sorta think I've heard of her. Or maybe not.

It's kind of like someone who sees a beverage named CitriFizz in an article. It sounds like something in the sugary-drink genre that 7up, Sprite and Albertson's Citrus Sling occupy, so it's reasonable to think that you have heard of it.

Seriously - Citrus Sling. What does that even mean?

This is how I think of this weird homophobic singer. She's CitriFiz. Kinda sounds like a punk rocker you've heard of (zomg she has Shock in her name! Like electricity gone CRAZY!), but have you really?

[Red Mountain]

47. Saw her go after the crowd years ago.....

at a music festival near Asheville, NC. She was playing music from her album that followed the Arkansas Traveler release. She asked for requests from the audience and when somebody suggested something from Arkansas Traveler. She went on a pretty nasty tirade about dirty hippies or something.

It was odd.

The crowd didn't really react. They were far better behaved than she was.

Haven't liked her much since then.

She has issues way beyond her current outburst.

[lonestarnot]

50. Just another idjit!

[bench scientist]

52. she has a documented history of mental health issues

http://www.nndb.com/people/409/000102103/
I hope she gets the help she needs.
No one should be that hateful.
Not excusable by any means, but likely coming from some very deep personal pain.

[intheflow]

57. That's an interesting website.

I'd never heard of it before. Also an interesting quote, though it's not attributed to any source. Still, quite bizarre if she actually said it.

[blkmusclmachine]

58. YAY! More from the "Jesus hates you" crowd.

[AngryOldDem]

70. He sure has a lot of spokespeople, doesn't he? n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

59. Janis Ian's take:

via Facebook

To people who keep asking me to comment on Michelle Shocked's virulent onstage attack on gay people, here it is:

Well, that's too bad. As a performer with 45 years of shows behind me, I've had walk-outs when I sang about interracial couples, and when I sang about AIDS, and walkouts more recently when I sang about gay marriage. I am the first to argue that I have a right to sing and speak about those things on stage, just as the audience has the right to walk out, object to the management, and ask for their money back if they feel deceived.

Our country is in large part founded on the concept of free speech - the right to speak your mind politically and socially. But there is a huge difference between "Free speech" and "Hate speech." It is sad when a talented person chooses to use that talent in the service of their own misplaced rage, and their disappointment in their own life.

I often wonder if people like this die and meet God, who will smack them upside the head and say "Did I really LOOK like I needed your help?!"

And isn't it odd to see someone who was so woman-identified turn a 360 degree like this?

Then again, 'Hell hath no fury...'"

Janis Ian

[Ken Burch]

65. The last line in Janis Ian's post is rather interesting: "then again, 'Hell hath no fury... ' "

Could this freakout of Shocked's be a result of some woman dumping her?

[AsahinaKimi]

63. Yoshi's Responds

WE AT YOSHI'S SF DO NOT & WILL NOT EVER TOLERATE THE TYPE OF BIGOTRY & HATRED EXHIBITED LAST NIGHT BY @MShocked SHE WILL NEVER BE BACK.

https://twitter.com/yoshisSF_OAK/status/313751592811778049

[Ken Burch]

64. Good on them

[Ken Burch]

66. I wonder how soon George Takei will have a response to this.

Takei's at his best at these moments.

[AngryOldDem]

69. I was surprised to hear that Michelle Shocked still had a career.

Not that it's going anywhere, anymore

[Catherina]

73. Not that I follow her but she was big into Occupy London

and gave them a lot of support

[Blue Owl]

75. Hey Michelle, the GOP is looking for some "fresh" talent

and I use that term loosely...

[Bennyboy]

76. An Open letter from Michelle Shocked...

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/03/an-open-letter-from-michelle-shocked/