Riot Fest
Yesterday, Riot Fest posted an atrocious PR photo spoofing the Twitter campaign that was used to gain national attention of the child victims kidnapped in Nigeria.
Not one person publicly criticized the photo. Not one person.
The photo got 500+ likes on Instagram.
When I woke up today, I will admit realizing a personal irony: It’s easier for me to overact about a music festival’s promo photo because I have no idea how to feel about an atrocity happening miles away from my comfortable life.
But I also am left asking another question, “Where’s my generation’s Pete Seeger?”
I don’t mean musically; I mean a songwriter who actually stands for something, and continues to walk that journey until the shadow of death.
Not one band playing the festival said anything about that photo.
We’ve lost something, folks.
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