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ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons Kicks...Benton Blount off Tour for Posing With MAGA Hat
By Ewan Palmer On 11/9/18 at 11:21 AM
Singer Benton Blount has claimed he was kicked off a tour with ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons after uploading a photograph onto Facebook of him wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.
Blount, who reached the final of 2015s Americas Got Talent said he was also banned from the social media site for 24 hours because the photo of him wearing the red hat synonymous with President Donald Trump and holding a Chick-fil-A sandwich and drink along with a I Voted sticker violated their standards.
"Someone reading this just got offended multiple times. My work here is done! #Vote, Blount wrote in the caption.
Blount, who had already played four shows on the tour, later wrote in a follow up Facebook post: I was banned from Facebook (for 24 hours) and now Ive just been banned from my opening spot on the Billy Gibbons tour. But suppression of Conservative opinion doesnt happen and it doesnt effect [sic] your career!
Blount further explained what occurred during a 10-minute Facebook Live video.
For anybody that doesnt know, I posted a picture of me with the I Voted sticker and I had a Chick-fil-A sandwich in my hand and I had a Chick-fil-A drink and I had a Trump hat on. Well that was pulled down for some reason because it violated their standards.
I Drove down here [to Atlanta] from Greenville, South Carolina to the venue. I get a call from my friend from California who informs me that not only have I been banned from Facebook but as a result from being banned from Facebook I was pulled off of the Billy Gibbons tour, effectively immediately.
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rzemanfl
(29,581 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)Well played!
NatBurner
(2,640 posts)and when you're done, fuck off
Lochloosa
(16,081 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,893 posts)To quote Floridas Andrew Gillum....
Im not saying I think youre a racist, Im saying that the racists think youre a racist.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)He poses with a MAGA hat and a Chik-fil-a sandwich and he's banned from FB for 24 hrs? Nonsense - I'll bet he went all MAGAnutz in a comment and that's what got him banned.
...and GOOD for Billy Gibbons!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)If the ban ever even happened ...
And even if it did ... it's 24 hours BFD. You'll friggin' live.
hatrack
(59,599 posts)IOW, lying.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Saw them twice in concert. Fantastic. Thank you Billy.
Croney
(4,674 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)They picked you because they thought helping your career out was a good thing to do. And you gave them cause to reconsider.
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)I was about to cry, "ZZ Top, you are dead to me!" Ooops! Wrong guy. Thank you, Billy!
I have a feeling there's more to this story than this asshole wearing a MAGA hat. They don't ban people on Facebook for doing the stuff he claimed he did. I'll bet money it was much, much worse than that.
marble falls
(57,427 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,337 posts)What? It's not your tour, idiot. The guy who is a household name in rock circles doesn't want you on his tour anymore.
HE is entitled to have whomever he wishes on the tour with his name on the marquee.
You are entitled to sing when they say they will pay you to sing. They don't want to pay you anymore.
That's not suppression. That's called reality. You pissed off the boss, idiot!
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)in the warm up band wearing a Hillary shirt or a pro-gun control shirt.
Paladin
(28,281 posts)malaise
(269,256 posts)NOT
Aristus
(66,509 posts)Thank you, Billy Gibbons.
I never knew if ZZ Top had any political stances; I assumed they were apolitical. But this is about being a decent human being.