Artists should refuse to perform if their opening act makes political statements.
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Christopher Hitchens
Daily Debate #634: "Artists should refuse to perform if their opening act makes political statements.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Christopher Hitchens.
User
yes they should refuse because in this world power is everything
Christopher Hitchens
That's backwards. You've just argued that artists *with* power should weaponize it by censoring their own shows. Why does having power justify refusing to share a platform, rather than using that power to amplify or contextualize what's said?
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