While conservatives might not like the idea that they engage in the same kind of cancel-culture bullshit that the left does, the cancellation of a music festival in Victor is a perfect example of how something seemingly sacrosanct to conservatives, like property rights, actually isn’t when push comes to shove.
Here’s a local news report about how locals successfully intimidated the music organizer into cancelling the festival he turned his back on college for:
The event became controversial after venue neighbors called the venue, known as The Property, and petitioned to have the festival relocated. Organizers of the event said there were threats of possible legal action, though one neighbor said there were no such threats, just questions they say went unanswered.
Event organizer Ivan Gallego said after a neighbor went to the festival grounds, Stuart Draper “harassed” the property manager and event vendors, he had to look for other event venues to host the festival, but was unable to do so weeks before the event was scheduled.
“We’ve exhausted our options,” Gallego said.
Draper said he asked Gallego questions about the logistics of the festival, like what kind of insurance he secured and whether there was an adequate water supply. Draper and other neighbors started a petition to get the event moved to an “appropriate venue.” He said the petition received 145 signatures.
“We’re not looking to bash either one of these guys,” Draper said of Gallego and the property owner. “If asking questions is harassing, then I guess the entire neighborhood and myself are guilty of that.”
See how quickly property rights fly out the window? I wonder if these neighbors would have the same reaction if this was a blue grass festival for Mormon weirdos who live in this part of Montana, called something like the SISTER WIFE HOE DOWN. Would they “ask questions” of their polygamous Pinedale neighbors in that situation?
When a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalists founded the town of Pinesdale more than 60 years ago, the hundreds of acres in the Bitterroot Valley were seen as a secluded haven, a place where its followers could live communally and practice polygamy without interference from the predominant church in Utah or the laws of Montana.
Over time, those followers built their homes, their school and their church, all on land owned by the breakaway group, the Utah-based Apostolic United Brethren. The expectation was that the members’ tithing and energy would benefit the church and the community.
Yep, the people have spoken, and only SOME weirdo shit is ok in the Bitterroot Valley when it comes to what you do on your own property.
To conclude this post, here’s a new poem song I’m working on. If you hate and would like to cancel me for it, get in line!
Thanks for reading!
