So, which Concert for Valor act was so irresistible to Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin that she’d compromise her principles to make it inside? (Our money’s on Eminem.) Obviously Code Pink was going to set up some sort of demonstration outside the concert, but get this: Benjamin actually gave up her “No War” T-shirt rather than be denied entrance by The Man.
Code Pink getting kicked out of the Veterans Day concert on the Mall. Yelling "There is no free speech!!" pic.twitter.com/JoBgMJIBKo
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 11, 2014
No free speech? Didn’t we learn in school how America’s founders secured her right to free expression by dressing in pink and wearing vagina costumes? C’mon, let her wear the shirt.
Spoiler alert: peace messages not allowed at #theconcertforvalor. We got kicked off mall. VERY MEAN POLICE. Freedom?
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) November 11, 2014
If you're pro-war you're welcome at #TheConcertForValor. If you're pro-peace, you get kicked out. Freedom? #ConcertForValor
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) November 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/jasonweida/status/532258364940881921
What happened to the first amendment at the #ConcertForValor? If you go w an NO WAR message, you get kicked out. Free speech???
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) November 11, 2014
I shed my "no war" shirt and was allowed into #ConcertForValor. If shirt said "go war" would they let me wear it? I think so.
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) November 11, 2014
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@medeabenjamin Any anti-war songs from these musicians?
— Zero G Badillion (@ZeroGBadillion) November 12, 2014
A cover of “Fortunate Son” by Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl and Zac Brown was a big hit with the crowd.
So, how was the Concert Against Freedom? A bust, apparently.
There are not that many people here. I'm near front and it's not packed. Not 200,000. #ConcertForValor pic.twitter.com/9G4hOIamhm
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) November 12, 2014