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The Owner Of Coachella Revealed To Be Anti-LGBTQ Activist And Climate Change Denier

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It turns out that all those white people in headdresses aren't the only reason the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is incredibly problematic. In an excellent op-ed, The Washington Post unmasked the ghouls and goblins behind the Alliance Defending Freedom campaign, which is sponsoring over 200 anti-LGBT bills in 34 states, including 17 bills that specifically target transgender Americans. In addition to the usual suspects – the pipe cleaner demons behind Hobby Lobby, James Dobson, haunted scarecrow Richard DeVos, Josh Duggar, and Kim Davis' raggedy ass – the post revealed that one of the Alliance Defending Freedom's biggest cash cows is Phil Anschutz, the owner of Coachella.

In addition to the ADF, the Post reveals that through parent company AEG, Anschutz is also funding extremist anti-gay, anti-transgender, anti-abortion groups such as the Family Research Council and the National Christian Foundation. Not heinous enough for you? Greenpeace has also singled out Anschutz, who made his fortunes in the fossil fuel industry, as a major financier of climate change denial groups.

Take a minute to browse the interactive graphic prepared by the Freedom For All Americans coalition about the right wing cabal spending over $150 million to fund discriminatory legislation across America before you snag your $400 ticket to Coachella this year. Yes, Beyoncé is life... but maybe try Afropunk instead?

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6 minutes ago, Vertigo-go said:

What a fitting owner for a festival full of absurdly wealthy Ivy League students raised in ghettoes for rich white people, who run around sticking feathers into their heads, like this is 1930s and it's acceptable trash1

 

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2 minutes ago, Mom said:

As someone already mentioned, it won't change shit - people kind of knew this already - it's not like they can hide it. 

It'll still attract hipster garbage and young celebrities because it's the "cool" place to be

This. This dude also owns the Bowery Ballroom, the Mercury lounge, and a TON of other well-loved venues on the east coast. Can't wait for those meltdowns!

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