Michelle Shocked, Page II: God Hates MS's Tour

Update: Michelle Shocked has issued a statment. (Thursday, Australia)
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That first post is getting cluttered.

Here's where we stand:

• 13 14 venues have now confirmed cancellations of Michelle Shocked shows.

• MS has ZERO shows scheduled through June. (Per her website.)

• She has ONE show scheduled in July, the Burg Herzberg Festival in Beitback am Herzberg, Germany, on July 19. They've emailed me and said they were trying to get in touch with MS - and that if they didn't hear the right things they'd cancel within 24 hours. (That was 12 hours or so ago.)

• Other than that MS has just TWO shows confirmed for the entire rest of the year. (She has many more dates listed, but all of them are listed as "tentative.")

• Pete Lawrence, who recorded "The Texas Campfire Tapes," which launched MS's career, has left a message on the first post. It is worth reading.

MS has posted several tweets in the last handful of hours. Some seeming to take back what she said, some cryptic, some frankly just making this worse.

@ahuntre Just my usual troublemaking, at the expense of dear friends who trust me, even when I appear to be gay-bashing #shortsharpshocked
— Michelle Shocked (@MShocked) March 19, 2013

@ftunny Most don't even know what my 'views on Gays' are. What is reported to be my views on Gays isn't. #shortsharpshocked #truthvsreality
— Michelle Shocked (@MShocked) March 19, 2013

@kevinofmi @stevetrepanier If there weren't so many souls at stake we'd have a good laugh about this one. Tweak you later. #truthvsreality
— Michelle Shocked (@MShocked) March 19, 2013

This exchange is the most interesting:

@ultramundane Your quote is 99% accurate and instinct about irony 100% accurate. Will give @nicolesandler Truth on Thur #shortsharpshocked
— Michelle Shocked (@MShocked) March 19, 2013

That's the part that really gets me. If she says she's born again and now believes that gay marriage is wrong, well - whatever. See ya later. When she adds, "You can go on twitter and say Michelle Shocked said god hates fags" - she doesn't get to write that off to irony. Not at a San Francisco gig, where she's already purposely riled the crowd up with anti-gay marriage comments. It's just ugly, and cruel.

And then she tops it off:

@ajmorelli @korbykorby Not Fags. Faggots. The quote said Faggots. Get your facts straight. #shortsharpshocked #truthvsreality
— Michelle Shocked (@MShocked) March 19, 2013

Just awful. Depressingly awful.

And my better five-eighths' thoughts: Maybe the church she's involved with has egged her on with this. To use her celebrity to spread their intolerant beliefs. Hadn't thought of that. (She also noted that MS has shot her tour for her manager, her roadies, her techs, her merchandise people, for the people who own and work at the venues. She has sadly screwed a bunch of people here - not just herself.)