The Briefing Room
General Category => PJ Comix => Topic started by: pjcomix on January 22, 2024, 05:24:43 pm
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British YouTuber Brendan Kavanaugh has a channel in which he livestreams himself playing Boogie Woogie music on public pianos at various locations. A few days ago, Brendan was merrily playing a piano at a shopping area when he was interrupted by a group from Communist China. The CCP handler of the group then informed Mr. Kavanaugh that he is not permitted to broadcast his video because the CCP group could be seen among the many bystanders watching him play in a public area. What you see here is the resulting confrontation which basically pitted a totalitarian thug against a free man who only wanted to play his music in public.
Mr. Kavanaugh continued to play his piano after the local police informed the Communist Chinese group that he had the right to publicly play the piano and record as well. It seemed to be a happy ending but as you can see in the postscript video from the following day, things took a very bizarre and dark turn.
https://rumble.com/embed/v45zaxe/?pub=7wvc3
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Good for Kavanaugh! I enjoy his channel and those of other pianists who do the same thing as he does, playing professional quality music in public places. The CCP goons need to be sent back to Commie China pronto!
Here's an extended video that shows his entire conversation with the cop who responded. She initially sided with the Communists!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA
The ChiCom government is now trying to pressure Youtube to take down the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1BtQ6AEyM
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Someone there seems very well versed in typical intimidation tactics. "Don't touch her" is brilliant, to shout it out to get the attention of others in that area focused on the person he is hollering at, as if he was some sort of molester. It seems well practiced, almost automatic. Of course, having video that there is no 'bad touch' helps.
Communist Chinese exerting influence on YouTube is no stretch, look at what wasn't on the platform during COVID, and who (WHO?) distributed that problem worldwide.
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UPDATE: The piano has been cordoned off and is now guarded by two security men!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm3o18j0MFY
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Last update:
The piano is now freed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2nMBpjrsE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM2nMBpjrsE)
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To his credit, he's never backed down.
Yeah, he dug in and knew British law better than the hapless cop who originally sided with the commies. Good for him!
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The saga continues...now the ChiComs are threatening to sue Kavanaugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhW7PYS36ys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhW7PYS36ys)
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Sue him for playing the piano and live streaming it? Good luck with that!
Lawfare! They will try to smear and ruin him financially with frivolous allegations and lawsuits. But it's not going to work since the original video is now all over the place and the chief ChiCom agent with the group exposed. That's what they're really mad about.
The story has legs now though...
Silencing a Piano Man
https://www.frontpagemag.com/silencing-a-piano-man/
In London these days, if you’re lucky enough not to be hounded on the street by mobs of virulent pro-Hamas protesters, you just might find yourself assaulted by a gaggle of arrogant Chinese Communists. At least, that is, if you make your living by playing boogie-woogie on public pianos.
That’s what happened the other day to British piano man Brendan Kavanagh, whose YouTube channel has 2.4 million subscribers. Until this dustup occurred, I was unfamiliar with him. He comes off as a totally easygoing type, a middle-aged bloke who enjoys his music, loves sharing it online, and doesn’t take himself too seriously. In brief, a free spirit.
Alas, there are people moving among us in the Western world who, far from being free spirits, are agents of the planet’s largest terror regime. The other day Kavanagh was livestreaming while tickling the ivories at St. Pancras Station in London – on a Yamaha upright donated to the station, as it happens, by Elton John – when a half-dozen or so of them approached him. They were all wearing identical red scarves and carrying small Chinese flags.
At first it appeared as if one of them wanted to play the piano. But no: she said something in broken English about a “disclosure form” and about recording for Chinese TV. Then one of her male comrades told Kavanagh to turn off his camera, insisting that it was the group’s “right” not to have their images recorded. Kavanagh replied, firmly but pleasantly, that “we’re in a free country…..We’re not in Communist China.” To which the young man shot back: “Sorry, this is racist now!” And when Kavanagh’s hand grazed against one young woman’s flag, the Chinese guy exploded: “Don’t touch her!”
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