“If you do with an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech,” Ricky Gervais advised the audience at the Golden Globes award ceremony in 2020. “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.”
Excellent advice that has, unfortunately, been completely ignored by celebrities who have instead done the opposite. The glitzy world of the entertainment elite continues its endless display of “the latest thing,” applauding one another for their pathetic, shallow virtue-signalling as they demonstrate that they are on the right side of history.
Black Lives Matter, they declare, as they wear outfits inspired by the Ukrainian flag, or adorn themselves with red-handed badges — a decades-old image rooted in not only in bloodthirsty antisemitic assaults on Jewish people in Iraq during the Farhud, but the infamous image of a Palestinian who had just murdered two Israelis during the second intifada displaying his bloody hands to joyful mob — in supposed solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Now, it’s “f*** ICE,” and there’s no better example of the absurdity of this performative nonsense than Billie Eilish and her acceptance speech at this year’s Grammy, which went beyond their latest rallying cry against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deep into the world of anti-sovereignty propaganda.
Wearing an “ICE OUT” pin — because if you’re not wearing a pin, do you even care about anything? — Eilish declared that “No one is illegal on stolen land,” and that “I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter.”
Except… Eilish obviously doesn’t believe this. Not at all. Immediately after the ceremony, she was chauffeured back to her multimillion-dollar mansion, which is surrounded by impenetrable security fences in addition to her personal security detail. If she truly believed that her home was built on stolen land… could she not just give it back?
What about the fact that Eilish declared that no one is illegal on stolen land while maintaining a multi-year restraining order against an obsessed fan who has been stalking her? Surely, on stolen land, he has every right to be as close as he wants to Eilish, right?
To demonstrate quite how laughable this crowd has become over their latest thing, consider this: would any one of them welcome an illegal immigrant of our choosing into their home (or even their neighborhood) based on the apparent fact that no one is illegal on stolen land? Would they welcome, with open arms, a murderer? A rapist? A drug dealer? A human trafficker? An abuser of women and children?
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No, of course they wouldn’t. They’d enforce the Martha’s Vineyard treatment, deporting them before you can say “ICE.” But, from positions of wealth and safety, deep within their mansions and behind their security, they think you should.
Billie Eilish, if you think no one is illegal on stolen land, you can start by giving your home, your cash, and your awards to a random Native American from whom it apparently was stolen. If not, shut up.
Ian Haworth is a syndicated columnist. Follow him on X (@ighaworth) or Substack.
