BLM Ruins Career And Life Of Succesful Liberal Composer - He Almost Killed Himself...
A successful music composer says his career was destroyed and his life upended after he was branded a racist in response to a social media post condemning arson by protesters in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
Daniel Elder, 34, of Nashville, Tennessee tells Reason he considered suicide after his publisher dumped him, the music industry turned its back on him, friends cut ties with him, and colleagues ignored him amid the online backlash.
The musician says he needed to be ‘talked off the ledge’ several times and has sought counseling with a therapist and a psychiatrist.
Elder, who politically identifies himself as ‘center-left,’ refused to post an apology whose wording was dictated to him by his music publisher, GIA Publications...
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