"I say," replied Sancho, "that I confess that I know that it is not dishonorable to call anyone a son of a bitch when it falls under the understanding of praising him." Almost everything is written in Don Quixote more than 400 years ago. But it seems that José Manuel Soto did not read Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece in light of his unfortunate comment last Friday. He got hot. What a month of disappointments the singer has been after the elections on July 23.
“I am going to take advantage of this moment of summer calm by the sea to make use of my freedom of expression…”, Soto posted (before he tweeted). So far so good. Spain is a parliamentary democracy, although there are still those who question both aspects. Soto continued: "And shit [sic] on Sánchez (...)" and on the people "who agree that Spain is in the hands of its worst enemies." The phrase is not reproduced in its entirety because of his coarseness, but you can already imagine what he said.
How comfortable it was. But social media did her job lamenting her dubious upbringing. In a matter of hours, two Andalusian town halls canceled the concerts they had contracted with the singer. They are in the right of him.
Soto lacked time to apologize. In his way, yes. "The other night I made an inappropriate comment referring to Sánchez and the people who agree with the destruction of Spain." What a legislature they are going to give Sánchez and his allies to Soto if he manages to gain the confidence of Congress.
Social networks are gold if they know how to manage them. For sample, a button. Is Soto's attitude reprehensible? Yes of course. But Guillermo Zapata, not at all suspected of sympathizing with the singer, entered the debate stating: "I'm not at all sure that this [censoring the offender] is any kind of good idea." "I prefer that Soto sing because he has a contract that does not depend on what he tweets," he defended. He is not without reason. For Zapata, "guaranteeing freedom of expression is not an abstract thing, it is giving strength to the weak part of the relationship with the administration," he added.
Censorship has its risks and this is one of them. The companies or administrations that hire artists already know how they think or can get an idea. They do not do it because of their political tendency, but because of their professionalism. Therefore, if hiring begins to filter for ideological reasons, society will suffer. His name is José Manuel Soto or Amaral. It is called parliamentary democracy. And culture.
