{"id":1975901,"date":"2023-07-18T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T07:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:33:24","slug":"miranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert&#8217;s Point: Ditch the Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n \u200c \u200d<\/p>\n<div>\n \u2062 \u2064 \u200d <\/p>\n<div>\n \u200b  \u200b   <\/p>\n<figure>\n\u2062   \u200b \u2064 \u200b \u2064  <!-- \u2062Image goes \u200bhere --><br \/>\n   \u2063 \u200d \u200c <\/figure>\n<p>   \u2062 <\/p><\/div>\n<p>  \u200c\u2064  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Miranda\u2063 Lambert has had\u2064 it with your distracting selfies.<\/strong> \u2062The\u200d country \u2062music star paused her\u2064 Las\u2064 Vegas \u2062concert\u2063 this\u2064 weekend\u2062 to call out fans taking\u2063 selfies while\u2062 she sang her popular\u200d ballad,\u200d \u201cTin\u2063 Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese girls\u200c are worried about \u2064their\u200d selfie\u200b and not\u200c listening\u200c to the song,\u201d \u200cLambert \u200dsaid stopping\u2062 the \u2062show\u200c and \u2062pointing to two \u200cfans\u2064 in\u2063 the crowd. \u200d\u201cIt\u2019s\u200c pissing \u2064me \u2064off a \u200clittle bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<figure>\n \u2063\u200c    \u2062 <!-- \u200bImage goes\u200c here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>While the audience cheered Lambert on, in one\u2063 TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@redneckinvegas\/video\/7256424139760667950\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noreferrer noopener\">version<\/a> \u200bof the video, \u2064you can\u2064 see\u200b fans walking\u200b out \u2062over the commotion\u200c and hear someone saying, \u201cYou don\u2019t do that to fans.\u200b \u2026 \u2062Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>Naysayers \u2064will\u2062 call Lambert a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-all-the-ways-kamala-harris-has-been-a-prima-donna-vp\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: All The Ways Kamala Harris Has Been A Prima Donna VP\">prima donna<\/a> or criticize her for derailing\u2064 the show\u2063 for everyone\u2063 involved, \u200cbut in her\u2063 defense, \u201cthese girls\u201d\u2063 were \u2062already\u2062 derailing it \u200dfor everyone\u2063 around them, including the artist who\u200c is \u200ctrying to focus\u200d on performing.\u2062 The presence \u2062of phones \u200bat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-trying-to-shutdown-oan-how-to-help\/\" title=\"Democrat Lawmakers Trying to Shutdown OAN \u2013 HOW TO HELP\">live events<\/a>, be it movie theaters \u200dor sporting\u200c events, is \u2062an epidemic\u200b in \u2064this country. Public shaming is really the\u2062 only\u200c way\u200d to \u200dweed \u200bit out, as\u2063 Lambert \u200dperfectly \u2063demonstrates.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<figure>\n\u200b    \u200d  <!--\u200d Image\u200c goes here --><br \/>\n\u200c  \u2064\u2062 \u2064 <\/figure>\n<p> \u200b \u2064  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b February,\u2063 a photo \u2063taken\u200c the night \u2063LeBron\u200b James broke the NBA record \u2063for all-time\u2064 leading \u2064scorer went viral. Not\u2063 because of\u2064 the \u2063record-breaking shot, \u2064but \u200bbecause virtually every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-avalanche-forward-nazem-kadri-has-my-vote-for-hockey-mvp\/\" title=\"Colorado Avalanche Forward Nazem Kadri Has My Vote For Hockey MVP\">single fan<\/a> in\u200d the\u2063 photo,\u200d except\u200b octogenarian Nike \u2063founder \u200bPhil \u200cKnight sitting \u2063in the front row,\u2064 was\u2062 more concerned\u200d about capturing a\u2062 photo of the\u2064 shot instead of witnessing it with their\u200c naked\u200c eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063   \u200c <\/p>\n<p>What does\u200d it say about a \u2064society\u2064 that\u2019s\u2062 more\u200b concerned with trying to \u200csave\u200d a moment in time to our \u2063camera roll\u200b than\u2062 fully \u2062experiencing said moment in \u200dtime?\u200c Lots of depressing things, I\u2019m sure.\u200b But in the \u200ccase\u200d of the Miranda Lambert \u200cconcert, \u200bit\u2019s\u2062 about \u200crespecting the time, space, and \u2062experience of others around \u200byou \u2014 including, but not limited to,\u2062 respecting the \u200dartist \u2062you are paying to see.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Like \u200breturning\u200d a\u200c shopping \u200ccart to its parking\u200b lot\u200d corral or opting \u200bnot to recline your \u200cseat into\u2063 your \u200dfellow passenger\u2019s\u2062 leg space on \u200ban \u2064airplane, in a\u200b properly \u200cfunctioning society,\u200d we perform acts of selflessness and\u200b courtesy\u200c for\u200b our fellow man. \u200bIn \u2062our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down\/\" title=\"Miranda Lambert's Point: Ditch the Phone\">phone-addicted\u200d modern world<\/a>, putting your blue light\u2062 away\u2062 is\u2064 one that we\u2062 must all \u2062adopt, not just \u200cfor \u2064our own sake but for \u200beach\u200c other. \u2064Don\u2019t \u2063ruin the movie for \u200deveryone \u2062else by\u2063 checking your email \u2062in\u200b the\u200c theater, and\u2063 don\u2019t make \u200cthe \u200bperson\u200b behind\u2064 you \u2062watch the\u200b whole concert on\u200d your iPhone\u200d screen. You\u2019re only\u200d going to delete all\u2064 the videos later to\u200d make\u200d space \u2062for \u200byour next\u2064 Vegas \u200bshow.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062  \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Focus\u200c more\u200c on\u200b the\u2062 art\u2063 and \u2064the\u200d meaning \u2063of the \u200csong Lambert\u2063 wrote in the\u200c midst\u2063 of a public divorce than\u200c getting the right angle to post \u200don\u2063 Instagram later.\u2063 It\u2019s better for \u200byou \u200dand \u200bthe \u2062people standing\u200b behind you \u2063trying\u200d to do\u200b the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry,\u2062 I don\u2019t \u2064like it. At \u200dall,\u201d Lambert told the\u2063 crowd. \u201cWe\u2019re here to hear some \u200dcountry music tonight. I\u2019m singing some country\u200b damn music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200d  \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>More artists and audiences should follow her\u200d lead \u2063and try \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-died-of-a-broken-heart-relatives-grieve-over-husband-of-murdered-teacher\/\" title=\"\u2018Joe Died Of A Broken Heart\u2019: Relatives Grieve Over Husband Of Murdered Teacher\">enjoying music<\/a> through something other than \u2063a\u2063 screen.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200c  <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u200c  \u2062  <\/p>\n<p>Madeline Osburn\u2063 is \u2064managing editor \u200bat The \u2062Federalist. \u200cContact her \u200dat madeline@thefederalist.com \u2062or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madelineorr\">follow her on \u200dTwitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<div \u2063data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n\u200b    <\/p>\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<p> \u2064   <\/p>\n<ul>\n\u2064 \u200c   \u200d \u200b <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<p>  \u2063  \u2064  <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<p>    \u200c  <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<p>  \u2064\u2062  \u2062  <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<p> \u200d    \u2062\u2064 <\/p>\n<li><a \u2064href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<p>   \u200c <\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miranda Lambert is fed up with fans&#8217; distracting selfies. During her Las Vegas concert, she halted the show to address two fans who were more focused on taking selfies than listening to her heartfelt ballad, &#8220;Tin Man.&#8221; Lambert emphasized the importance of being present and engaged in the music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":590,"featured_media":1975902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}