As before, the issue is two-fold: One, they are politicising the platform, that welcomes artists of diverse backgrounds, including those that personally support this move. Two, they are wrong, this is not discrimination, this is a pragmatic move on the part of the presidency, which was elected on the promise to strengthen the country. They were wrong on Executive Order 13769, which has been partially vindicated in the US Supreme Court last month as it awaits consultation from diplomats.

The reasons for Bandcamp being wrong are many, but I'll cite just a few:

1 I highly doubt that Bandcamp or the majority of their artists are constitutional lawyers. Perhaps, the former should stick to providing an excellent platform for artists and the latter to practicing their chops.

2 This is not a case of discrimination insofar that the Bill of Rights cannot be used as a model here. Lots of people are not allowed to serve in the military - the myopic, low-IQ, the flat-footed, the mentally ill.

3 Gender dysphoria is a mental illness.

4 The central issue to this is the health benefits made available to gender reassignment and hormone treatment by the Obama administration, which is estimated to cost the taxpayer between 2 and 8 million dollars a year, may require the soldier to exit active duty and is associated with a heightened suicide rate, which is already high in the military. I have to admit that this does seem like penny-pinching, compared to the Pentagon budget. However, 2-8 million of taxpayer dollars for plastic surgery is still 2-8 million too much.

I encourage all Bandcamp artists reading this to either unlist or provide their works for free, this Friday August 4, 2017. Vrag's Works will be free from this evening forward, until the end of the weekend. I do not encourage a boycott of the platform as I have no complaint with the technical side of things and feel that Bandcamp's impact on the music scene has been positive.

This is merely the issue of Ethan Diamond rubbing his politics in our faces.

Hail Satan!
-Vrag Moj

Addendum:

1 I have previously been banned for expressing views not prevalent in the US politics, aka Trump timeline of fuckery thread, here in The Tavern. I was advised that my ban was permanent. It was also quite salty, "Go start your own Pro-Trump bandcamp if you want". This was in Feb '17. I was then mysteriously unbanned. I'm not even sure what compelled me to try my login one last time in July 2017, but here I am again. So, I thank you for the opportunity to re-engage, a mixed blessing though it may be.

2 If anyone here would like to engage me in debate - If I can't defeat you in a logical argument, I might even admit that I am wrong.

3 Morrigan - what happened, man? It used to be about the music. (The Simpsons gag)