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-=> Quoting Mike Miller to Ron L. <=-

 MM> 
 MM> Hello Ron!

 MM> 26 Sep 70 16:09, you wrote to Don Vally:
 
 RL> -=> Don Vally wrote to ALL <=-
 
 DV>> What a complete ass. I wonder if he knows that the majority of
 DV>> Americans voted for this president and his policies. Bruce
 DV>> basically spit in the eye of Americans with his political rant.
 
 RL> He just continues to prove that he's irrelevant.
 
 DV>> He's got a right to his opinion, but people who live in glass
 DV>> houses should not throw stones. This may come back to bite him
 DV>> where it hurts. Guess he figures since he doesn't have to be
 DV>> popular anymore, why not call the majority of Americans traitors.
 
 RL> I really don't understand why these people put politics into their
 RL> entertainment.  It drives off buyers one way or another.  It's like
 RL> their are trying to commit career suicide.


 MM> yeah, how DARE someone like Tom Morello write "F*** TRUMP" on the
 MM> back of his guitar! He's no political expert, he's just a musician! 
 MM> To quote Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine,  when someone
 MM> called him out on it: 
 MM> "One does not have to be an honors grad in political science from
 MM> Harvard University to recognize the unethical and inhumane nature of
 MM> this administration but well, I happen to be an honors grad in
 MM> political science from Harvard University so I can confirm that for
 MM> you" 

 MM> It remeninds me when Paul Ryan (Former speaker of House, and failed
 MM> GOP VP candidate) mentioned RATM was one of his favorite bands.  Tom
 MM> pointed out that he was literally the machine they've been raging
 MM> against for the last 20 years. 
 MM> Music has always been political. Punk is an entire genre of music
 MM> that's purely political.  Bands like U2 are incredibly political. 
 MM> lots of early hip-hop artists were political (you think NWA did "F***
 MM> The Police" because it was "edgy"?) 
 MM> Even The Beatles were political with themes on social and cultural
 MM> viewes, peace, racism and religion.  "Come Together" was written as a
 MM> campaign song for Timothy Leary when he ran for Governor of California
 MM> in 1969. 

 MM> I don't hear you complaining about Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Lee
 MM> Greenwood, Jason Aldean, or the Village People spouting off about
 MM> their political views.  Why is that? 

 Probably because they don't go to other countries and ask them to join
 in the TDS club. Or it could be that they don't shout out 'death to all
 who oppose liberalism'. There's a difference in spouting off about
 their political views and asking for assistance in taking down the
 sitting elected president.

 Bruce Springsteen is a complete ass. When he opens his mouth about
 'this is not his America, his breath stinks pretty bad. I think he
 should stay in Europe as it suits his politics more succinctly. His
 opinion doesn't matter any more than any other citizen, with the
 exception of his own deranged mind. So he should not try to represent
 Americans while singing songs in another country.

 I don't see Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Lee Greenwood or the rest doing that.

 Have a wonderful day.

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