From: helbig@asclothestro.multivax.de   
      
   In article <147cd594-0dca-44a8-bf83-79dfbd47e78f@googlegroups.com>,   
   Geoff  writes:   
      
   > I first browsed this group in 1997.  It was always a good source of   
   > news, gossip, and discussion.  There were usually good debates going   
   > about the music and possible interpretations of Neil's Lyrics.   
   >   
   > Things began to change I guess during the "W" years, with increasing   
   > numbers of posters assuming (goodness knows why) that Rush were   
   > neo-cons.  They put that delusion to rest with Snakes and Arrows.   
   >   
   > But this notion that Rush are actually an Alt-Right/Redneck band?  You   
   > guys might be drinking Bud Lite (porcine urine), but what are you   
   > SMOKING?   
      
   Indeed.  Of all the petty, stupid things one could do, the worst has to   
   be abusing a newsgroup to spout one's own drivel.   
      
   Geddy and Alex were along for the ride.  Neil was a strong libertarian,   
   which, famously, Miles confused with being right-wing, to which Neil   
   quipped "Right, we're a Nazi band with a Jewish bassist".  I don't see   
   any evidence that any were ever neo-cons, and Neil has distanced himself   
   from his strongly libertarian, Ayn Rand days ("I was a child!").   
      
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