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Thread #122570   Message #2696053
Posted By: Stringsinger
08-Aug-09 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: Us and Them: folk music and political persuasion
Subject: RE: Us and Them: folk music and political persuasi
Songs are not likely to persuade anyone politically. They may reinforce positions already held but will not change anyone's mind.

Why not sing anything you want? If you choose to sing something offensive or tasteless,
it's your prerogative to do so and mine not to listen. That's why I generally click AM radio station music off.

I will listen to what I agree with. I will not support artists that I disagree with politically or in other ways. That's my choice.

I don't listen to hate radio so I don't care what they say.

I don't listen to songs that I disagree with unless they are presented in context or in a neutral fashion as part of a historical program.

A topical song is intended to be persuasive though it reinforces the views held by the listener. I have no problem with that.

A song is not a gun.

Frank