Seems to me that fascists should be as welcome in any audience for folk music as anyone else of any number of alternative life styles and beliefs.

When folk musicians campaign against them they are simply cutting off a part of the free world and denying others a point of view. So you dont worry that they will not turn up at your concerts or buy your cds?

My worry is that they will be turned off from folk music in general and that is not a good thing as we need as much cultural transmission as possible.

IMHO politics shoiuld not be put between a performer and a member of the audience or turn off potential audience.

This does not mean that a folk artist can not express themselves but that it would be more tolerant to respect the views of others and play songs of all points of view.

Should folkies distance themselves from the rest of the world by taking sides in politics?

Conrad