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Thread #127616   Message #2849160
Posted By: *#1 PEASANT*
24-Feb-10 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should you alienate Fascists?
Subject: RE: BS: Should you alienate Fascists?
So you don't like them ignore them but don't confuse music with politics by taking sides.....as in saying all folkies should hate X
no reason to do that

What has what a party does with music to do with music.
Whenever folkies decide to cut themselves off from a segment of the population they are being intolerant and it makes people from that segment of the population feel unwelcome and we cant afford to do that.

So have your politics but dont suggest that folkies have the time to make political affiliation a major issue. It benefits no one. You can have politics in your music but you should not use music as a tool for or against any group. You may wish to consider playing music from both sides to demonstrate that tolerance. Why aren't more songs of fascism sung. All songs are treasures, the art is more than the message.

Conrad