Ok I have avoided the FA****** word that got one thread stopped.

Is it helpful for folkies to appear to project one political polarity or another or should folkies try to appear more tolerant and even handed concentrating on the art of the music and the literary merit of the lyrics and the fit between the two?

Music is music. A good set of constructed words, a good well constructed tune and a good match of the two. Who cares what the political message? We are not here to promote hate, promote love, hate those who hate, love those who hate - these things are not music. Music is so much more.

Do we not loose audience each time we try to project some sort of political badge or affiliation which all folkies should subscribe to as in lets be anti this or pro that?

Why is it so hard to simply regard music and lyrics as art without dwelling on the goodness of the political message which itself is only a small part of any song.

Conrad