Well we have learned a few things here-

-No one has to give equal time to the opposing view

-however many here think that it is not a good thing to work hard to bring in opposing views.

-Many here believe that no one with views they do not agree with should be given a stage anywhere.

-One should never sing songs that one does not agree with not even simple sing along for arts sake.

-People are generally opposed although there have been a few in support of using folk music as a way to exchange views in dialog from one side to another in an open free accessible stage or media.

-Some people seem to think that a folk song is not art nor music but simply a sort of incantation that projects political views above all else. Therefore singing a song that you don't agree with will be dangerous to everyone.

-There is little appreciation for songs of all political flavors as woerks of art and literature and that it is wrong to accept the equal validity of the hopes of all peoples singing together.


This my friends is why folk music has failed to expand in America today. This is why music has only developed on one side of the political divide as it has. This is why folk music has been branded as something those opposing your politics dont feel welcome doing.

Yes you might think your cultural world view is right, correct, moral however, we live in a world of rich and diverse cultural expressions in which your narrow one is just one and no better than any other.

You would be the people who cover up nude statues, fail to collect songs with erotic verses and grind to dust any song that you do not agree with. You by so doing invite the same fate.

You my friends are cultural imperialists.

Conrad