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Thread #168586   Message #4072535
Posted By: Deckman
20-Sep-20 - 02:51 AM
Thread Name: Book Review: Folk Singers and the Bureau (FBI)
Subject: RE: Review: New Book: FBI vs Folk Music
I FOUND THIS READING VERY TELLING, WELL DONE! (MY APPOLOGIES FOR BIG LETTERS … MY VISION IS FAILING).

THE HISTORY READS TRUE TO MY OWN PERSONA; MEMORY. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I ALSO WAS TAGRETED BY THE FBI. IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHY? AS A YOUNG FOLKSINGER, I OFTEN SANG SONGS OF THE OPPRESSED, THE DOWN TRODDEN, THE VULNERABLE ETC...

I NOW THINK THAT ANYONE, IN HOOVER'S EYES, WHO EXPRESSED UNHAPPINESS WITH LIVING IN "WONDERFUL AMERICA" MUST BE A SUSPECT COMMUNIST?

SO SAD. SO VERY SAD. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN … GOING THROUGH SUCH A SIMILIAR TERRINNY. (SORRY FOR THE POOR SPELLING AND VISION).

BOB(DECKMAN)NELSON