10. Meanwhile This Land got watered down until it became exactly what it was written to oppose: a self-satisfied patriotic anthem.
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@HeerJeet Bob Roberts.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Despite corporations being legal persons, i don't think it's true that commercial approp. of folk music is attuned w/its spirit.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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21. But if Guthrie has been stolen, the only proper response is to steal him back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnvCPQqQWds …
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22. All this ties in with
@CoreyRobin's account of the right being parasitically dependent on absorbing leftist energy/ideas/cultural forms - Show replies
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@HeerJeet A "This Land" essay without a shout-out to@JibJab? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Q-sRdV7SY …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Guthrie was a beautiful American.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Guthrie was hired by the Bonneville Power Admin to write propaganda: “Roll On, Columbia” was the result. https://www.bpa.gov/news/AboutUs/75thAnniversary/Documents/Woody.pdf …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet - okay so I've never heard you but after reading your bit on Old Woody I've decided to start following ... please don't disappointThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet this is the defense Dylan and his fans use when he is (somewhat regularly) accused of plagiarism. -
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