14. Both George Will and Ronald Reagan hailed Springsteen's "Born in the USA" as a patriotic celebration of America.
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15. To be fair to Will and Reagan, while they were wrong about Springsteen's lyrics they were right about the music, which is an anthem.
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16. For more on 1980s conservative appropriation of pop music see here:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/hip-hops-debt-to-mickey-rooney/ …
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17. By the way, National Review claimed that hip-hop was an "update of the Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musical ethos."
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Jeet Heer Retweeted 🏳️🌈 Vicki, now with store-bought antibodies
18. This tweet by gets at what I think is the core issue:https://twitter.com/Vicki/status/562107655452254209 …
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19. Folk music is meant to be collectively owned & shared. Guthrie wanted people to use his songs for their own battles.
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20. So reactionary and even commercial appropriation of Guthrie, as perverse as it is, is in keeping with the communal nature of the music
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@1northofcenter I agree with the defense. Dylan clearly seems to be working in folk tradition of shared music, not stealing.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@1northofcenter Exactly. Drawing from the well of shared music is one of Dylan's link to the great tradition.
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