I was very surprised on opening your link to find this was actually a very, very good song, on its own merits. A classic protest song--could have been from the 60s, almost.
The video for the song is painful for me to watch, though - because seeing a newborn in plastic, a child hugging plastic, a child choking on masks - all my rage and sorrow rise up in my chest.
But the lyrics are perfect. I want to learn them and sing along.
So NS Lyons noted that the right is becoming cool, hip, becoming underground. Matt Taibi noted that the right has humor and the left does not. And now we have an honest-to-goodness protest song that really does say it all, and it is not from the left. Truly, it is a cultural shift we are part of.
Thank you very, very much for sharing. After watching Bill Maher's Friday despair regarding a shift to the right, I am happy to be so clearly reminded that it's not just "Oh, denying elections" that will (I hope, though I consider myself a Dan Carlin - style political martian) shift the scale to the right (or rather, once-center?). It's a matter of seeing children born in plastic sheets, for no good reason.
I just had the loveliest time in my sh*thole city voting line this morning.
The older man in front of me was nice and social and put out his hand to shake mine and initiated chatting and we talked about our neighborhood and where we went to school, etc.
I have no clue about his political affiliation. It was a nice experience and I will probably see this man again in my neighborhood and wave "Hello" and we might chat again.It made me realize that getting out there to vote is a good thing (even if you know what's up).
Voting is social, ultimately. That's why They want you to mail it in!
I was very surprised on opening your link to find this was actually a very, very good song, on its own merits. A classic protest song--could have been from the 60s, almost.
The video for the song is painful for me to watch, though - because seeing a newborn in plastic, a child hugging plastic, a child choking on masks - all my rage and sorrow rise up in my chest.
But the lyrics are perfect. I want to learn them and sing along.
So NS Lyons noted that the right is becoming cool, hip, becoming underground. Matt Taibi noted that the right has humor and the left does not. And now we have an honest-to-goodness protest song that really does say it all, and it is not from the left. Truly, it is a cultural shift we are part of.
Thank you very, very much for sharing. After watching Bill Maher's Friday despair regarding a shift to the right, I am happy to be so clearly reminded that it's not just "Oh, denying elections" that will (I hope, though I consider myself a Dan Carlin - style political martian) shift the scale to the right (or rather, once-center?). It's a matter of seeing children born in plastic sheets, for no good reason.
I just had the loveliest time in my sh*thole city voting line this morning.
The older man in front of me was nice and social and put out his hand to shake mine and initiated chatting and we talked about our neighborhood and where we went to school, etc.
I have no clue about his political affiliation. It was a nice experience and I will probably see this man again in my neighborhood and wave "Hello" and we might chat again.It made me realize that getting out there to vote is a good thing (even if you know what's up).
Voting is social, ultimately. That's why They want you to mail it in!