[cuban leaf]

After a couple more emails, Mr. Kornbluth let me know he was abandoning our dialogue and went on a long denunciation of my political beliefs which he had surmised from our short conversation and a few emails.

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When I lived in Seattle, I was part of the musician scene (and all that that implies). Because of my age, it was mostly guys like Roger Fisher and a bunch of almost was’s or other “never were’s” but still take music seriously. And all that that implies.

As politics is occasionally discussed on FB, one by one, I am unfriended by these guys. And that quote from the article is how it usually happens, only with much more vitrol.

It’s actually comical.

[Daveinyork]

I was unfriended by most liberals, and called a bigot in their parting shots. Others said I was mean for challenging their insulting and condescending posts, and that I was to stay off their pages. I told them that if the didn’t want spirited discussions, to keep their condescending remarks in their own amen corner. If I saw them I was going to answer them. They’ve mostly been silent on facebook in places where I could see them since the obamacare rollout.

[driftless2]

One of the funniest skits put out by the Canadian comedy troupe Kids In The Hall was their one about right-wing folks singers. Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald played the righty musicians and sang songs to other folkies about the virtues of Joe McCarthy and capitalism. Needless to say, their efforts didn't go over well with the reliably leftist folkies at the folk clubs.

As an amateur musician and lover of folk music, I've always wondered what it would be like to be singing folk songs to a group of folk aficianados and then launch into songs praising capitalism and right-wing heroes. I can imagine the reaction. Probably get a few Birkenstocks thrown at me.