Posted on 07/27/2006 7:48:30 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
"Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of." ~ Phil Ochs
Folksinger Phil Ochs wrote the above immortal line in the midst of the struggle for civil rights in the American South in the 1960s. Today, we are in the midst of another struggle against prejudice that is far more subtle.
Crimes of prejudice take many forms. Some are manifested through classic violence and are categorized as hate crimes. Others, while more subliminal, produce equally damaging and equally dangerous threats to the commonweal. Each must be responded to with unyielding vigour and resolve.
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Excellent, well done!
Not only was Phil Ochs a Communist anti-Southern bigot, he was also a chronic layabout and a stoner.
He lived most of his life enraged that Bob Dylan had a real career and he didn't.
He sometimes believed that he was another person named John Butler Train and blamed most of his legal and personal problems on Train.
Ochs bravely hung himself in 1976, leaving his body to be discovered by his sister, who was allowing this useless loser to stay in her home rather than out on the street.
The UN is as useless as a sidesaddle on a sow.
Also, I am glad Mississippi didn't leave the country....:)
Ever heard Phil's song "Outside of A Small Circle of Friends"? My word, it must be the most cynical song I have ever heard.
Phil was a nut, and that's for sure. But I liked the lilt in his voice.
However, Phil Ochs was a major stoner and a man who hated his own guts.
While I'm Here, Love Me I'm a Liberal, and (especially) Draft Dodger Rag are faves of mine.
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