To: Citizen Soldier
You really are way off base about Dylan and the antiwar movement. Yes its true the goofball hippies tried to claim Dylan as “the voice of thier generation” and part of their movement-—But Bob rejected that and them.
There is a good story in A&E Biography on how Bob was asked by some big time protesters to come play at a huge gathering against the war, Bob told them that the Vietnam War protesters were “LOW LIFE SCUMBAGS”—that is a direct quote and that he would have NO PART of any of that. These protesters were blown away by his response because they were bummed to hear that Bob was not "one of them".
Please do not confuse the myth with the actual man-—he is a bit of a mystery and NOT what most people think.
He is actually really cool and somebody most of us conservatives would probably agree with more than not from what I have learned over many years.
To: scott says
Dylan was very much a war protester before his motocycle accident in the summer of 1966. That event and his long recuperation changed a lot of things about Dylan.
101 posted on
10/13/2009 5:09:20 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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