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New York Times Thought Police Ask: Should Classic Rock Songs Be Toppled Like Confederate Statues?
Breitbart ^ | 4 Nov 2021 | DAVID NG

Posted on 11/04/2021 7:17:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Hide your classic rock LP’s. The thought police at the New York Times are coming for them.

The New York Times opinion section has run a column advocating for classic rock songs like Don McLean’s “American Pie” to be reconsidered and maybe even “toppled” like historic Confederate statues, arguing that reevaluating beloved songs will help create a world that is “inclusive and more just.”

Other rock singers ripe for cancellation include Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and even Elvis Presley.

Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is a male-to-female transgender, laid out the case in the op-ed titled “Should Classic Rock Songs Be Toppled Like Confederate Statues?”

“As we take another look at the sins of our historical figures, we’ve also had to take a hard look at our more immediate past and present, including the behavior of the creators of pop culture,” Boylan wrote. “That reassessment extends now to the people who wrote some of our best-loved songs.”

Chief among the candidates for cancellation is “American Pie,” the 1971 classic song by Don McLean. Boylan cited past allegations of domestic violence made against McLean as justification for the song’s cancellation.

“I want to live in a world where I can be moved by art and music and literature without having to come up with elaborate apologies for that work or for its creators,” the columnist wrote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1984; americanpie; breitbart; censorship; classicrock; davidng; donmclean; inclusive; music; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; orwell; rock; ropetreejenn; someassemblyrequired; thoughtpolice
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They want to erase our culture.🖕


41 posted on 11/04/2021 7:55:42 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is a male-to-female transgender, laid out the case. . .

Transgender is removed from Trans-dragon only by degree. In addition to hormone therapy, reconstruction, and prosthesis, the latter also suggests the need for an ignition source and fuel supply.

42 posted on 11/04/2021 7:56:00 PM PDT by jimfree (My 19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
So I guess I need to destroy my Ike Turner, Chuck Berry and Jackson Brow albums?

Who else?

43 posted on 11/04/2021 7:56:43 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: setter

Boy Named Sue. He felt this threatened his toxic masculinity because his dad gave him a girls name.


44 posted on 11/04/2021 7:57:46 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: dfwgator

Or Axl Rose. He used to love her, but he had to kill her.

Poor dog.


45 posted on 11/04/2021 7:57:56 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Michael.SF.

Burn all Beatles music cry the work minions.


46 posted on 11/04/2021 7:58:31 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Larry Lucido

And he can still hear her complain.


47 posted on 11/04/2021 7:58:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The thought police are the only police that the left doesn't want to defund.
48 posted on 11/04/2021 7:59:09 PM PDT by Rainbow Rising (Defund the FBI!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The New York Times should be toppled like Marx statue, sold for scrap, with the oroceeds to supplement private schools.


49 posted on 11/04/2021 7:59:13 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

50 posted on 11/04/2021 8:01:46 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: GreyFriar



In the summer of 1966, Ron Nasty was widely quoted by saying that the Rutles were bigger than God. He went on to say that God had never gotten a hit record.

In response to this, many fans burnt their albums, many more burnt their fingers trying to burn their albums. Album sales skyrocketed, as people began to buy the albums, simply to burn them.

It would later turn out that it was all a great misunderstanding. Nasty, whilst talking to a slightly deaf journalist, stated that the Rutles were bigger than Rod Stewart, who would not be big for another eight years.

In an interview on the subject, Ron stated that this proved that "[you're] all daft-- I'll probably get in trouble for that now." Nasty apologised to God and Rod for these statements.

51 posted on 11/04/2021 8:01:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I bet their opera and symphonies from centuries ago are more racist.


52 posted on 11/04/2021 8:04:39 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s like rust - these lunatics never stop.


53 posted on 11/04/2021 8:05:50 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Is this the story of a Johnny Rotten?


54 posted on 11/04/2021 8:07:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

55 posted on 11/04/2021 8:08:33 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One would think given the lyrics of much of rap that that whole genre would wiped out. Doubt the woke are that brave though.


56 posted on 11/04/2021 8:09:01 PM PDT by xp38
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These sorts of articles are a form of cheap attention seeking writing. The more absurd, the better. The writers intent is to gin up outrage and page views. It’s a sign of a sick press.


57 posted on 11/04/2021 8:13:51 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Short people got no reason to live....

Imagine that song coming out today.

58 posted on 11/04/2021 8:13:51 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: jimfree
Does Boylan crawl into a safe place corner when hearing the first notes of Lola ?
59 posted on 11/04/2021 8:14:44 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: AlaskaErik

Or “Rednecks”.


60 posted on 11/04/2021 8:15:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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