Post by sublime92 on Mar 6, 2017 19:57:01 GMT
The writer then shares classic song lyrics from Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel that hearken back to a simpler age. In each case, it’s about nostalgia for the past, or at least the past that shares less wrinkles than the present.
It’s like fondly recalling an old flame and forgetting about the fights that led to the breakup.
Not to the NPR writer. It’s always about race, and equal rights and elements of the past we’ve (rightly) left behind. To liberal scribes, we cannot look back at the past with any fondness because of the cultural inequities of the era.
To do so makes one a racist. It’s that absurd.
The writer begrudgingly gives the aforementioned singers a pass. The rockers realize, in song, that looking back isn’t necessarily healthy. Phew. For a minute we feared Springsteen, whose liberal bona fides are crystal clear, was just as racist as our president!
www.npr.org/2017/03/05/517976793/white-nostalgia-didnt-start-with-trump-just-look-at-classic-rock
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/christian-toto/2017/03/06/huh-npr-blames-white-nostalgia-trump-classic-rock
It’s like fondly recalling an old flame and forgetting about the fights that led to the breakup.
Not to the NPR writer. It’s always about race, and equal rights and elements of the past we’ve (rightly) left behind. To liberal scribes, we cannot look back at the past with any fondness because of the cultural inequities of the era.
To do so makes one a racist. It’s that absurd.
The writer begrudgingly gives the aforementioned singers a pass. The rockers realize, in song, that looking back isn’t necessarily healthy. Phew. For a minute we feared Springsteen, whose liberal bona fides are crystal clear, was just as racist as our president!
www.npr.org/2017/03/05/517976793/white-nostalgia-didnt-start-with-trump-just-look-at-classic-rock
www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/christian-toto/2017/03/06/huh-npr-blames-white-nostalgia-trump-classic-rock
