If only Leni Riefenstahl was a Communist like Pete Seeger…
by Datechguy | January 28th, 2014
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If only Leni Riefenstahl was a Communist like Pete Seeger...…per­haps Morn­ing Joe & the MSM would have remem­bered & cel­e­brated her the day she died as they did Pete Seeger today.
Mr. Seeger’s career car­ried him from singing at labor ral­lies to the Top 10 to col­lege audi­to­ri­ums to folk fes­ti­vals, and from a con­vic­tion for con­tempt of Con­gress (after defy­ing the House Un-?American Activ­i­ties Com­mit­tee in the 1950s) to per­form­ing on the steps of the Lin­coln Memo­r­ial at an inau­gural con­cert for Barack Obama.
For Mr. Seeger, folk music and a sense of com­mu­nity were insep­a­ra­ble, and where he saw a com­mu­nity, he saw the pos­si­bil­ity of polit­i­cal action.
Pete Seeger defended com­mu­nism dur­ing the cold war and aided our ene­mies at a time when Amer­i­cans were fighting.
Dur­ing that same time Com­mu­nism slaugh­tered 100 mil­lion peo­ple liv­ing under it and enslaved hun­dreds of mil­lions more.
On the show they men­tioned Seeger as a “Com­mu­nist with a small ‘c’ ” Per­haps Demo­c­rat National Com­mit­tee mem­ber Bill Con­nor should have described him­self as a “KKK mem­ber with a small ‘k’ ” or Riefen­stahl as a “Nazi with a small ‘n’ “?
I will acknowl­edge his skill as a singer & a song­writer and influ­ence on Amer­i­can Music those are his­tor­i­cal facts but I would no more cel­e­brate his life than I would Riefenstahl
I’ll close with an exchange I had on twit­ter with a per­son defend­ing those who are communists:
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Remem­ber there is no ide­ol­ogy so mur­der­ous that your asso­ci­a­tion with it will make you unac­cept­able as long as you are of use to the left.
Update: Iowahawk:
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As Pope Fran­cis con­tin­u­ally reminds us the mercy of God is avail­able for all those who seek it sin­cerely and need­ing mercy myself I would be delighted if Mr. Seeger or any per­son seeks and receives the same mercy I hope for at the hour of death from God.
There is how­ever a huge dif­fer­ence between hop­ing for a soul’s sal­va­tion at death and using the desire as an rea­son to cel­e­brate and excuse hor­ri­ble decisions/?associations made by some­one in life.
Update 2: Amer­i­can Power blog:
His­to­rian Ronald Radosh writes: “Through­out the 1950’s and 1960’s, Seeger called for peace, peace­ful co-?existence between the United States and the Soviet Union, singing songs like Put My Name Down, Brother, Where Do I Sign??—?a bal­lad in favor of the Soviet Union’s phony inter­na­tional peace peti­tion that favored uni­lat­eral dis­ar­ma­ment by the West while leav­ing the Soviet atomic stock­pile intact. He would sing and give his sup­port to peace ral­lies and marches covertly spon­sored by the Soviet Union and its West­ern front groups and dupes?—?while leav­ing his polit­i­cal crit­i­cism only for the United States and its defen­sive actions dur­ing the Cold War.”
If you are enabling the Soviet Empire that mur­dered mil­lions and enslaved even more with­out cri­tique and doing their dirty work for them denials of your sup­port for them ring hollow.
Update 3: Insta­lanche I won­der if Car­los Hen­riquez the Boston Demo­c­rat still serv­ing in the Mass House 568 days after his arrest & 14 days after his con­vic­tion for Assault­ing a woman who refused him sex is tak­ing notes that if you sup­port the right side polit­i­cally any­thing can be ignored, even a war on women.
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…perhaps Morning Joe & the MSM would have remembered & celebrated her the day she died as they did Pete Seeger today.
Mr. Seeger’s career carried him from singing at labor rallies to the Top 10 to college auditoriums to folk festivals, and from a conviction for contempt of Congress (after defying the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s) to performing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at an inaugural concert for Barack Obama.
For Mr. Seeger, folk music and a sense of community were inseparable, and where he saw a community, he saw the possibility of political action.
Pete Seeger defended communism during the cold war and aided our enemies at a time when Americans were fighting.
During that same time Communism slaughtered 100 million people living under it and enslaved hundreds of millions more.
On the show they mentioned Seeger as a “Communist with a small ‘c’ ” Perhaps Democrat National Committee member Bill Connor should have described himself as a “KKK member with a small ‘k’ ” or Riefenstahl as a “Nazi with a small ‘n’ “?
I will acknowledge his skill as a singer & a songwriter and influence on American Music those are historical facts but I would no more celebrate his life than I would Riefenstahl
I’ll close with an exchange I had on twitter with a person defending those who are communists:
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Remember there is no ideology so murderous that your association with it will make you unacceptable as long as you are of use to the left.
Update: Iowahawk:
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As Pope Francis continually reminds us the mercy of God is available for all those who seek it sincerely and needing mercy myself I would be delighted if Mr. Seeger or any person seeks and receives the same mercy I hope for at the hour of death from God.
There is however a huge difference between hoping for a soul’s salvation at death and using the desire as an reason to celebrate and excuse horrible decisions/associations made by someone in life.
Update 2: American Power blog:
Historian Ronald Radosh writes: “Throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s, Seeger called for peace, peaceful co-existence between the United States and the Soviet Union, singing songs like Put My Name Down, Brother, Where Do I Sign? — a ballad in favor of the Soviet Union’s phony international peace petition that favored unilateral disarmament by the West while leaving the Soviet atomic stockpile intact. He would sing and give his support to peace rallies and marches covertly sponsored by the Soviet Union and its Western front groups and dupes — while leaving his political criticism only for the United States and its defensive actions during the Cold War.”
If you are enabling the Soviet Empire that murdered millions and enslaved even more without critique and doing their dirty work for them denials of your support for them ring hollow.
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