[Boomer]

This thread is about more than a song. This thread is about the “cause” that co-opted the song 4 or 5-ish years ago.

Some people here know that. Others could be naive.

When I saw this thread highlighted in the TOTV email this morning, I thought, “Here it goes again. Why can’t I stop looking?”

Was this thread sent out as part the TOTV email notice because of naïveté? This thread is a political dog whistle.

Ironically, there are those among us now who are slinging slurs at other posters, accusing them of being un-American because they do not like this song. But what the attacked posters know is that this song is an anthem for a chunk of one side of the divide.

In this thread and at least one other one this morning, the anger and negativity are palpable. The timing is obvious. The remaining entrenchment is bone-chilling. But I have hope it can lessen for those those who can reclaim their own brains.

America is in a crucible. But Democracy is resilient. I hope. (And I am no commie-pinko, actually a moderate who believes we better get back to who most of us really are. Our dads saved the world. Who would — or could — save us — from ourselves? We better hold on — together.)

This thread is political. Pseudo-patriotic. Manipulative. I just called it out. Made it moreso. I decided it was worth it to shine a little light on the subject at hand. (Why oh why can’t I stop looking?)

Btw, the worst song ever is “MacArthur Park.” I have never figured out whyinthehell somebody would leave a cake out in the rain. Yeah, I know, a metaphor — the worst metaphor ever.

Boomer