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Title: Bob Dylan on Guns
Post by: TomSea on February 25, 2018, 12:37:00 am

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Bob Dylan on Guns

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The MTV interviewer, annoying Dylan—a notoriously difficult man to interview—asks about the sources of teen violence.

“Television causes all that violence,” the songwriter tells the television interviewer. “That’s my opinion. People see that on TV and want to do it. That’s just my opinion. TV, in my mind, forms people’s opinions.”

The interviewer, presupposing Dylan’s views, nudges the songwriter on whether he thinks America contains too many guns (it sounds like one of those questions with a right-or-wrong answer). “I don’t think there’s enough guns,” the future Nobel laureate says.

Read more at: https://spectator.org/bob-dylan-on-guns/

Title: Re: Bob Dylan on Guns
Post by: truth_seeker on February 25, 2018, 12:40:58 am

He'll be dismissed as just another old white guy, now. Duluth Minnesota. Out of touch. Rich. No longer hip or cool.