tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post289836918233660575..comments2023-01-14T05:10:26.912-05:00Comments on Democracy Under Fire: The Singing DictatorRuralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-19121859173444937362015-02-05T13:40:56.816-05:002015-02-05T13:40:56.816-05:00I have read your contributions, Pamela. Very impre...I have read your contributions, Pamela. Very impressed by your passion and clarity and the deadly accuracy of your barbs. I can say I particularly enjoy "Blind Obedience" because this, too, interests me. Apathy, the unwillingness to question, doubt, and challenge and to defer to authority figures simply because they are authority figures enrages me. It is as if they doubt themselves not only as citizens, but as sentient beings. Very thought-provoking. Frank A. Pelaschukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351942301350409395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-47836600113081664462014-12-18T19:41:59.762-05:002014-12-18T19:41:59.762-05:00....and an equally poor imitation of a democratic .......and an equally poor imitation of a democratic leader, Owen!Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-45547116677893957542014-12-18T17:41:42.563-05:002014-12-18T17:41:42.563-05:00Like most covers, Harper's rendition of Beatle...Like most covers, Harper's rendition of Beatles tunes are pale imitations. It's not just the reedy voice, Rural. It's the inability to sing the lyrics with conviction.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-17002999375334280262014-12-18T11:58:49.937-05:002014-12-18T11:58:49.937-05:00Mound I agree that a sizeable chunk of Harpers bas...Mound I agree that a sizeable chunk of Harpers base aren't just seniors, but I wanted to understand these seniors in the context of the 60's and 70's culture. I think all of the members of his base, young, middle-aged and senior share a fear of independent thought, along with a real desire for someone to obey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-69276368184218948042014-12-18T10:17:07.114-05:002014-12-18T10:17:07.114-05:00But seriously, Pam, you need to recognize that a s...But seriously, Pam, you need to recognize that a sizeable chunk of Harper's base aren't just seniors but easily frightened seniors, real precariats. Every political hack understands this group and how easily manipulated they are by messages of fear. It's fear that Harper uses against these most vulnerable of his supporters. It's a weapon and he employs it against his own and it works. It really compensates for lapses in policy and performance. Make people insecure. Posit your adversary as a threat to their health or safety or livelihood and then just keep lying right into their gullible faces. It works. Ezra Levant and the reptiles at Sun News know that too. It works.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-68157694448797586842014-12-18T10:10:03.271-05:002014-12-18T10:10:03.271-05:00Pamela, you need to think more along the lines of ...Pamela, you need to think more along the lines of Pat Boone, The Osmonds, that sort of thing and stopping well short of anything resembling blues. Think hairspray and loads of it and double-knit leisure suits. I'll bet you don't have to look very hard into Steve's photo albums before you'll find a guy wearing a chocolate brown shirt with a white tie - belt and bucks to match or, as we called it back then, "the full Cleveland."The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682160518082145513.post-85944663513266842842014-12-18T08:23:25.967-05:002014-12-18T08:23:25.967-05:00Thanks for that Pamela, perhaps he should add '...Thanks for that Pamela, perhaps he should add 'All The Madmen' by David Bowie and 'Brain Damage' by Pink Floyd to his repertoire and we respond with 'Looking For Changes' by Paul McCartney and even 'Revolution' by The Beatles?<br />Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.com