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MineralMan

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76. Why should he? That's not at all who he is and has been.

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:24 PM

Jun 2025

There is no reason whatsoever for him to make any statement about Trump just because you and some other want him to.

You might remember that when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, he refused to accept it or to go to any ceremony about it. He had no reason to accept it and didn't need the money. So, he shined the Nobel Committee on. That's Dylan.

Like I said, find a way to get in touch with him and ask him your question. Let us know what he says, OK?

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Has Bob Dylan ever spoken out against tRUMP? [View all] wolfie001 Jun 2025 OP

He got away from politics a long time ago. BluesRunTheGame Jun 2025 #1

Such a beacon of integrity wolfie001 Jun 2025 #3

? themaguffin Jun 2025 #42

found this on clashmusic.com Blues Heron Jun 2025 #2

I saw the same article wolfie001 Jun 2025 #5

Interesting that he uses "reality" not expectations, more, or values karynnj Jun 2025 #41

Well that's disappointing. Hope he feels differently after TSF 1.0 and 2.0. brush Jun 2025 #53

Wonder when he said this... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2025 #79

2004. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2025 #90

Interesting he talked about Trump back then. Good sleuthing, thanks Blues Heron Jun 2025 #92

Yeah, and what's his position of right and left Twixt bars? Has he opined on egg prices yet? marble falls Jun 2025 #4

Dood was a 1960s Icon wolfie001 Jun 2025 #6

Why? Is he the one vote that'll break the tie to take Taco off the island or not? He hasn't mention the price ... marble falls Jun 2025 #9

His charities help feed hungry people wolfie001 Jun 2025 #12

Perhaps you should picket his concerts to get the word out Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #37

Things need to be stirred up a bit wolfie001 Jun 2025 #70

re: Dylan TnDem Jun 2025 #88

Janis wasn't known for her political outspokenness Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #11

I knew it was gonna ruffle some feathers wolfie001 Jun 2025 #14

No feathers ruffled Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #15

lol nt wolfie001 Jun 2025 #20

Janis's version of Me and Bobby McGee is one of my favorite songs senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #86

Two completely different performers edhopper Jun 2025 #63

Not really. Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #7

Silent as a church mouse wolfie001 Jun 2025 #8

Yes, talk about a rebel. Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #40

Who gives a shit? nt LexVegas Jun 2025 #10

You don't wolfie001 Jun 2025 #16

Did you give him the Nobel Prize? yardwork Jun 2025 #23

I did a look on what he's said about the worst pRESIDENT we've ever had in the WH and guess what? wolfie001 Jun 2025 #47

... LexVegas Jun 2025 #30

There there wolfie001 Jun 2025 #48

Listen to some of his songs- it's all in there. Start with Seven Curses, it describes an evil judge. Blues Heron Jun 2025 #59

Many iconic songs wolfie001 Jun 2025 #71

Totally. His disdain for injustice shines through much of his work. Blues Heron Jun 2025 #80

Yes! Just say something in the microphone. Just a word or two. wolfie001 Jun 2025 #103

Dylan sang "political songs" or "protest songs" for about 2-3 years in a 65+ year career Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #13

tRUMP is not anything America has ever seen wolfie001 Jun 2025 #18

If the survival of our democracy depends on celebrities speaking out, we are already doomed. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #21

One of, if not the biggest 'topic' of our time and our poetic people Prairie_Seagull Jun 2025 #32

We have different expectations of the rich and famous Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #35

Funny how many of the billionaires made their allegiance public during the inauguration wolfie001 Jun 2025 #69

I didn't see Dylan at the inauguration Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #81

re: speaking out TnDem Jun 2025 #89

Clapton was a supporter of Enoch Powell wolfie001 Jun 2025 #105

Strawman argument wolfie001 Jun 2025 #49

Not a straw man by your own hyperbole Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #64

There almost was no Bob Dylan, when he empathized with Oswald at an awards dinner shortly after Nov 63 Blues Heron Jun 2025 #24

Now that was a poor choice wolfie001 Jun 2025 #50

He has denied they were protest songs NoRethugFriends Jun 2025 #58

He also said he ran away and worked in a carnival in New Mexico as a boy Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #67

I really know about him as the groundbreaking performer wolfie001 Jun 2025 #75

He is a private man Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #82

Thanks for that info NoRethugFriends Jun 2025 #84

He was "political" during his time with Suze Rotolo... regnaD kciN Jun 2025 #85

Yes. I vaguely remember that era wolfie001 Jun 2025 #108

Hagiographic...that's interesting. LuckyCharms Jun 2025 #17

Isn't that how everything goes with him? wolfie001 Jun 2025 #19

Well, he's a plain man as well as a celebrity... LuckyCharms Jun 2025 #22

A little "too plain" when the subject of fascism is thrust into America's face wolfie001 Jun 2025 #97

You seem very invested in what Bob Dylan has to say about Trump. LuckyCharms Jun 2025 #100

He could say something in the microphone. He's still touring so quit with the "he's an old guy" stuff wolfie001 Jun 2025 #104

Hagiographic is a perfect descriptive for the way the 1960s/1970s are looked at here on too many occasions. nt Celerity Jun 2025 #25

Maybe not though, if you lived through those decades. n/t LuckyCharms Jun 2025 #26

As a openly queer black female I can safely say my quality of life in 1960s USA would have been problematic at best Celerity Jun 2025 #34

"If you remember the 60s, whoameye Jun 2025 #57

Republicans were plotting on their takeover starting around 1974 or so wolfie001 Jun 2025 #51

Actually it started right after the 1964 Goldwater disaster (disaster for the RW). The groundwork for 2 major RW Celerity Jun 2025 #65

Around the time Thurmond went republican wolfie001 Jun 2025 #68

I think the assassination of JFK marked a turning point for Dylan and "politics." tetedur Jun 2025 #27

Joker Man is reputed to be about Ronald Reagan randr Jun 2025 #28

Other than a brief flash of Reagan's face in the video, not really Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #36

He could've opined that rayguns was destroying the Middle Class wolfie001 Jun 2025 #94

Bob is 80 and besides he put the town of Ashtabula in one of his songs so he has earned the right not .. Botany Jun 2025 #29

I can think of literally hundreds of people who deserve condemnation more than Bob Dylan blogslug Jun 2025 #31

I never condemned him. That's Ad hominem wolfie001 Jun 2025 #107

Appears he hasn't. But can't imagine "Blowin in the Wind" Dylan cozying up to likes of trump. Silent Type Jun 2025 #33

Not trying to be rude but Samael13 Jun 2025 #38

I think you mean grandparents Polybius Jun 2025 #46

Boomers would listen to his words. I remember him still possessing his vocal range in the 1970s wolfie001 Jun 2025 #52

Odd question, if you ask me. Music Man Jun 2025 #39

I think all the others are dead and were a bit older wolfie001 Jun 2025 #54

Looking for an artist who speaks out? milestogo Jun 2025 #43

Oh yeah! wolfie001 Jun 2025 #55

If anybody should speak out, it should be current artists. Dylan is 80+ & not left that space in the mid 60s themaguffin Jun 2025 #44

He is something like 84 now DFW Jun 2025 #45

He was 74 when tRUMP went down the escalator wolfie001 Jun 2025 #56

Ask him for yourself. I don't know. Nobody else here knows, either. MineralMan Jun 2025 #60

Just a public statement wolfie001 Jun 2025 #74

Why should he? That's not at all who he is and has been. MineralMan Jun 2025 #76

I think the single, False Prophet, released in 2020 Torchlight Jun 2025 #61

Great reply wolfie001 Jun 2025 #73

He had to rearrange their faces, and give them all another name... Mike Nelson Jun 2025 #62

I disagree with most of the pushback you're getting on this thread senseandsensibility Jun 2025 #66

Thank you! wolfie001 Jun 2025 #72

I suspect H2O Man Jun 2025 #77

Me too! wolfie001 Jun 2025 #78

It would annoy the felon. H2O Man Jun 2025 #87

Amen H2O wolfie001 Jun 2025 #95

Has Country Joe McDonald ever spoken out against Trump? DBoon Jun 2025 #83

He was quite active up into 2005. Kudos to him wolfie001 Jun 2025 #93

good for him DBoon Jun 2025 #99

... orangecrush Jun 2025 #91

Glad your hair isn't on fire like some of the "offended" artistic pooh-bahs wolfie001 Jun 2025 #96

Nah orangecrush Jun 2025 #98

The answer is blowing in the wind Zambero Jun 2025 #101

Don't know about the 60s MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2025 #102

Well wolfie001 Jun 2025 #106