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They need people to hate. |
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And they were the same people in the KKK, the Nazis, the slave owners, the jew-haters, etc. Bigotry
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They're not the same people who hated Elvis, pretty much all of those people died years ago.
They've got a similar mindset though, they are extremist conservatives, people who don't want
anything to change, ever, no matter what. Oh no, there's some guy in TV moving his pelvis! Ban it!
Oh no, there are some people of the same sex who want to get married! Ban it! Anything that goes
against their narrow theistic view of the world is bad and therefore, needs to be stopped. |
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Hidell makes an excellent point here. Let's not forget that Elvis was hardly a progressive icon. He
may have revolutionized the music industry and while it is true that some older conservatives found
his moves inappropriate, Elvis represented the mainstream music and entertainment business.
Additionally, his music did not divide Americans politically, but instead highlighted a generational
divide that was increasingly evident at the time. I don't think that the "radical Christian right"
was en masse against Elvis and I also do not think that it is possible to draw a parallel between
the controversy surrounding Elvis and the Evangelical right's opposition to same-sex marriage or
other issues related to the gay community. Many of those most ardently against these types of social
issues today were probably once the biggest Elvis fans, even if their parents back then did not
approve of their musical tastes. |
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Elvis was a bit of a right-wing redneck-type himself. He wrote a letter to Nixon then had a meeting
with him. He told Nixon he admired him and sympathised with him in his struggle against the "hippie
types". |
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