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The Trump White House having a *military* band play this *Shaker* Hymn, as reinterpreted by Aaron Copland, a gay Jewish leftist, is a clear sign that irony is dead and buried, and the earth over it has been salted, limed, and scoured with a propane blow torch.
I'm sure those musicians are lovely people, and their skill is to be applauded. But seriously, does anyone know what the Shakers stood for?
The Wikipedia entry is pretty accurate: "They practice a celibate & communal lifestyle, pacifism, uniform charismatic worship, & their model of equality of the sexes...They are also known for their simple living, architecture, technological innovation, & furniture."
In addition, President Trump's pal Roy Cohn personally grilled Copland for his alleged Communist sympathies during the McCarthy Red Scare. Here's a great podcast on that. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxie…
One delicious detail from Copland's life. Apparently he would frequently entertain his friends by doing a scathing imitation of the way Roy Cohn said the word "Cooooommunist."
I can't think of a human who more fully embodies the absolute opposite of everything the Shakers and Aaron Copland stood for, than Donald J. Trump.
Left: Shaker furniture
Right: Donald Trump furniture
Right: Donald Trump furniture
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