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"...He said 'fuck this and fuck that' "...Stares into the glare of them TV lights." "...He sang, 'I'll die before I quit' The Hip's anti-anthem against those who Gord viewed as blind and unquestioning champions of the White House line. During 2004 interviews, Downie explained that the song stood opposed to the "Toby Keith's of the world" who ignored rational evidence and impartial thought and allowed misguided nationalism to convince them that George W. Bush was infallible. Keith, a country music star, was a very vocal supporter of the Bush administrations response to 9/11. He famously wrote a polemic, if not jingoistic, song in favour of strong military action. The song was rooted more in American superiority than pride. Gord explained that it wasn't so much Keith's anger, which was understandable in light of the circumstances, but rather his 'we're better than them, let's kill 'em all' rhetoric which seemed worthy of ridicule. As we know from the Courage exhibit and the Museum Intro, Gord is no fan of divisive nationalism. The song cleverly employs the image of the singer being literally and figuratively blinded by the lights. "...And this guy's the autodidact" More fun with dictionary.com: An autodidact is someone who is self taught. "To me this Harvard graduate
seemed strangely uneducated (what on earth had they taught him there?), sounding
like one of those autodidacts who used to roam around Greenwich Village
spouting... conspiratorial theories."  |