Other artists, like The Rolling Stones and Neil Young, have raised legal objections to the public performance of their recordings. So I found it confusing that the president has chosen to use my song for his political rallies, when in fact it seems like he is probably the Fortunate Son.”įogerty did not say anything about objecting to having his song used at Trump’s rallies. John’s Church with a Bible,” Fogerty said. “That is exactly what happened recently in Lafayette Park when the president decided to take a walk across the park, he cleared out the area using federal troops so that he could stand in front of St. But when the band plays Hail to the Chief, they point the cannon at you.” In the Instagram post, Fogerty also recited the first lines of Fortunate Son: “Some folks are born, made to wave the flag. Trump did not serve in Vietnam, but got college deferments and a medical deferment for bone spurs in his heels.įortunate Son was released by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969, but Fogerty said it could also apply to what is happening today. “I found that very upsetting that such a thing could occur.”ĭevin Nunes To Resign California Congressional Seat, Become CEO Of Donald Trump's Social Media Company “Back in those days we still had a draft, and something I was very upset about was the fact that people of privilege, in other words rich people or people of position, could use that to avoid the draft and not be taken into the military,” Fogerty said. He said that the “inspiration for the song” was the disparity in those who were drafted and those who were getting deferments. In an Instagram post, Fogerty said that he wrote the song in 1969, at the height of the Vietnam war, when he had already been drafted and had served in the military. When the song was played at Trump’s rally in Michigan on Thursday, a number of journalists tweeted that it didn’t appear that the campaign grasped the meaning of the lyrics. While you can post Mandela Effects related to politics, do not post the classic Reddit "drumpfy drump trump dump" shit.John Fogerty says that Donald Trump’s use of his song Fortunate Son at campaign rallies is “confounding, to say the least,” given that the lyrics to the song were inspired by rich people who were able to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war. Users who use bots on this sub, especially for the sake of upvoting, downvoting, creating automated comments or posts, deceptively creating a false bias in favor of your position, or otherwise disrupting discussion of the Mandela Effect in general.ġ2.
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These belong in /r/MandelaJerk (rarely moderated).Ĩ. Again, if the Mandela Effect you've posted could possibly apply to a large group of people,, it goes in the DAE Mega-Thread.ħ. No "does anyone else?" posts and /r/tipofmytongue posts. Being hostile to a person offering a reasonable explanation will be treated the same way as harassing someone who is a M.E. Discussion of possible explanations for a Mandela Effect (including false memory) MUST be civil. Also, posts must include specific details indicating why it relates to a known Mandela Effect/the Mandela Effect in general.Ĥ. Vague titles = low upvotes, and very few comments. Thoroughly sum up what your post is about in the title. Most of the soldiers killed were poor, and a disproportionately high number of them were black.
During the year the song was written, 11,000 Americans had already been killed in the Vietnam War. Speaking of facts it reminds me of the draft dodger in the whitehouse also a fortunate son. Fortunate Son was written in direct response to CCR songwriter Jon Fogerty’s anger about the role of social class and wealth on enlistment. No low effort posts, or vague/"guess what?" post titles. Fortunate Son- Greatest left-wing ever, ranked right up there with The Door's 'Unknown Soldier.' Dave from Elmira, Ny This is a great song. If it can potentially apply to a lot of people, it goes in the DAE Mega-Thread, otherwise these belong in /r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix.ģ. A Mandela Effect, by definition, must affect a large group of people. No personal experiences, and stories about changes affecting only you personally. No trolling, aggressive behavior, name calling, bickeringĢ. The effect & name refers to people remembering Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s, when he actually survived long after his release. The phenomenon where it is discovered that a global, well known fact has apparently changed for A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. OFFICIAL MANDELA EFFECT WIKI: MANDELA-EFFECT.ORG