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Elessar Zappa

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3. He might have been registered Republican but

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 06:44 PM

Oct 2021

by the mid 80s, he fucking hated them and Reagan. He even set up voter registration booths at his concerts to encourage the youth to vote against the Republicans. He wasn’t a huge fan of the Dems but he viewed them as a better alternative.

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Frank Zappa nailed their MAGAt asses in the 1980s [View all] CousinIT Oct 2021 OP

At the time, being there, I didn't realize how drastic and radical Reagan was. underpants Oct 2021 #1

I did. plimsoll Oct 2021 #10

With you. Reagan was the stalking horse. yardwork Oct 2021 #20

And Zappa was a registered Republican. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #2

He might have been registered Republican but Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #3

How sure of that are you? Bucky Oct 2021 #7

RationalWiki also says he registered Democratic Bucky Oct 2021 #8

Perhaps he wasn't a registered Republican, but he identified as "conservative" Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #22

I think it's clear he used that label to make a point. Bucky Oct 2021 #23

I'm not sure he was registered Republican. Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #9

He was also very much opposed to Tipper Gore's, shall we say, "concern" with music content. cos dem Oct 2021 #12

I'm fairly certain he was a Republican prior to the PMRC. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #21

Citations would help your argument Bucky Oct 2021 #25

I already did, and you already addressed it... Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #26

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to quibble Bucky Nov 2021 #27

I think it's more that he wasn't a card carrying moron. plimsoll Oct 2021 #11

Understood the situation. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #4

Truly a man ahead of his time! Initech Oct 2021 #5

Ever read Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World"? Dystopian Optimist Oct 2021 #6

KR TY for Zappa! Cha Oct 2021 #13

I always count on Frank Zappa and George Carlin BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #14

I'm more in the school of Professor Irwin Corey Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #15

Ah yes! The Professor! BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #17

My favorite Zappa quote: lambchopp59 Oct 2021 #16

I have had a conservative tell me, in as many words Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2021 #18

Zappa was a treasure. Miss him. yardwork Oct 2021 #19

He also taught us.... spanone Oct 2021 #24