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highplainsdem

(63,112 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 10:45 AM Aug 2025

Sadly, "the United States before MAGA" doesn't exist any more for any of us. I envy you being in a country

where you're safe from much of the craziness of the Trump thugocracy and MAGA.

Not all of it, unfortunately. They're a threat to the entire world - politically, economically, environmentally. But being half a world away makes our fascists and wannabe fascists much less of an immediate threat for you.

I'm wondering if Liam will say anything about Trump during the US concerts. He really admires Neil Young, who's always outspoken.

Noel admires Neil, too. He's quoted in this 2022 article - https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/noel-gallagher-people-who-dont-like-neil-young/ - as saying, "The world can be split into two camps: people that like Neil Young and people that don’t. And the people that don’t are fucking idiots."


Oasis at Wembley, 2000, covering a Neil Young song:

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