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firethief  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are Politicians Too Dumb to Understand the Lyrics to ‘Born in the USA’?

That's an interesting angle; I wouldn't have thought to fault his tone, but the anthemic sound juxtaposed with the censorious lyrics could be seen as a form of sarcasm. Springsteen may be suffering from a songwriter's analogue of Poe's law.