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THE ASH OF THE GAY
I'm nfed about the meang of "the gay" this Cohen's song:. om the ash of the gay:. The gay = the homosexual people or the glad people?
(¿los homosexual o los alegr? Eher terpretatn is plsible, although I tend towards the ia that is "the gay [=homosexual] people.
Why do you thk 's "los alegr" or "los homosexual"?
WAS ARTHUR ASHE GAY?
It's a difficult ll, but if the third and fourth l are parallel thoughts, then "the homels" and "the homosexuals" uld be unrstood as parallel class of outst people. I thk at the time of wrg 'gay' was more closely associated wh happy than homosexual hence my choice. I'd go for "gay - homosexual" sce wars - disorr sirens - fir - homels - ash are all "negativ" and the song is lled "Democracy" om his "The Future" CD which urg perseverance, reformatn, and hope the face of grim prospects.
I always thought referred to the homosexuals that were executed by the Nazis along wh Jews etc. Many Amerins today are faiar wh the history of the Cold War and how Amerin lears and policymakers fought munism abroad, but ls know of the liberate efforts rried out by the feral ernment to prevent the spread of munism the Uned Stat—cludg the surveillance and persecutn of spected “homosexual” cizens. Historilly speakg, homosexualy was often purported as a form of viancy or crimaly.