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Paul Simon protests USA’s “sound of silence” on 9/11 truth

Charles Moffat: US Censorship 2001 Paul Simon had been told to play “Bridge Over Troubled Waters” at the Ground Zero tenth anniversary event. Without telling anybody what was coming, he played a 9/11 truth protest song instead. The “people talking without listening” didn’t get it. The awakened people did. This is one of the most profound moments of musical protest ever recorded. Hello darkness, my old friendI’ve come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remainsWithin the sound of silence In restless dreams I…

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