He may have been a prominent Civil Rights movement supporter, but Bob Dylan is being sued for racism.
A Croatian community group based in France is suing the veteran singer for comments he made in an interview earlier this year in the French version of Rolling Stone magazine.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013
I don't believe Dylan is an intellectual heavyweight. More than likely he has never given a second thought to understanding that outside of America there are places where freedom of speech and freedom of religion do not exist.
Celebrities jump on one or two issues that their weak minds can understand. That the world is bigger than them is something they cannot fully grasp.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013