Reader: Bob Dylan didn't deserve a Medal of Freedom

When Bob Dylan picked up his Medal of Freedom last week, he was wearing a Rockmount Ranch Wear shirt. Steve Weil, president of the Denver-based company, recognized the model -- and says Dylan is a long-time fan of the snap-button shirts. But while Dylan's fashion sense may be above reproach,...

By Patricia Calhoun

June 6, 2012

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When Bob Dylan picked up his Medal of Freedom last week, he was wearing a Rockmount Ranch Wear shirt. Steve Weil, president of the Denver-based company, recognized the model -- and says Dylan is a long-time fan of the snap-button shirts.

But while Dylan's fashion sense may be above reproach, one reader has real concerns about that medal pinned on the shirt:

Says Ben Barr:

A guy who becomes famous for anti-war protest songs. Same guy accepts a fucking "freedom" medal from a war-mongering president, who is taking away freedoms. Well I guess he can wear whatever the hell he wants to...

What do you think of Barr's comment? Of Dylan's career? Post your thoughts in the comments section below. And read more about Rockmount here, in a memorial to founder Jack A. Weil.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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