Protest music vs. Protest music

Bob Dylan: only a pawn in their game
Dylan's style of music is plain with no rythym. His voice is steady and upon hearing the song, he uses the same chord or chords thoughout the entire thing. The message of this song shows how the government uses everybody as pawns in order for themselves to gain power. The poor white man thinks he is better off, but actually its only the authority that wins in this case. It's a lose-lose situation for everybody not in power.  

MEGADETH: Washington is Next!
Megadeth. The ultimate thrash metal band I have ever heard. One of my favorites. Frontman Dave Mustaine uses real life events, plus his own experiences to create the distinct anger that his music produces. He's a very political man, and has strong views on government. The song's "washington is next" message is of the government corrupting and decieving its people in order to be a world power. It looks into the things that have happened to us (WW1, WW2, etc.) and then looks into the future asking 'Has anything really changed? Has it really? Or are we just telling ourselves that?'. 'The quiet war has begun with silent weapons'. That sounds like the Cold War.

Dylan and Megadeth share the same messages about the government and its people. Just in a different way though. Dylan is a more soulfull person, while Mustaine prefers to make the conflicts of the country visible in his lyrics through a heavy grungy sound.

What is un-American? Is it difficult to define? Who gets to decide what un-American is?

What is un-American? Really. Us "Americans" might say that cannibalism, terrorism, and arrange marriages aren't part of our culture, but what is AMERICAN culture? America doesn't have its own beliefs because it is made up of all different types of them. Domestic and foreign. So, to answer the core of the question, there is pretty much nothing that is un-American except cannibalism and arranged marriages. We terrorize other countries to get what we want and WE do not mind our own business.

It IS difficult to define what is un-American. Everything that we consider not part of our culture is pretty much a contradiction.

Who decides this? The people deicide this. We sterio-type every single thing that we see un-fit. We ourselves are hypocrites. We can't even look at ourselves before we look at others. I guess thats the "American" in all of our hearts. Consider who we are first.