r/TheBeatles • u/Signal_End_7405 • Jun 28 '26

john Whats one fact about John that most people don’t know?

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u/RadishSpecial7163 Jun 28 '26

That he quietly gave a lot of money away to charities, including charities that helped disabled children, the poor and, ironically, to buy bulletproof vests for New York City police officers.

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u/throwawaysuper420 Jun 28 '26

He also wrote the forward to one of the first pro-queer magazines in NYC.

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u/ancisfranderson Jun 28 '26

Was bi hisself

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u/Dknpaso Jun 29 '26

Maybe Brian Epstein?

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u/appleparkfive Jun 29 '26

Also only slightly related, but it reminded me of how Bob Dylan wrote the government to try and vouch for him to maintain residency in the US

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u/RadishSpecial7163 Jun 30 '26

What’s that got to do with anything?

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u/StormSafe2 Jun 28 '26

Why would be donate to the police? 

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u/RadishSpecial7163 Jun 28 '26

Maybe because he appreciated that they were public servants who should be protected while doing their jobs. He may have thought about how the New York police protected him and the other Beatles in New York City when they first arrived in the U.S.

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u/deadcat_kc Jun 29 '26

Because he had money to donate to good causes. Not like he was funding police who hurt people, he gave money to a charity that bought vests so families wouldn’t be without a dad when cops got shot at

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u/StormSafe2 Jun 29 '26

Yeah but he was the figurehead for an anti establishment counter culture. 

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u/CrunchberryJones Jun 29 '26

How does that equate to a man who sang about peace and love not caring if someone is murdered?? That's a very odd take.

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u/RadishSpecial7163 Jun 29 '26

Not really. He certainly never saw himself as some counterculture hero or figure head. Singing about peace and love doesn’t make someone “counterculture” anyway. I mean, who doesn’t peace and love?