[rollei_list] OT Artistic Voices (was Re: OT Mapplethorpe)
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:56:28 -0500
Marc -
Relative to liberals gutting the NEA, you may want to read the editorial
writings of conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby on the subject:
http://www.bigeye.com/jj_nea.htm
But really the essential point for me is that it is important for
minority/non-mainstream voices to be heard in any culture/society, and
without a special effort to support them, they will not be heard. Whether
that support comes from public funds, private funds, or a combination of
both is a separate discussion entirely.
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> At 08:48 AM 3/8/2010, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
>> This portion of Matt's discussion is important to /rememberconsider and I
>> am in complete agreement with it:
>>
>> "It's horribly short-sighted to think the only culture that should be
>> supported in this country is that which appeals to the largest possible
>> audience. It's usually the least cojent, least compelling, least
>> confrontational and the least expansive. The gutting of the National
>> Endowment of the Arts due to conservative's objections over a small handful
>> of work by a small handful of artists has done nothing good for the current
>> state of the arts in this country."
>>
>>
>>
> Eric
>
> I was trying to avoid going there, but since you insist on agreeing with
> patent nonsense, allow me simply to say that if the NEA is such a worthy
> organization, it can support itself on its own good looks and without the
> theft of public funds.
>
> The thought of stealing money from people who find the works of
> Mapplethorpe offensive in order to pay for such works simply makes me want
> to gag. That just is not right.
>
> And, again, it was not the conservatives who raised hell over Mapplethorpe
> and Serrano et al. The Lefty churches were really the ones who attacked the
> NEA.
>
> Eliminate the NEA and do so yesterday. It is a vile and worthless agency
> of absolutely no redeeming quality.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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