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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:48:37 CST
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- From: Leonard Watkins <ISTS024@UABDPO.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Lenster and the Big Guy
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:21:15 PDT from <SPGDAM@UCCVMA>
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- On Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:21:15 PDT David Malbuff said:
- >
- >What Leonard's post has touched on is the arrogant hypocrisy that afflicts
- >the 'politically-correct' left. Recall when Jesse Helms expressed outrage at
- >the sculptor Andres Serrano's depiction of a crucifix in a jar of urine
- >(entitled "Piss Christ"). Though Helms was trying to stop federal money from
- >financing such art (and Lord knows, the federal-funding thread has been
- >frazzled to death here already!), his true motive was seen, and rightly so IMO,
- >as censorship. And everyone in the arts and music community, and all the PC
- >activists and noisemakers, rose to defend Serrano and his art. No problem.
- >
- >But suppose another artist depicted a photo, drawing, or sculpture of, say,
- >Malcolm X in a jar of urine, with a nice, inoffensive title like "Piss
- >Malcolm"? Would those who condemned Helms now rise up in support of this
- >artist and his work? Ha, ha, ha. Hell, no, they wouldn't.
- >
- >That's where the argument lies here. There seems to be general agreement in
- >the arts community that you can attack some people's icons, but not others'.
- >The only word that describes that attitude is hypocrisy.
- >
- >So if there's room for Danzig (or Serrano, for that matter) in your world,
- >is there room for Skrewdriver, too?
-
- I couldn't agree more, i just hate the use of a man of "color" as an example
- because even though it was needed to get the point across, whenever you say
- any thing of that nature you become branded as a racist, which i am not...L.W.
-