Journal anthonycorlando's Journal: Delay - DeDon't
Perhaps I am a bit naive, but I would like to think that people should be judged on their abilities, not merely on their connections. Maybe that is not how it works in the political and corporate worlds, but shouldn't that be the way it works in the world of art?
Tom Delay is asking fans of "Dancing with the Stars" to vote for country singer, Sara Evans. Because she is the best dancer? - No! His campaigning on Ms. Evans behalf is motivated merely by her being a fellow republican.
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2412056&page=1
Do we really need this politicization of the arts? Can't we be mature enough to set political views aside for a moment to render judgments based SOLELY on assessments of talent? When I watch someone dance I want to see style, technique, rhythm, and partnership. I could care less about the dancer's political affiliation.
If social-political values need play a role in evaluation of artistic ability, perhaps we should purge our museums of the peasant lovers like Van Gogh, or of slave states like Acient Greece? Perhaps the phenomenological psychology of Martin Heideggar should be purged due to his affiliation with the Nazis, and both Rap music and 70's psychadelic rock should be banned if it contains anti-establishment phrases?
Are we as a society so unable to make our own judgments that we need Mr. Delay to make them for us? Is some sort of return to a Delayist-style McCarthyism in order? Should we only patronize businesses, hire employees, and perhaps even only feed and clothe those who share HIS personal values? Mr. Delay, who died and made YOU G*D?!
I used to love watching "Dancing with the Stars". But no longer - not now that the criterion of TALENT has been replaced by popularity and values. I thought I left such petty popularity contests behind when I graduated from high school.
Tom Delay is asking fans of "Dancing with the Stars" to vote for country singer, Sara Evans. Because she is the best dancer? - No! His campaigning on Ms. Evans behalf is motivated merely by her being a fellow republican.
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2412056&page=1
Do we really need this politicization of the arts? Can't we be mature enough to set political views aside for a moment to render judgments based SOLELY on assessments of talent? When I watch someone dance I want to see style, technique, rhythm, and partnership. I could care less about the dancer's political affiliation.
If social-political values need play a role in evaluation of artistic ability, perhaps we should purge our museums of the peasant lovers like Van Gogh, or of slave states like Acient Greece? Perhaps the phenomenological psychology of Martin Heideggar should be purged due to his affiliation with the Nazis, and both Rap music and 70's psychadelic rock should be banned if it contains anti-establishment phrases?
Are we as a society so unable to make our own judgments that we need Mr. Delay to make them for us? Is some sort of return to a Delayist-style McCarthyism in order? Should we only patronize businesses, hire employees, and perhaps even only feed and clothe those who share HIS personal values? Mr. Delay, who died and made YOU G*D?!
I used to love watching "Dancing with the Stars". But no longer - not now that the criterion of TALENT has been replaced by popularity and values. I thought I left such petty popularity contests behind when I graduated from high school.
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