The Great Suppression: Republicans Clampdown On Art

[babylonsister]

The Great Suppression: Republicans Clampdown On Art
Posted by Mark on June 8, 2011 at 5:42 pm.


The Republican Party likes to pretend that they are the defenders of individual freedom in America. Of course, that is a pretense that has never true. Their vocal protestations about government being “on your back” only apply to regulations aimed at corporations and taxes on the wealthy. The GOP has no problem with government leaping onto the backs of women seeking reproductive health care, or gays who want equality in marriage and military service, or kids who want to attend school without someone else’s religion forced down their souls.

In short, the GOP wants businesses to have the absolute freedom to run rampant over a population that is straight-jacketed by federal guardians of morality. And that constricting philosophy extends to the free expression of artists as well. Conservatives have long-held the view that the creative community is dangerous and subversive, and they must be silenced. They acted on those views when they blacklisted artists in the 1940′s and 1950′s. And today they are pressing hard to shut down public broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. But it doesn’t stop there.

There have been some recent incidents that ought to stir outrage among Americans who value free expression and the First Amendment to the Constitution. Public figures have been stepping on the rights of artists in an official capacity and it is repugnant and un-American.




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[baldguy]

1. Totalitarian fascists always hate art

Because it makes people think in ways they find objectionable & which may make it more difficult for them to stay in power.

[malaise]

2. Is it fascism yet?

:puke:

[titaniumsalute]

3. This may be a generalization but...

I am a substitute organist. I get to play organs all over the place. Big ones, little ones, etc. (Insert Anthony Weiner joke here.)

But seriously, when I play at the older churches they are typically full of design, charachter, architectural design etc. But these mega churches that have been built are...well they are BORING. They are just big buildings with usually nothing on the walls. No architecture, nothing special. They spend all that money on the big building that looks like a barn. And the people who go to these churches are the same repukes who also want you and I to only see big buildings with no art.

[Taitertots]

4. When has anyone stopped you from buying any art you wanted?

Why should the government spend our money in ways that create questionable benefits for a small fraction of the populace? Because it is art the YOU enjoy. That doesn't sound very reasonable.

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[msongs]

6. republican art suppression vs this administration' perpetuation of Bush/Cheney policies. it's' all

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