To: Maceman
Disagree.
Leni Reifenstal made great movies. So did Elia Kazan.
Muhammed Ali was a sensational fighter.
Paul Robeson was a wonderful singer.
Adolph Hitler was the master of political theatre.
Both the Nazis and Soviets had world-class physicists, engineers, mathematicians.
Why can't I celebrate their talents...and judge their politics separately?
Their talents in their chosen fields are beyond dispute.
Politics always raises unanswerable questions.
To: liberallarry
"Why can't I celebrate their talents...and judge their politics separately?" How stand ye, then, on the likes of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, e.g.?
This is a test, though no grades will be issued. But, yes, I am interested in your response.
37 posted on
01/13/2004 5:32:53 PM PST by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: liberallarry
Why can't I celebrate their talents...and judge their politics separately?You can if you want to be a soulless, amoral sociopath.
To: liberallarry
It's interesting that you include Paul Robeson, who is worshipped because of his politics. He was a great singer. So what? Every generation produces at least a half-dozen Paul Robesons. He's only on your list because of his defense of the Gulag.
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