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To: Uncle Miltie

Judging all of human history by today’s moral standards is a never-winning proposition. Art is in part a study of the human condition, which is often universal, but expressed situationally across various times and space. Kids today are seemingly taught nothing of art or history or awareness of the human condition, only value judgments based on contemporary socio-political thought - which will of course change over time as values change - making their views more akin to infantile impulsive outbursts rather than reflective thought.

btw, I am sure Jacques Derrida would be rolling in his graves over this kind of crap. His famous quote is roughly translated as “there is nothing outside of the text”, meaning that art (particularly written art, books & plays) has to be viewed through its own context - yet somehow deconstructionism has become a political philosophy that says “the text is wrong”, which ultimately leads you to a rejection of all ideas outside that of the viewer’s own understanding. Rather than appreciate the perspective of the writing, you reject it for what you perceive to be its “flaws” by the viewer’s subjective standards. That is how you end up with stupid ideas like “banning” books and plays. There is no way Derrida would have been a proponent of banning the written word.


19 posted on 11/20/2018 12:36:42 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine

Or, I might add, rejecting the Constitution for the behavior of its authors. And it ends up with banning plays and even Californians refusing to work inside the State of Georgia because Georgians didn’t vote for the candidate the Californians wanted to win. “I’m moving to Canada if so and so wins”...


22 posted on 11/20/2018 12:41:13 PM PST by monkeyshine
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