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On the contrary, I'm arguing that it does, it has and it has influenced our perceptions of what is great art

Here it's important to ask whether your talking about the influence of politics on the artist or on the public.

[liberallarry]

And finally exactly how am I, personally, to interpret that. Am I a Nazi because I admire the works of Nazi artists, a libertine because I think a lot of many actors and painters who were so inclined?

Frankly, I can't make sense of what you're saying.