While I agree that conservatives need to get involved in culture, I disagree with some of the remedies he suggested. For instance #7. We use the arts to save souls and sway elections. Do conservatives artists really do this? Believe it or not, conservatives also understand that a piece of arts is an expression of the artist' mind and feelings. The problem is, why is it as if there's no personal expression that is 'clean', nice, and beautiful at the same time? And if we take movie as arts, we only need to look at this year's Oscar best picture nominees to see how Liberals view their 'arts'.
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02/07/2006 12:31:19 AM PST by
paudio
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To: Oberon
95 posted on
02/07/2006 6:32:02 PM PST by
Oberon
(As a matter of fact I DO want fries with that.)
To: paudio
Mistake #2: We don't quite understand common grace the idea that the good, the true, and the beautiful can be found in the most unlikely of places (Broadway) and people (liberal artists). Without a strong belief in common grace, we will either get angry at the culture or withdraw from it entirely. Interesting point. He might be right about this, but certainly the Hollywood left finds no "common grace" in conservatives. The left does not believe in a shared humanity. It believes in victim groups and oppressor groups, and in an ill defined quantity called "personhood".
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02/07/2006 7:48:47 PM PST by
TChad
To: paudio
Movies are entertainment, that's all. They haven't been 'Art' for quite some time. The same thing applies to Music. American Idol is fun to watch, but I understand I am not watching 'Art'.
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02/07/2006 8:39:59 PM PST by
lmr
(You can have my Tactical Nuclear Weapons when you pry them from my cold dead fingers.)
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