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<blockquote data-quote="Bestoutwest" data-source="post: 1450678" data-attributes="member: 19397"><p>Fair enough. He spent 50 seconds on the description of the biscuit, describing its appearance and taste several times when 1 or 2 descriptors would have been sufficient. It took him 1 minute and 25 seconds to get to the point of his video, and the video was only 2 minutes and 11 seconds long. As for the holes? It was his statue video that got me. I tried it, gave it an open minded shot. Honestly, I can see both sides of the statue argument for wanting to keep them and remove them. Personally, I feel they should never have been erected and were a general "Up Yours" aimed at several populations. BUT! If the world were to remove all statues of people considered to be tyrannical, Europe would have to remove every ode to any monarch b/c they ruled through sheer terror and tyranny. But I digress-back to the video. His attack on the artwork was justified. I absolutely enjoy fine art, can appreciate it with the best of them. But there are some things that are considered art that should just be turned out into the garbage bin, and I agree that at times, "high" art is done to offend. A cheap parlor trick to garner attention on the part of a hack. But when he starts in on the Christian persecution, that's where he looses me. It's a comparison used to elicit a sympathetic reaction from his audience who is, shockingly, white, straight, conservative Christians who will feel moved by that. It's no different than someone invoking feelings about segregation or slavery to stir the emotions of the crowd that they are talking to. I just felt it was a cheap parlor trick, like offensive art, that is no better than any other pundit who uses something similar to garner support from the audience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bestoutwest, post: 1450678, member: 19397"] Fair enough. He spent 50 seconds on the description of the biscuit, describing its appearance and taste several times when 1 or 2 descriptors would have been sufficient. It took him 1 minute and 25 seconds to get to the point of his video, and the video was only 2 minutes and 11 seconds long. As for the holes? It was his statue video that got me. I tried it, gave it an open minded shot. Honestly, I can see both sides of the statue argument for wanting to keep them and remove them. Personally, I feel they should never have been erected and were a general "Up Yours" aimed at several populations. BUT! If the world were to remove all statues of people considered to be tyrannical, Europe would have to remove every ode to any monarch b/c they ruled through sheer terror and tyranny. But I digress-back to the video. His attack on the artwork was justified. I absolutely enjoy fine art, can appreciate it with the best of them. But there are some things that are considered art that should just be turned out into the garbage bin, and I agree that at times, "high" art is done to offend. A cheap parlor trick to garner attention on the part of a hack. But when he starts in on the Christian persecution, that's where he looses me. It's a comparison used to elicit a sympathetic reaction from his audience who is, shockingly, white, straight, conservative Christians who will feel moved by that. It's no different than someone invoking feelings about segregation or slavery to stir the emotions of the crowd that they are talking to. I just felt it was a cheap parlor trick, like offensive art, that is no better than any other pundit who uses something similar to garner support from the audience. [/QUOTE]
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