There's a vast literature on sacralization of art. You might want to consult.
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There's also a great deal of literature on the excesses of iconoclasm. Comment?
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Defence of free speech should be disentangled from misguided sacralization of art
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That sounds like special pleading. But please, do expand.
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2/ In your expansion, please also touch on destruction of art,Germany, 1933-45.
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Please touch on the history of American racism, 1492-2017.
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@HeerJeet Happy to. How does it justify actual destruction of art, which@NewRepublic seems to support? Since given reasoning was poor.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Given that history, you seem awfully quick to liken African-Americans to Nazis. I'm not a fan of that rhetorical move.
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Impulse to sacralize art makes you quick to dismiss concerns about racism by African-American critics & to compare them to Nazis.
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@HeerJeet 1/ Another false accusation. One of the writers of the@NewRepublic piece is white; and I am not quick to dismiss concerns.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet 2/ Yet again I'm comparing speciousness of reasoning as given in@NewRepublic. The Nazis used specious reasoning for same purpose2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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