"These people cannot accept the fact that truth is non-binary an is post-ideological, that the "arts" (sorry for the term) are not necessarily of civil use, and that social criticism does not necessarily have to fit an agenda."
That's the most relevant quote to this whole thread to me. I'd add that the one of the most challenging things a creative person can do is to take a genre that is not known for nuance, and use it for the purpose of being nuanced. Very few people get nuanced expression in general. Symbolism is a dying art. That said, and I've said it elsewhere before, I can't stand any sort of "call-to-action" in recorded media or art. If it's not open to interpretation, it's advertising and propaganda. Whether it's toothpaste, A New Europa, or "Fighting The Nazis", I'm utterly bored and I want to send these people a bill for betraying my trust and trying to come into my home like Jehovah's Witnesses with their goofy ideologies. This sort of push and pull is like a circle jerk between sadists and masochists. It's all very sexual to me, as I've said before. On the extreme ends, you have the people who are so repulsed by their racist impulses, that they must go beat people that they think are racist. On the other end of the spectrum, you have the people who are so repulsed by their homosexual impulses, that they must go out and beat up gay people. Somewhere inbetween, you have people who would likely consider eachother exceptionally good in bed.
In all of this thread, I find it odd that the most offensive thing, to me, is that no one pointed out whether or not Phillip Best apologized for dumping Hitler speeches over other artists' work without permission. I don't care if it's E.A. Koetting, he deserved an ass-kicking when he did that! I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't give a shit unless someone has bad manners. I can't really stand rip-off artists, I hate them more than any person who favors one race or the other. I've never really known anyone who made a distinct effort to promote racism. I'm sure they exist, I'm sure some of them make music, and I'll be the first to admit that it's tough to nail down whether or not it needs to be banned or not. I think banning it gives it a certain power, but accepting it also gives it a power. A couple years ago, The Guardian reported at length what they considered a rise in Fascism in Italy, and a strong, unmistakably fascist music scene. I figure there are enough people who are racist or fascist enough without the "crypto" to bother oneself with, so my mind isn't particularly boggled about someone whose leanings are merely questionable.
That said, people can be banned for whatever reason anyone wants to ban them. I've let some bozos fuck up a perfectly good show in the name of free speech before myself. I disagree with others' sentiments about people who look for provocation, that they're "usually intelligent". Generally they're emotionally stunted and starved for any sort of attention, especially negative attention; the self-destructive end of the narcissistic disorder spectrum. It's best to leave them alone and not give them any sort of attention. Meth addicts can start their own scene any time they wish.
