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15 years ago
General
First off, praise to the citizens of Great Britain, for they have shown restraint and dignity where their allies across the pond have gotten a bit carried away with themselves. Additionally, you were brave to trust us with the safety of your Queen for a while, truly a leap of faith in these times.
Second, to those of you who lost control of yourselves in the various discussions on Ronald Reagan, knock it off! We collectively have to face some facts. First, the images are historical context, not political commentary. Second, progressively longer tirades and harangues do not an effective argument make. Third, opinion is not fact, and vague reference is not empirical evidence.
I fully realize the consequences of approaching, even obliquely, the issue of politics. I realize that just as pornography attracts flies, commentary attracts troglodytes and beatniks. I have prepared myself for the results as best as possible.
However, I see a great deal of consternation and grief over the value of an opinion. There is this modern concept that a person's opinions determine their value as a human being, and that as a result opinions are holy or invaluable. The sad truth is that opinions, every single one, are barely worth the breaths taken to voice them.
No one cares. The world is not pleased to hear you. Your flippant remarks and shallow opinions are not needed, included, or loved. They make you seem ugly, shallow, and ignorant. They are superfluous, and if you have a membership on FA they could not be more removed from life and relevancy. They are wasted digits and pixels in the form of wasted words spewed forth from wasted cranial space that could otherwise be used to beautify or contribute something real to the real world.
I'm not encouraging people to have or not to have opinions. People will exist, and they will have opinions. What I'm asking is that people hold themselves accountable and present themselves as though they are not perfect, that there is room for error and difference. In a desert of incivility a tiny drink of humility and etiquette are worth more than a thousand opinions.
Second, to those of you who lost control of yourselves in the various discussions on Ronald Reagan, knock it off! We collectively have to face some facts. First, the images are historical context, not political commentary. Second, progressively longer tirades and harangues do not an effective argument make. Third, opinion is not fact, and vague reference is not empirical evidence.
I fully realize the consequences of approaching, even obliquely, the issue of politics. I realize that just as pornography attracts flies, commentary attracts troglodytes and beatniks. I have prepared myself for the results as best as possible.
However, I see a great deal of consternation and grief over the value of an opinion. There is this modern concept that a person's opinions determine their value as a human being, and that as a result opinions are holy or invaluable. The sad truth is that opinions, every single one, are barely worth the breaths taken to voice them.
No one cares. The world is not pleased to hear you. Your flippant remarks and shallow opinions are not needed, included, or loved. They make you seem ugly, shallow, and ignorant. They are superfluous, and if you have a membership on FA they could not be more removed from life and relevancy. They are wasted digits and pixels in the form of wasted words spewed forth from wasted cranial space that could otherwise be used to beautify or contribute something real to the real world.
I'm not encouraging people to have or not to have opinions. People will exist, and they will have opinions. What I'm asking is that people hold themselves accountable and present themselves as though they are not perfect, that there is room for error and difference. In a desert of incivility a tiny drink of humility and etiquette are worth more than a thousand opinions.
* more Americans than British on FA, and
* Maggie not being paraded as hard as Ronnie as being of "the good ol' days" in contemporary politics.
As my country's leaders at the time were Rob followed by Dave, the Maggie and Ronnie show was something one watched from afar... very carefully
MWEH!? What 'bout frogs!? 'Wolf don like frogs! WOLF SMASH!
(Whenever I hear that word, I think of frogs for some reason.)
Check.
But this is EXACTLY what I fear, instead of appreciating the art saying 'it's neat seeing political or historical figures in an anthropomorphic style' it turns into political soapbox.
I dislike when commenting gets hijacked away from it's original point, to comment on artwork itself.
I've had similar situations arise with my art, though I always defuse it with 'Well they also weren't a cat/dog/wolf so don't get angry at artwork' :P
-Meezer
But you're better at being diplomatic than I am.