tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post2688323072633174670..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: DCist: Casals White House TributeCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-35017383808985729672011-01-28T15:36:28.628-05:002011-01-28T15:36:28.628-05:00I'm not sure what your point is. My point is ...I'm not sure what your point is. My point is that politicizing an issue is the best way to bring down the intelligence of the discourse (the most important thing I learned working on the Hill), and I endeavored to demonstrate that the partisan hating-on in the Huff Post article and, particularly, in its comments, reflect a lack of thoughtfulness, bias/prejudice, fallacy, and disregard for Kansan Artistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-4142041694272441012011-01-28T13:01:49.330-05:002011-01-28T13:01:49.330-05:00A link, of course, is not an endorsement of any po...A link, of course, is not an endorsement of any political view, only an indication of a related current debate. That even something as simple as a link could elicit a reply such as yours shows how the issue of arts funding has been radically politicized. The national endowments for arts and humanities, once again on the budgetary chopping block, were the realization of the de-politicization of Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-63699095099546112282011-01-28T11:12:41.666-05:002011-01-28T11:12:41.666-05:00The link to Kennedy's words, "art is not ...The link to Kennedy's words, "art is not a weapon and it does not belong to the spheres of polemic and ideology," to the Huffington Post article is ironic. While Kennedy advocated for taking the arts out of ideology, you have linked to a political site engaged in politicizing an issue. The politicizing isn't even subtle: the title of the article engages in grand political Kansan Artistnoreply@blogger.com