. . . The artist whose agenda is merely to produce beautiful art is looked upon as a reactionary buffoon, and is not likely to be taken seriously -- no matter how talented --

Even the natural sciences are increasingly subject to being rendered a means to a “progressive” end. There was the pseudo-threat of heterosexual AIDS in America -- science manipulated in order to de-stigmatize AIDS as primarily a gay man’s disease and to increase funding for AIDS research. There are the exaggerated secondhand smoke data popularized so as to decrease smoking and fight “Big Tobacco.” And now we have the scientifically questionable belief in man-made carbon emissions causing global warming leading to natu...

. . . The artist whose agenda is merely to produce beautiful art is looked upon as a reactionary buffoon, and is not likely to be taken seriously -- no matter how talented --

Even the natural sciences are increasingly subject to being rendered a means to a “progressive” end. There was the pseudo-threat of heterosexual AIDS in America -- science manipulated in order to de-stigmatize AIDS as primarily a gay man’s disease and to increase funding for AIDS research. There are the exaggerated secondhand smoke data popularized so as to decrease smoking and fight “Big Tobacco.” And now we have the scientifically questionable belief in man-made carbon emissions causing global warming leading to natural catastrophe – and recommended “solutions” many of which, if adopted, will serve the goal of undermining corporate capitalism.

The best analogy of the directing of all human endeavors toward a left-wing purpose would be those early medieval centuries of European life when just about everything man made was supposed to reflect a religious consciousness. Virtually nothing stood apart from the Church. The arts were religious, the sciences were handmaidens of theology, and schools were religious in nature.

Most moderns look upon that period as a dark age -- perhaps a bit unfairly at times. But the people who most scorn what they deem the religious “Dark Ages” are trying to building a secular-left dark age in our time. Because the left is a religion, a substitute for the Christianity it seeks to displace.

i can't decide if you guys are more paranoid, or just whiny because the
majority of people don't seem to be lining up behind you.

Actually, that smacks more the adolescent call-out. To my mind, sillysam's term "the rest of us" no less includes YOU. That the populace is divided behind our respective leaders is due to the submission to an illusion that suits the powers that be.
No matter how pledged you are to whatever the image of Obama having been formed in your mind, he IS part of the ruling elite. You are part of "the rest of us." You are treated as chattel no less than anyone else. Whether the figurehead is R or D, or we are R or D, our existence is the source of the pr...

i can't decide if you guys are more paranoid, or just whiny because the
majority of people don't seem to be lining up behind you.

Actually, that smacks more the adolescent call-out. To my mind, sillysam's term "the rest of us" no less includes YOU. That the populace is divided behind our respective leaders is due to the submission to an illusion that suits the powers that be.
No matter how pledged you are to whatever the image of Obama having been formed in your mind, he IS part of the ruling elite. You are part of "the rest of us." You are treated as chattel no less than anyone else. Whether the figurehead is R or D, or we are R or D, our existence is the source of the product in which they deal.
Now, I guess, on a higher level, it is a matter of perception, ie. it is up to us - if we allow ourselves to FEEL that we are just their chattel. How to "rise above it" is an individual approach.
But I'll swear to ONE thing, it is not whether or not we are lining up behind Obama or not ~ or anyone else for that matter.