girldetective

I agree Roachboy, and that holds true for all groups because every group is made up of individuals. Remember though that by subscribing to a group one puts oneself within that framework and those ideals, and I cannot disagree with Ustwo about that. Like you, I may not have thought of artists as a social category except that often I hear various artists put themselves into the category on their own. One thing I appreciate about artists in general besides their art is their capacity for social change and their empathy of life in general (look at Abdellatif Laabi or some of the Brazilian musicians). At the same time, I often find that this group will not hesitate to ridicule bad art as an offense, and this makes sense to me too. Making fun of a piece of art is one thing, but I often see that ridicule extend to the person, which I find sickening. I am willing and able to overlook Tpop's bad art and see him more fully and I believe that I will be seen as less than because of this by some of the people I know. In other words I predict they will wonder what has caused Namako to lower her standards. But you know what? In this instance and right now, I don't think I care. (Of course, when Tpop and I are over (which is bound to happen) I wonder what I will think then.)

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