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In reply to the discussion: Things NOT to say when seeing "American Sniper" [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)I'd say one day you may figure out that art working to justify wars of aggression and genocide can also be great art (highly unlikely in this case, based on the maudlin shite displayed in the commercials), but it's still working to justify wars of aggression and genocide. The Nazi propaganda ministry made some great movies too, you know? What if Hitler had been a great artist, wouldn't it have been unfair to judge him based merely on his real-world impact?
I know when someone is not my friend, by the way. That's important. Mass murderers and their apologists are not my friends. Also not are people so far gone they think "art" covers this up. Also not are people so rigid and trapped in faulty dichotomous thinking they think criticism of such art is equivalent to censorship.