Comments by "Meh Pluribus Unum" (@pluribus_unum) on "Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana U. for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza" video.

  1. It's disgusting how the very same people who argue we be capable of separating the actions of the artist from the art for the likes of Woody Allen or Werner Herzog won't see their hypocrisy in refusing to do so for a Palestinian artist and scion.
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  2.  @stanr8946 - I spoke plainly. You aren't here for debate or conversation, you are here to carry water for the IDF. You conflate 2.4 million Palestinians [(in Israeli occupied Palestine, Israel proper, as well as the West Bank)] with the terrorist wing of Hamas (15,000-20,000 fighters).
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  3.  @stanr8946  - Keep showing that hind-quarter. 🍑
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  4.  @humanbean5547  - Nope. Thanks for the Polanski add, though. While Herzog’s films have attracted great admiration they have also provoked a lot of criticism and the show boldly addresses this in a strand called ‘Controversies’. This consists of smaller screens showing either talking heads or relevant sections of the films under scrutiny accompanied by short wall texts discussing the problem at hand. The five charges against Herzog can be summed up as follows: exploiting people with disabilities, manipulating  material for dramatic effect, beautifying horrific acts or events, looking at the world through a colonial gaze and, finally, the collaboration with Kinski; a mentally disturbed man who, some would say, should never have been put in front of a camera in the first place. The show presents and illustrates all these arguments as well as their counter-arguments, but leaves us to reach our own verdicts. - The case for and against Werner Herzog by Emilie Bickerton 18 in Apollo Magazine, August 18th, 2023
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  5.  @lonelycubicle  - That's definitely part of it.
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