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April 02, 2023
One Possible Medieval Palm Sunday…
Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1320) by Pietro Lorenzetti.
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What's "offensive" changes--and quickly: Frank Zappa on CNN's Crossfire 1986.
Obscenity. Offensiveness. What words are bad? What ideas or standards are bad? Consider a 21-minute discussion 38 years ago about "filthy rock lyrics" with (truth be told) right-leaning Zappa, "conservative" Novak, "liberal" Braden and a respected if tad-demented Washington Times reporter on CNN's Crossfire. Also featuring the U.S. Const. amend. I, the function of government and, well, Real Life. What's offensive? It of course changes with shifting perceptions in the kaleidoscopes and gyres of time. And quickly. Now forget about “obscenity” for a moment. Switch to “bigotry” and “racism.” Do remind yourselves that in, say, 1900 an Oberlin or Harvard prof with the most liberal possible views on race would be viewed as a “racist” pariah on April 13, 2018. Expand your minds today a bit, and get off your knees, Campers. Thank you the late Duke history prof and changing South expert Lawrence Goodwyn.
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