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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8114776" data-attributes="member: 59082">Good point that this has always been a problem, and will likely continue to be an issue going forward. The thing is, the &quot;masses&quot; are diverse, with a wide moral spectrum. It seems to shift around as to who is exhibiting outrage, and about what. My hope is that, over time, we will learn to truly embrace artists as visionaries and allow--and encourage--them to produce a diverse range of visions, not just what is palatable to a specific group of people, or sanitized to the point of soul-lessness.I'm all for representation and diversity, but think there are different ways towards accomplishing that goal, and that curtailing artistic freedom or speech causes more harm than good. But I'm also for freedom of artistic vision and expression. We need our artists, both to inspire, but also to provoke and provide us with visions of possibilities, good and bad. I am also advocating for a form of diversity that many of those advocating for diversity either don't care or forget about: that of worldviews, perspectives, ideologies, and outlooks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8114776, member: 59082"] Good point that this has always been a problem, and will likely continue to be an issue going forward. The thing is, the "masses" are diverse, with a wide moral spectrum. It seems to shift around as to who is exhibiting outrage, and about what. My hope is that, over time, we will learn to truly embrace artists as visionaries and allow--and encourage--them to produce a diverse range of visions, not just what is palatable to a specific group of people, or sanitized to the point of soul-lessness. I'm all for representation and diversity, but think there are different ways towards accomplishing that goal, and that curtailing artistic freedom or speech causes more harm than good. But I'm also for freedom of artistic vision and expression. We need our artists, both to inspire, but also to provoke and provide us with visions of possibilities, good and bad. I am also advocating for a form of diversity that many of those advocating for diversity either don't care or forget about: that of worldviews, perspectives, ideologies, and outlooks. [/QUOTE]

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