The GEnie Files 1992 - PART 4
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CENSORSHIP
May 30 1992
F.MOORE7[shaman&bobby]
HI! I’M FRANK MOORE. I’M A PERFORMANCE ARTIST. I WAS ONE OF FIVE ARTISTS THAT SEN. JESSE HELMS HAD INVESTIGATED TWICE BY THE G.A.O. LAST YEAR.
ANYHOW…AN ARTIST RECENTLY SAID TO ME:
“WHY DO YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT ARTISTS AND GALLERIES CENSORING OTHER ARTISTS…WHY DO YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT CENSORSHIP AS A PLOY TO TAKE POLITICAL FREEDOM AND CULTURAL CHOICE AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE? AFTER ALL, IT IS JUST ABOUT THE N.E.A., MONEY, SEX, AND HELMS. ARTISTS SHOULD STICK TOGETHER…EVEN WHEN THE ARTISTS CENSOR. WHY CAN’T WE ALL BE NICE?”
THIS ARTIST HAS BEEN TARGETED FOR THE BLACKLISTS OF THE HELMS MORAL POLICE AND OF THE ART COMMUNITY. THIS REACTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BATTERED WIFE WHO KNOWS HER HUSBAND IS DOING THE SAME THINGS TO THE KIDS, BUT WHO THINKS BY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ABUSE, THE ABUSE WILL MAGICALLY GO AWAY. THIS STATE OF DENIAL IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
I THINK THE ART COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE IN A STATE OF DENIAL ABOUT THE TREND TOWARDS POLITICAL/CULTURAL/PERSONAL REPRESSION.
WE HAVE ACCEPTED THAT THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY OVER ART, N.E.A., AND PORNOGRAPHY IS JUST ABOUT SEX, MONEY, MORALS. IN REALITY, THESE ARE MERE WINDOW DRESSING TO COVER THE REAL OBJECTIVE WHICH IS TO PLACE OUR SOCIETY UNDER STRICT CONTROL BY LIMITING THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THE OBJECTIVE BEHIND THE N.E.A. FLAP WAS NEVER TO DEFUND THE N.E.A. NOR TO PROTECT OUR MORALS, BUT TO GAIN POLITICAL CONTROL OVER AMERICA’S ART…AND TO SET A PRECEDENT TO THEN BE USED IN OTHER SITUATIONS SUCH AS THE GAG RULE FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED FAMILY PLANNING CENTERS. WHILE ARTISTS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO KEEP FUNDING, THIS REAL OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, MAKING THE N.E.A. FUNDING AN INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL CONTROL.
THIS POLITICAL CONTROL IS THE HIDDEN OBJECTIVE BEHIND S-1521 (THE SO-CALLED “VICTIMS OF PORNOGRAPHY BILL”). IT WOULD CREATE A NEW POWERFUL WEAPON TO KEEP PEOPLE IN LINE. THIS IS WHY FEMINISTS HAVE RECENTLY REJOINED THE FIGHT AGAINST CENSORSHIP. HELMS AND DONALD WILDMON OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN PROJECTED AS FIGUREHEADS EMBODYING CENSORSHIP. AND THEY FIT THE MOLD CREATED BY THE LIKES OF SEN. JOE McCARTHY AND ANTHONY COMSTOCK…GROSS, BIGGER THAN LIFE, AND WITH MORE THAN A HINT OF SEXUAL STRANGENESS. THIS TYPE IS A CONVENIENT EVIL CLOWN.