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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Elitism is not bad, especially in the modern sense of setting yourself outside of the mass/homogenized experience.
"My kid could do that" is to art what "it's just a bunch of noise" is to "out" music. The rubes can have their experience, and they can look at me with the same disdain I have for them.
Being secure in your tastes and being careful who your friends are is not bad. Dumbing down your life in an effort to be part of an increasingly idiotic and anti-intellectual culture is far worse than behaving in a way that some slack-jawed moron would call "elitist."
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But why the FUCK must I be deemed elitist by the masses just because I love Merzbow, Godard and Dada?
As I said, in this age of mass marketting, Art is more important than ever.