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==Liberalism and art==
==Liberalism and art==
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[[Liberals]] use art to express their [[political]] views, hoping to gain extra protection for their political speech by claiming that it is not really political but merely "artistic expression". This has been used to defend [[hate speech]] in the case of an art exhibit in the 1980s which invited museum goers to step on an American Flag and then record their opinions in a journal.{{fact}}
[[Liberals]] use art to express their [[political]] views, hoping to gain extra protection for their political speech by claiming that it is not really political but merely "artistic expression". This has been used to defend [[hate speech]] in the case of an art exhibit in the 1980s which invited museum goers to step on an American Flag and then record their opinions in a journal.{{fact}}
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