What I meant was that artists frequently are not dealing with surface meaning, but playing games with language and intention and the nature of truth.
You don’t think Jonathon Swift really wanted to cook up Irish children, do you?
I am also aware that artists tend to be lead by the crowd, like anyone. They may have indeed been fascists. I have always wondered about this and do not trust the texts to reveal truth here. Sarcasm and satire often get lost in translation and by unsophisticated readings. I am saying it is difficult to convict someone based on here-say and the tilted opinions of critics or historians. I am certainly not apologizing for them. The creative people I know love ambiguity and confusion (well, not all of them.)
No, I am not trolling you with a few sentences in opposition to your opinion.
