Sujet Facho, anti-système, autre, avez-vous un avis dieudonné?

I understand your anger but I feel it is misplaced.

As a huge Muslimgauze fan, and, as a Jewish person, I must say that, in a free society, an artist must reserve the right to say one thing and mean another when it relates to, is a integral part of, and communicates his art.

Just because Bryn Jones said he believed, for example, in the destruction of the state of Israel, doesn’t necessarily mean he actually believed this sentiment.

It is quite possible that Bryn Jones made extreme statements to bring attention to the post-1947 conflict in the Middle East, and to the greater question of violence and conflict in the world and society in general.

The art of Bryn Jones does not frighten me. Not in the same way that, for example, Benjamin Netanyahu does when he calls for peace in the region, but then simultaneously says that the lives of Palestinian children are not worth as much as the lives of Israeli children. Not in the same way that the Iranian leadership frightens me when they call for the violent destruction of Israel.

I don’t think anyone can afford to question the sentiments of political leaders.

But when it comes to the sentiments of an artist, I don’t think an artist’s words, be they musical or verbal or written, should necessarily be taken at face value. If they did, there would be no such thing as art.

I don’t think anyone can afford to question the sentiments of political leaders.

But when it comes to the sentiments of an artist, I don’t think an artist’s words, be they musical or verbal or written, should necessarily be taken at face value.