{"id":1850793,"date":"2023-02-17T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850793"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:12:03","slug":"douglas-blair-if-you-dont-buy-conservative-art-ruthless-leftists-will-ensure-nobody-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/douglas-blair-if-you-dont-buy-conservative-art-ruthless-leftists-will-ensure-nobody-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Blair: If You Don\u2019t Buy Conservative Art, Ruthless Leftists Will Ensure Nobody Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdouglas-blair-if-you-dont-buy-conservative-art-ruthless-leftists-will-ensure-nobody-can%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850793&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A world in which the left has almost total control of the cultural landscape, it can feel like trying to find an endangered species by finding an openly conservative artist.\u00a0The left, unfortunately, is always on the hunt, just like poachers in a jungle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While leftist artists can openly spew their bile for the world to hear, conservatives must be careful not to say anything that might expose them, lest they attract the woke mob\u2019s notice. <\/p>\n<p>When I saw a Kickstarter project for a set of cards for the popular trading game, I was reminded just how quickly a conservative career could end. \u201cMagic: the Gathering.\u201d Nils Hamm, a prolific artist from early in the game\u2019s history, had created a series of cards for the game, two of which were collaborations with Canadian artist Seb McKinnon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>McKinnon was criticized last year during the Canadian \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d Truck drivers protested in Ottawa to demand the end of the Covid-19 tyrannical policies.\u00a0The artist posted the following: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEdofdPNAi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> Support the protesters and said \u201cthe media and politicians are trying to paint this as \u2018anti-vax\u2019 and \u2018white supremacist.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The media reported that protesters blocked traffic and prevented Ottawaans from getting around the city. This was not true. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/02\/16\/what-this-reporter-in-canada-with-truckers-is-seeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debunked<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am compelled to speak out and voice that what is going on in this country is NOT RIGHT,\u201d McKinnon continued. \u201cI choose love over fear. And for the first time in a long time, I feel hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His praise for the truckers prompted calls for his head. Some \u201cMagic: the Gathering\u201d McKinnon was canceled because players were upset that McKinnon would disagree with the despotic Covid mandates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-5-1024x537-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-5-1024x537-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-5-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-5-768x403-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-5.png 1422w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-6-1024x595-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-6-1024x595-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-6-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-6-768x446-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-6.png 1337w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The woke-catchers had every reason for believing they would succeed. They&#8217;d done it before.<\/p>\n<p>Terese Nielson was another artist who enjoyed the game. She was fired because she supported Donald Trump and did not follow the lines on transgenderism. Leftist stalkers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipstersofthecoast.com\/2020\/06\/wizards-ends-their-relationship-with-terese-nielsen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> Nielsen had been following right-wing personalities and outlets such as Jack Posobiec, Infowars and Mike Cernovich and liked and retweeted numerous posts in support of the former President.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Beyer is the principal game designer of the worldbuilding project. \u201cMagic: the Gathering,\u201d admitted, \u201cWe haven\u2019t commissioned new art from Terese Nielsen in quite a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"aLEJ5uTkkGV4Bmo3l7zARBsndjPfI1oEY5mNNDUxeGlbI6rnsyhub8aijM6QxCtq9Fi0hzKZgMPvp2f2wgt0TW\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25Tokens of Spirit has large, archival prints on H20 paper that are available for all of the art. You have the option to choose from one, three or more pledge levels depending on how many prints you would like. After the project has ended, you can make your selections via Backer Survey.  \ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awJKrBlhCI\">https:\/\/t.co\/awJKrBlhCI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vaheZl6XZc\">pic.twitter.com\/vaheZl6XZc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terese Nielsen (@tnielsenart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnielsenart\/status\/1130262542322872321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>And so the cycle goes.\u00a0Leftists become displeased with the publicly stated views of a conservative, pressure their place of employment to fire them, and will harass them until they do so.\u00a0Conservatives in the public square are meticulously hunted down and exterminated.<\/p>\n<p>So what is to be done? Are we to lie down and accept a fate of utter decimation in a world of inane, woke art? Of course not.\u00a0Conservatives are creative and talented, but we are at a disadvantage. We cannot rely on the wider culture to support us and our work. Therefore, we must do it ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/07\/08\/meet-the-conservative-comic-artist-countering-the-left-online\/\">an interview<\/a> with conservative artist George Alexopoulos, he told me artists on the right are \u201cscared of losing [their] careers\u201d and that \u201cthere has to be a sign that it\u2019s OK to be a conservative creator.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s right. There need to be incentives for conservative artists to create art. Otherwise, they\u2019ll continue to be obliterated from the market one by one. Or worse, they\u2019ll hide their views from the world at large, leading people to believe conservatives just can\u2019t create art at all. <\/p>\n<p>Either way, the only strategy to ensure conservative arts and artists survive is to actively and financially support them. It\u2019s not enough to simply tweet support or give positive feedback, though that\u2019s better than nothing.\u00a0Instead, conservatives must put their money where their mouths are and purchase and consume explicitly conservative art. Things like art and culture matter immensely to how people view themselves. It\u2019s essential we hold the line and not lose yet another institution to the radical left.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative artists are already an endangered species. We shouldn\u2019t let them go extinct.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Douglas Blair is a producer and special correspondent with &#8220;O&#8217;Connor Tonight&#8221; on the Salem News Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A world in which the left has almost total control of the cultural landscape, it can feel like trying to find an endangered species by finding an openly conservative artist.\u00a0The left, unfortunately, is always on the hunt, just like poachers in a jungle.\u00a0 While leftist artists can openly spew their bile for the world to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1848934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7331,18922,4914,4894,7093,11134,5965,18792],"class_list":["post-1850793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-art","tag-blair","tag-conservative","tag-dont","tag-douglas","tag-ensure","tag-leftists","tag-ruthless"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1850793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1848934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1850793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1850793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1850793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}