http://www.conartists.org
organization of politically conservative artists
ConArtists.org
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Are you an artist/poet/musician/sculptor/songwriter/actor or otherwise creative
individual who identifies yourself as politically conservative? Then this place was created just for
you! ConArtists.org is a site dedicated to helping conservative artists locate and network with one
another in order to help recognize and promote conservatism in the art world.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN! All applications are
reviewed and must be approved by me prior to acceptance, though approval is granted rather
liberally(small L).
Also, this is not some mean spirited coulteresque anti-liberal blog
or any real type of pontificatory site. I "have a lot of liberal friends" so you can't go saying
we're racist against liberals. In fact, excluding family members I don't even think I know any
conservatives in real life. Are they just imaginary creatures? Or does the left now have a virtual
monopoly on imagination outside the business world? To any liberal who stumbles onto this page let
me just say that it's cool, we like you and everything, but we're just trying to find some of our
own like minded people. It's a lonely place out there for a conservative face in the indie crowd.
Just think how it would be for a liberal monster truck racer or even just some left of center
college fraternity member always surrounded by meatheads and jocks driving their stupid "brodozers".
You get the idea. Most conservative artists have developed a sort of bunker mentality, and this is
just our little fort made out of couch cushions. sincerely,
b.a.
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:: organization of politically conservative
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Hi, welcome to conartists.org, an organization of politically
conservative artists founded and maintained by Brandon
Adamson.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Well, the election is just around the corner. McCain's barely conservative, but he's our guy!
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by brandon
adamson
9:33 PM
Saturday, May 03, 2008
redesigned the site...was long overdue.
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by brandon
adamson
10:58 PM
Monday, February 18, 2008
Who what when where why...
In 2006 I founded the Organization for Politically Conservative Artists(www.con-artist.org), mainly because I had been looking for such a support group to join for quite some time,(which is how I assume you stumbled onto this site) only to discover that in fact no such entity existed. So I started one up. Since then I have received countless emails from disaffected conservative artists throughout the country, relaying their stories of frustration and isolation.
Rather than being a typical pontificatory type blog,
this place mainly exists to help promote conservatism in the arts wherever we can manage to find any.
posted
by brandon
adamson
8:26 PM
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
As a longtime fanatic of obscure, under-appreciated, or otherwise forgotten films, a couple of years ago I was introduced to Something Weird Video,(probably not a work safe link) which re-releases and distributes bizarre movies from the 1940's to the 1970's. I've since have not been able to get enough of these dvds and have seen about 40 or 50 of them so far. They come loaded with special features, presumably to compensate for the mediocrity of the feature film(s)they are packaged with. Personally I'm rather fond of mediocrity, but I'll save that for another post.
Anyhow, getting to the point, what's interesting is in one of the director commentaries of his film Kiss Me Quick(1964), producer Harry Novak out of nowhere launches into a comical tirade against Al Gore for being a liar and claiming to have "invented the internet" and so forth.
I just found it odd and somewhat reassuring(?) that this hollywood producer of 60's and 70's softcore would turn out to be a right wing conservative. Something Weird indeed! Well, not really if you think about the rise of radical feminism, political correctness, and the deterioration of the once great Los Angeles into a third world scumtown. All of those things coupled with his being a self made entrepreneur would contribute to his coming to identify with aspects of conservatism.
Harry Novak, one of us. Something not so weird at all.
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by brandon
adamson
3:25 PM
Sunday, January 06, 2008
I got an email from a young actress asking me to post this for her.
hey,
could you possibly post a request for me? i need an artist who can do comic book-ish artwork. i have an idea for a poster for the republican candidates, but i am shit at drawing. the email address for people to reply to is conservative.artist@gmail.com
thanks!
keli
She sent it a while ago, but I just discovered it buried amidst the usual barrage of "erectile dysfunction" and penile enlargement spam emails which now seem to be an ordinary part of life in the 21st century.
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by brandon
adamson
9:28 PM
Every time I'm in Urban Outfitters I can't help but be mildly annoyed at the abundance of lame global warming t shirts, liberal books, and other left wing paraphernalia in the store. I can't say
I really blame them though. They associate their demographic with that of young, hip, cutting edge, femme fatales and metrosexuals...none of which are conventionally thought of as being remotely in the realm of conservatism. We need to make them aware of the "silent conservatives" who shop there, as I'm certain I can't be the only one. It would just be nice if they carried at least some token conservative items if only to make those us feel more comfortable about buying stuff and less like we just slept with the enemy.
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by brandon
adamson
8:21 PM
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Well after careful considerations, I've come to endorse Ron Paul for president. He, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson are the only candidates offering anything that I recognize as conservatism.
Romney would have to be the next choice, only I think many conservatives underestimate how much his being a mormon would hurt him in the general election. It's not the same thing as when people said Kennedy couldn't win because he was Catholic. Catholicism is one of the largest religions in the world, while many people equate mormonism with being not much more than a bizarre cult, something more along the lines of scientology. People looking at a 2008 Romney/Hillary matchup should take a look at what happened in the 2002 Arizona governor's race between Matt Salmon and Janet Napolitano before discounting Romney's religion as a factor.
That being said, I think that in terms of viability the ideal nominee would be Romney with Ron Paul as vice president. If Ron Paul is not somehow on the ticket, the libertarians will tip the election to the democrats in the general election. If the republicans nominate another big government tough talking foreign interventionist, or bible thumping belligerent, conservatives will lose(even if they win).
The damage Bush has done to the image of conservatism among young people will take decades
to repair. In fact, even the small level of people he may have inspired is still a loss because they will be attempting to emulate his gross miscaricature of it. For every politically confused young adult who is put off by the image of a conservative as a bumbling, warmongering christian hick, there will be some young people who will think conservatism is such and will actually find it appealing and aspire to be bumbling, warmongering christian hicks, thus slowly creating that as reality from what were once (somewhat)illusory misconceptions.
I'm not saying religion isn't good for the party. What I am saying is that most people who are voting for a president don't give a crap about gay marriage or partial birth abortion, the two issues republicans obsessed over the last two years they were in control of congress.
And they don't care about tax cuts UNTIL SPENDING IS CUT OR AT LEAST STOPS INCREASING AND ALL DEBTS ARE PAID. What they care about is controlling the border before the demographics of the country change to where it will be too late and the majority will be the border crossers(California gave it a failed last shot in the early nineties and is now well beyond redemption).
Ron Paul for president if we can, Thompson(if he even wants to be president) Hunter(if only we could have him...maybe VP?) or Romney(only if we must).
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by brandon
adamson
5:44 PM
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Well, given that it turns out Newt Gingrich isn't running, I should probably update this to endorse someone else.
The problem is that none of the republicans running are all that appealing.
Ron Paul is easily the best of the bunch(in my opinion) but has almost no chance.
Giuliani would probably be another Bush, belligerent and arrogant, void of intellectual curiosity and utterly useless in promoting actual conservatism. He is "conservative" only on the matters least important to conservatives(foreign wars, etc). Yet he is to the left on the most vital issues of our time(immigration, national sovereignty, isolationism)
Romney is impressive in that he was able to get himself elected governor in one of the most liberal places in the world, but he is mormon and unlikely to survive the demonization and fear tactics the media and the left will use against him if he is the nominee. He's also a real "businessy" kind of guy, which means he doesn't care much about ambiance or anything. He will think in terms of money rather than imagination. In other words he would want to put up more
crappy walmarts and such, and do things which benefit mega corporations.
Huckabee is mostly a huckster, and his main appeal is to be able to have the campaign slogan "I heart huckabee."
Mccain would have been good if he would have won in 2000. He would have crushed Gore.
The problem with Mccain is that much like Giuliani, he is conservative on issues that conservatives aren't concerned with and to the left on the ones that matter most. Back when many conservatives were not paying attention to immigration or the problems with the U.N.(they should have been) McCain seemed like a fine choice for a non-religious, fiscally conservative republican. He doesn't now.
Fred Thompson is reliable in every way, but it just doesn't seem like he could win in the general election. He would make a great president, but I don't see it.
I'm still undecided.
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by brandon
adamson
3:13 PM
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