{"id":4901,"date":"2024-10-17T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2024-10-17T12:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:31:49","slug":"in-search-of-the-problematic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4901","title":{"rendered":"In search of the &#8220;problematic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2024\/10\/16\/culture-of-complaint-and-the-new-deal-murals\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-QjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcy5pOOpqU3Yzar1pHrRp26Njew1_KGEMmpoOLSE5YOgLehqGT0kyDD97w_aem_3LH_--0TF2AxlcQYicI-GA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-17-at-12.30.30-PM-400x388.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-17-at-12.30.30-PM-400x388.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-17-at-12.30.30-PM-768x746.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-17-at-12.30.30-PM.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2024\/10\/16\/culture-of-complaint-and-the-new-deal-murals\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-QjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcy5pOOpqU3Yzar1pHrRp26Njew1_KGEMmpoOLSE5YOgLehqGT0kyDD97w_aem_3LH_--0TF2AxlcQYicI-GA\">latest article<\/a> for <em>Quillette<\/em> is an update of sorts on Robert Hughes\u2019 writings from three decades ago about the \u201ctherapeutic fallacy\u201d and the \u201ccensorious right.\u201d Now it is the censorious left that is swinging the bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest article for Quillette is an update of sorts on Robert Hughes\u2019 writings from three decades ago about the \u201ctherapeutic fallacy\u201d and the \u201ccensorious right.\u201d Now it is the censorious left that is swinging the bat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[945],"tags":[838,1209,1207,1206,793,1208,919,1205],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-history","tag-censorship","tag-douglas-murray","tag-edward-biberman","tag-new-deal-murals","tag-public-art","tag-rex-whistler","tag-robert-hughes","tag-wpa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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