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His photography was the first thing that got him in trouble, too, as his wildly angled close-ups of the faces of the Young Pioneers were denounced as "grotesque" by members of conservative art factions.
But the right to choose such a thing, even if that choice will make you miserable for the rest of your life, is so fundamental to our culture's and constitution's definition of the pursuit of happiness that to deny it to anyone, for something they cannot change, is a grotesque and deep injustice.
These used to look fine with fur-trimmed jackets, but they look quite different with mini-ball-dresses or virtual underwear, and they looked grotesque on tiny Oksana Baiul in her pink swan-queen outfit at Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994--the too-direct reference to traditional ballet suddenly made her skates look ungainly.
Basic premises: Clinton's reckless, repeated adultery weakens essential moral codes; his betrayal of vows and his lies undermine public trust; his use of legal chicanery to duck ethical responsibility is cowardly and grotesque; the public's silence in the face of this is a capitulation, "moral disarmament"; and America, which has always believed that politicians' moral behavior matters, must start judging Clinton's character.
And he has an eye for grotesque detail: In January of 1995, swarms of writhing snakes washed up on beaches from Tijuana to Santa Barbara.