What is art, and what is it allowed to do? - Your opinion

There has been a huge debate about Jan Böhmermann and the turkish president Erdogan in Germany aswell as in other countries. The reason for this debate was a poem Böhmermann performed on his show „Neo-Magazin-Royale“.

Here is a english translation of the Poem:

Dumb as a bag, cowardly and uptight
that’s what Erdoğan the President is.
His privates reek awfully of döner kebab,
even a pig fart smells nicer.
He’s the man who beats up girls
while he’s wearing rubber masks.
Most of all he likes fucking goats
and oppressing minorities,
kicking Kurds, whacking Christians
while watching child porn.
And even in the evenings, instead of sleep,
it’s all about fellatio with a hundred sheep.
Yes, Erdoğan is totally
a President with a small cock.
Every Turk is heard to warble,
that stupid twat has got wrinkled balls.
From Ankara to Istanbul
everyone knows, that man is gay,
perverted, lice-ridden and zoophile,
Recep Fritzl Přiklopil.
His head as empty as his balls,
the star at every gangbang party
until his cock burns while peeing.
That’s Recep Erdoğan, the Turkish President.

It’s a matter of fact that this is an insulting text. The interesting part is that Böhmermann disclaimed himself from any kind of criminal offense by telling that what he was about to do is art, which is called abusive poem.

The turkish president Erdogan suet Böhmermann for this.

Is this poem art? - Or a simple insulting? Well at some point it is really entertaining and humor isn’t always peace, joy and pancakes.

I think that one of the goals of art is to lead the focus of people onto a topic, which worked really well with this poem. Erdogan, his politics and his reaction were a highly discussed topic in the german media for a long time.

Since this is a very interesting community with a lot of intelligent people I’d like to ask you this simple question:

What is art, and what is it allowed to do? (regarding any kind of art)

Let’s discuss in the comments! Your opinion is wanted: I’ll try to respond as fast as I can.

Check out my other Blog-Posts about music and art.

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https://steemit.com/music/@sidibeat/a-music-story-ep01

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Malick Sidibe :)
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