What Penn Wants
Penn from Penn & Teller in Ask.men
...the U.S. was built on the marketplace of ideas. As much as the population of the United States is blind, there is a very strong sense that we like to hear people out. I am an atheist, a very strong atheist, and yet I will go hear Garth Brooks even though he is Christian. I do see art by people with different political beliefs, and I do read books by people with different theological and political beliefs. I don't see hardcore hateful propaganda like The Passion of the Christ, but something that is thought out and not people-hating, I will go check out. I don't think the American ideal is a kind of safe, white bred mediocrity. You are supposed to hear from people you disagree with. That is the way we grow and get better. We often get people who say, "I think you are absolutely wrong about this, but I love the show." I have had that experience many times. I am a big fan of Bob Dylan and he went through a very Christian period, and I still listened to him. I don't have to want to sleep with Diana Krall to sleep with Elvis Costello.
ED: seems like this would make more sense if it ended 'listen to Elvis Costello' but maybe Penn made a freudian slip...
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