People shouldn't dismiss whatever they don't find pleasing. Whether or not you like something is a separate question from whether it's actually good. I mean, I

People shouldn't dismiss whatever they don't find pleasing. Whether or not you like something is a separate question from whether it's actually good. I mean, I hate eggs, I think they're disgusting. But I don't think they're bad. I don't think people who claim to like them are lying in order to look cool, or that people who offer me eggs are scamming me. In the case of art, I think art has value that is at least somewhat objective. Liking art, on the other hand, is almost purely subjective. But since recognizing the objective value of art requires some study and effort, people generally aren't in a position to judge. So instead, we get this weird leap where "Pollock paintings are simple and stupid"... but that collides with virtually everyone with some education in art saying "No, he was a genius". So do people think "Huh, maybe there's something here I don't understand"? No. Instead, we get "Pollock is bad art, and anyone who thinks it's good is either pretending to be cool or trying to scam us". This is why "dismiss whatever they don't find pleasing" is a bad policy.