Painting of Cops as Pigs Hung Proudly in US Capitol

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  1. notme

    notme Well-Known Member

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    It matters that it's just to the opinion of 1 whiner that it's violating the rules.
    The painting won the freaking contest after hanging there for 6 months.
    Hence obviously,.. its not breaching any rules.
     
  2. Bluesguy

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    No it is the opinion of the guy in charge and anyone who reads the rules.
     
  3. notme

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    Oh get real. The entire thing why Charlie Hebdo got attacked was because they published anti-muslim art.
    And the US government was there to commemorate that, and support Charlie Hebdo.
    Anti-muslim art played a HUGE roll in it. Everybody knows it. End the troll whining already.
     
  4. notme

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    The painting... WON... the contest! lol
    How on earth can it suddenly be breaching rules? It just is not.
    Some whiners complain it does. I still hear them sniffing and sulking.
     
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    I'll enjoy seeing it taken down for good. Want to hang that in your home, no problem. Want to hang that in a government building, not so much.
     
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    I know believe the nonsense the racist DOJ disseminated - if people didn't buy into the scam of crying racist at everything that moves Democrats wouldn't have even been in office during those years.

    Reality is the actual data showed nothing out of the usual for a town with a high Black population.

    But all of that is irrelevant to the matter at hand which is a racist painting being endorsed by the government.

    In fact your statements on the matter perplex me.

    Why are you so adamant about being against fictitious racism in one instance, Ferguson, but then also supportive of actual racism in the case of this painting?

    Is it because the fictitious one is against Blacks the the actual one is against Whites?
     
  7. notme

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    Ahhh... silly conspiracy theories not based on a thing.
     
  8. Bluesguy

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    It didn't WIN the contest it was selected by this one Representative as HIS selection to be displayed. It violate the rules for the art to be selected and displayed and unfair to those who entered with art that did fall within the rules beyond that it violates the rules of the building so should be immediately taken down.

    I don't know what's so hard to understand.
     
  9. notme

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    All the people who were arrested for resisted arrest were black,... for 2 years straight!
    All the people who got bit by the k9 unit... were black
    95% of the "manner of walking along roadway" were done against the black population.

    That all adds up to conclude the entire police force of Ferguson was or maybe still is fanatically racist.

    It showed all kinds of things were unusual. lol
    Them white pigs got busted with their apartheid rule.
    Seems a lot of people got upset their thugs with badges had to end their white privilege.

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    No?

    The OP says:
    His winning work is an acrylic painting featuring a downtown street scene with the Gateway Arch displayed in the background and three police officers with animal heads
     
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    Yes because the last eight years . . . never . . . happened.
     
  11. zbr6

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    And we now see what your position is really based on: racism.

    We're done here.
     
  12. notme

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    Meh.... it proven to be true.
    You're just attacking the messenger.


    Weakest argument ever.

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    I only notice your claim is still not backed up by some credible source.
     
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    That is not disputing the DOJ conclusion of how racist the entire police force of Ferguson is.
     
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    The DOJ is corrupt. As for Chicago. Blacks are shooting each other, over 700 killed last year, not by cops.
     
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    No I don't think your speculation is realistic. Regardless of what the painting portrays, it is protected by the first amendment.
     
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    Do you really believe a painting of President Obama getting his head sawed off by a muslim Jihadist would be allowed on a wall in the Capitol?
     
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    Given the makeup of both houses of congress, yes i believe it would allowed.
     
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    Obama's silence speaks volumes. The police were represented an non-humans which is sufficient. The inference is there, for those who choose to a knowledge it.
     
  20. The Wyrd of Gawd

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    That seems to be the best solution. Replicate the painting about 5,000 times with every imaginable group being represented as pigs. The Congress Critters are certainly greedy pigs. That would be in the spirit of the 14th Amendment of equality and equal justice.
     
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    I don't and the fact republicans are in control means nothing.
     
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    I believe you are wrong; as such both you and I will have to agree to disagree on this thread.
     
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    And that is your 'interpretation' and you are welcome to it. I suggest you take up painting and find a way to express your vision of these events.
     
  24. BroncoBilly

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    No one denies that, but not on the people's walls, just like the confederate flag, both promote hate. The painting will come down on Tuesday the 17th.
     
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    You're kidding, right? No, unfortunately, you probably aren't. There are no "facts" that rationalize what this officer did. The thing is, if a bystander hadn't happen to film it, he'd have probably gotten away with it.
     

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