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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Kimberly on April 07, 2012, 11:13:55 AM
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Another grave dancing thread (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002528883).
Sat Apr 7, 2012, 07:46 AM
TalkingDog (6,420 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Thomas Kincade Dead (finally)
California artist Thomas Kinkade, the "Painter of Light" whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Friday, a family spokesman said.
Kinkade, 54, died at his home in Los Gatos in the Bay Area of what appeared to be natural causes, David Satterfield said.
Kinkade's sentimental paintings — with their cottages, country gardens and churches in dewy morning light — were beloved by middle-class America but generally dismissed by the art establishment.
The paintings typically depict tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages.
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I generally hold my tongue when people I dislike fall ill or die. But today I will grant myself a one-time pass on decorum to dance on this huckster's hackneyed-ass, tired, trite, simplistic, saccharine grave.
He ran galleries into ruin with the contractual demands for being allowed to sell his work. He was a right wing shill and cared more about money than he ever cared about art.
He was an abusive, alcoholic asshole. And I hope that before the decade is out, everything he has ever touched in this world turns to absolute, irretrievable dust.
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More love and compassion from the self-proclaimed party of love and compassion.
Thanks TalkingDog for once more showing America how nice you guys are.
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Another grave dancing thread (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002528883).
Rich c*** Kathleen Peterson, who fancies herself an art expert because she encourages kids to become artists, says the following:
kpete
3. 2 words
thank you
peace, kpete
So, basically, unless you do art her way and become rich and famous her way, she will celebrate your death despite the protests of MANY DUMMIES.
Wow. Kathleen Peterson of a gated community in wealthy N. Poway, CA, who lives in the type of McMansion that usually displays Kinkade art, sure has her nose in the air. I wonder why she doesn't live where other hipper-than-thou art types live in San Diego: North Park, Talmadge, Hillcrest...hmmmmm.
What a scumbag she is. I wish her ill.
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Yeah...he is just as bad as that Piss Christ guy. :whatever:
You people are jackals.
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It sounds to me like he is upset because kinkade was a right winger. That is reason enough to hate him I guess? What a douchebag.
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<shakes head> beautiful cottages and landscapes are considered junk, a Cross put into urine is considered art, go figure.
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Now I want to watch Bob Ross.
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Let me see, I just read the wiki on Thomas Kinklade (BTW, to the OP at DU, that's the correct spelling, well back to the wiki, what a "horrible person":
Charities and affiliations
Kinkade has supported non-profit organizations focusing on children, humanitarian relief, and the arts, including the Make-a-Wish Foundation, World Vision, Art for Children Charities, and The Salvation Army.[citation needed] He was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.[citation needed]
In 2002, he partnered with The Salvation Army to create two charity prints, The Season of Giving and The Light of Freedom. Proceeds from the sale of the prints were donated to The Salvation Army for their relief efforts at Ground Zero and to aid the victims of the September 11 attacks and their families in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. More than $2 million was donated as a result of this affiliation. In 2003, Kinkade was chosen as a National Spokesman for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and during the 20 Years of Light Tour in 2004, he raised over $750,000 and granted 12 wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions.[25]
In 2005, the Points of Light Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging more people more effectively in volunteer service to help solve serious social problems, named Kinkade as Ambassador of Light. He was the second person in the Foundation's 15-year history to be chosen as Ambassador, the first being the organization's founder, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush.[25] During his Ambassador of Light Tour, Kinkade visited cities nationwide to raise awareness and money for the Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network, which serves more than 360 Points of Light member Volunteer Centers in communities across the country.
Archbishop Mitty High School of San Jose dedicated their theater complex in his name due to various donations.
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That's just sad. RIP to this man. I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions. Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing? Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?
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That's just sad. RIP to this man. I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions. Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing? Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?
Probably both, the DUmmies are as ugly on the inside as they are on the outside.
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Stay classy, DUmmies. :mental:
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Lemme guess, dismissed by the art establishment because you could actually understand what the **** you were looking at?
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This is what apparently did not fit in with the artiste community...
and you can just see the conservatism dripping off the paintings...painting art and making a good living from it is what upsets the DUmmies. Why I'll bet he never even applied for govt grant money...the fiend!
He was a great artist, but somewhere along the line he let slip he voted for Reagan or something, and liberal galleries wouldn't display his paintings.
This is a guy who never made a speech, never embarrassed a liberal, He was just a [painter out to make a living...and DUmmie progressives leap for joy now that he's dead. This reveals a lot about the character of a liberal.
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8812/kinkadealongthelightedp.jpg)
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6610/000065h.jpg)
edit to add, I found these and a LOT more with a search on Bing images, thomas kincade paintings
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That's just sad. RIP to this man. I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions. Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing? Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?
Here's one of my favorites of his. I collect lighthouses, so I have a copy of this on hanging in my living room...
(http://www.karendelac.com/squidoo/lighthouse/light_of_peace.jpg)
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Hi5 to Dixie for good taste.
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What a truly pathetic bunch of assholes. Liberalism, mental disease proven again. The pure hate these people have for such minor items in their lives.
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I've never been a fan of his work, but it's not because I have good taste in art. I just don't like his style of work no matter who it is. Still, why on earth would you celebrate the man's death?
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My wife's no fan of his, either, but she's not celebrating his demise.
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marions ghost
72. Someone who has his "art" in 1 in 20 households in America IS important
-- this is the death of one of the most brilliant socially-approved scam artists of our time.
You're off base here, MineralMan. Kinkade had his finger on the pulse of America. And he lined his pockets on the exploitation of the fact that most Americans will buy anything they think other people are buying, especially if it represents a vague notion of "security."
Kinkade sold" hope and inspiration"--not art. But the poor people who invested (one I read up to $80K) did not know that. They believed they were buying something of value.
This is an important story and it's totally appropriate to bring attention to scoundrels like Kinkade and Bernie Madoff.
Kind of like democrats.
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Response to MineralMan (Reply #84)Sat Apr 7, 2012, 11:43 AM
marions ghost
102. Censorship is not OK either--
I don't celebrate Kinkade's death--you can never kill greed and avarice, so there's no reason to celebrate.
I don't see the negative reactions here as celebration. It's important to get to some truth about who he really was, instead of buying the pap & it's necessary to be negative to do that about Kinkade. It is time to judge him, not to nit pick about semantics.
The bigger picture: Someone who has had an impact on American life and culture in a big way has died. His legacy of unoriginal, falsely-represented paintings live on, to bear witness to the Kinkade phenomenon. A LOT of people don't like what he stood for and HOW he did what he did--the lies, the fraud in the name of "art" (and in the name of "Christianity" I might add--what he did was certainly not what I think of as Christian).
Kinkade's life and work was ugly and shameful.
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Oh the irony. :whatever:
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Response to MineralMan (Reply #84)Sat Apr 7, 2012, 11:43 AM
marions ghost
102. Censorship is not OK either--
I don't celebrate Kinkade's death--you can never kill greed and avarice, so there's no reason to celebrate.
I don't see the negative reactions here as celebration. It's important to get to some truth about who he really was, instead of buying the pap & it's necessary to be negative to do that about Kinkade. It is time to judge him, not to nit pick about semantics.
The bigger picture: Someone who has had an impact on American life and culture in a big way has died. His legacy of unoriginal, falsely-represented paintings live on, to bear witness to the Kinkade phenomenon. A LOT of people don't like what he stood for and HOW he did what he did--the lies, the fraud in the name of "art" (and in the name of "Christianity" I might add--what he did was certainly not what I think of as Christian).
Kinkade's life and work was ugly and shameful.
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An opinion on what is not Christian from the DUmp?
The website who wants to steal money from those of us who earned it and give it to those too lazy to work.
The website who wants to be able to murder unborn babies at will.
The website who worships 0 and the government before God.
The website who has put out more fables (Bouncy Tales) than the brothers Grimm.
The website who covets anything that someone else has of value.
The website who treats any parent who is conservative like crap.
The website who will make a false accusation against a conservative at the drop of a hat.
The website who thinks church's should be silenced.
The website who thinks adultery is fine as long as it is a lib politician doing it.
Yeah, that's the place that should be telling people what is and is not Christian.
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I think his paintings were beautiful, especially the cottages, whenever I see them I think how beautiful it must be to live in 1.
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That's just sad. RIP to this man. I am not familiar with his work, but they sound lovely just from the descriptions. Why exactly are the DUmmies grave dancing? Is it because they can't afford his art or because of the Bible passages?
Its probably the churches - primitives hate anyone who performs or produces some sort of art (music, poetry, stage, screen, etc etc) who isn't firmly planted on the left almost as much as they hate Republican minorities.
RE Affordability: Kincade prints and lithos are a dime a dozen. Even a primitive can scrape together enough Cheeto-stained money to purchase one.
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The paintings typically depict tranquil scenes with lush landscaping and streams running nearby. Many contain images from Bible passages.
I'm guessing this is a big source of irritation with the DUmmies.
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I'm guessing this is a big source of irritation with the DUmmies.
Most definitely.
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It seems to me that Ballygirl has posted one of the main reasons the DUmp hated him...he was a typical right-winger, supporting charities that help people. :rofl: You know the only good way to help someone is by taxing the evil-rich.
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Yeah...he is just as bad as that Piss Christ guy. :whatever:
You people are jackals.
I'll bet she' and TommyTheTib are best friends!
Let me see, I just read the wiki on Thomas Kinklade (BTW, to the OP at DU, that's the correct spelling, well back to the wiki, what a "horrible person":
Charities and affiliations
WOW! The guy was an absolute villain! ****in' pricks!
It seems to me that Ballygirl has posted one of the main reasons the DUmp hated him...he was a typical right-winger, supporting charities that help people. :rofl: You know the only good way to help someone is by taxing the evil-rich.
You got it! If the gubmint don't do it, then it's not supposed to be done!
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I must be an idiot because I can't find the link to the DU thread. Or maybe my clicker is broken.
Cindie
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While I really dont care for the gentlemans art work, I find it typical of the compassionate DUmonkies to be dancing on his grave.
What a bunch of self loathing idiots.
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I like his prints, especially the little cottages...
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My parents have a print or two of his in their home. While his work is not exactly my taste, I had never understood why he got so much flack. I guess, I should have suspected he was a right winger. Creating art that normal people actually like is a bad thing, apparently.
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Liberals hate him because he doesn't live off NEA grants and peddle indecipherable garbage as "art".
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While his paintings arent my taste (my grandma loves his stuff) I can't see how anyone can claim he isn't an "artist". When I went over there and read that thread, kpete was spewing her hate about how is isn't a true artist. I would love to see her try to paint one of his paintings.
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My parents have a print or two of his in their home. While his work is not exactly my taste, I had never understood why he got so much flack. I guess, I should have suspected he was a right winger. Creating art that normal people actually like is a bad thing, apparently.
It's so weird to me that you have living parents. Don't get me wrong, but I used to think you were about 75 years old.
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It's so weird to me that you have living parents. Don't get me wrong, but I used to think you were about 75 years old.
I would slap you silly if you said that to me.
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I would slap you silly if you said that to me.
Never happen. ;-)
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It's so weird to me that you have living parents. Don't get me wrong, but I used to think you were about 75 years old.
I'm 36. Maybe you have me confused with someone else, I don't post much. Being mistaken for a 75 year old isn't such a bad thing online.
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I'm 36. Maybe you have me confused with someone else, I don't post much. Being mistaken for a 75 year old isn't such a bad thing online.
How the hell did that happen. I thought I was responding to FrankSolich.
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How the hell did that happen. I thought I was responding to FrankSolich.
Maybe you are the one who is 75. :p
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Maybe you are the one who is 75. :p
after this weekend, actually Wed-Fri during Masters week, I feel like it.
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
Very proud to supply you with your first BS, liberal. Maybe if Kinkade sank a crucifix in a jar of piss, you'd think more of it. Oh, wait, someone already did that and we paid for it.
If you don't like Kinkade, then spend your money on dope or Rage Against the Machine tickets or on whatever satellite dish one needs to watch Current TV or whatever idiot liberals waste money on.
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
LOL You know, I'll grant you that the "painter of light" thing is over blown, but really. For a first troll post, that was pretty shitty. D-
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
Yes, because real art is pictures of Legos and candy Peeps. :whatever:
$105? Are you high?
http://www.etsy.com/shop/fatcatimages
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You know, there is always a chance of trolls trolling trolls, but I find the concept of proud liberal hilarious. Personal philosophies are a lot of things, but they are not hard to adopt. I'm not a proud conservative, I have as much pride in my philosophy as I do in my shoe size. I don't wear boots that don't fit, and I sure as hell wouldn't be proud of wearing them.
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
So what? like it or hate it, Mr Kincade made a living with his paintings.
Further his reproductions are so cheap that even the poor can afford to frame his work in their home.
He had a talent, marketed it successfully and supported his family. Hooray for him.
What is wrong is the grave dancing at DU. The guy has done nothing wrong.Maybe he wasn't a progressive, but that no reason to besmirch his name or take joy in his death.
DU needs to embrace diversity and allow others to think differently from them. How do you think Kincade's grieving family would feel if they ran across that thread at DU? Their is really no excuse for DU's ghoulish behavior.
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Well the thread is still going strong at DU. 215 replies to a thread sliming an innocent guy.
For DU lurkers: Its threads like this that keep us watching you. You have no idea how dancing on the bones of a dead man make you (and progressives) look bad. When you engage in Christian or Jewish bashing...your bigotry and unreasoning hatred are noted and remembered. When you ignore muslim crimes its noted.
CC and Free Republic are not the only ones watching you. People from around the country look in at you and laugh. Even Rush Limbaugh has laughed at you on his show. Millions know about the brazen hatred and lunacy on display at DU.
Maybe if you showed a little respect towards others...it might just come back to you as well. But then I really doubt you are capable of showing respect anymore. It seems you've lost that ability.
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
...so don't. End of problem. An opinion like this in no way excuses the hate-fest at DU.
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...so don't. End of problem. An opinion like this in no way excuses the hate-fest at DU.
Hi 5 for Mrs Smith.
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
So do you consider pictures of the Virgin Mary splattered with elephant dung or crucifixes immersed in jars of urine, "art" or not?
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
If his name was Abdul Kinkade, a practicing Muzzie, painting Mosques and Minarets the exact same way, and wrote passages from the Qu'ran on them you liberals would be fawning all over them talking about how enlightened Islam is and how beautiful the "artwork" is. This has nothing to do with his paintings. It has EVERYTHING to do with politics and his Christianity.
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It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
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It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
Lemme guess--you work in a small shop in Sonoma, used to work in a little place in Tiburon, are the second-most decorated Navy veteran ever, and hate Jews?
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It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
OK. You're not part of the hate-fest on the DU thread?
I never liked the velvet Elvis paintings either. But a lot of American homes have them. Everyone has different tastes. Kincade made a good living with his art, and now he's dead. As a progressive can you understand the grave dancing at DU?
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
So then WHY are you even on this thread?
This thread is not about Kincade, but the reprehensible grave dancing by liberals.
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Yeah, the statement it makes is that the government has too much of MY money when it gives it away to fund shit (no pun intended) like that.
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And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
can you enlighten us on what you consider to be good art?
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It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
:whatever:
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
I knew it. Some people just want something beautiful to look at, not some piece of "art" that has some hidden meaning, vulgar or not. By the way "Piss Christ" isn't edgy, thought provoking or brave. It's a cowardly way to knock religion. I bet these same "artist" would never do a "Piss Mohamed", because when it comes right down to it, Liberals are pussies.
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I knew it. Some people just want something beautiful to look at, not some piece of "art" that has some hidden meaning, vulgar or not. By the way "Piss Christ" isn't edgy, thought provoking or brave. It's a cowardly way to knock religion. I bet these same "artist" would never do a "Piss Mohamed", because when it comes right down to it, Liberals are pussies.
I wonder if I put a bag of Skittles in a jar of urine and called it, "Trayvon" would a liberal say that makes a statement and put it in a museum?
What statement does a cross in urine make? Liberals are so concerned about not offending anyone, yet they embrace an artist's act of bigotry, calling it art. He says, I don't understand the artists intent. I understand it perfectly. Progressives cannot distinguish between art and a hate crime.
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And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
Don't try to weasel your way out of this, you ***** Prog. It has a LOT more to do with just your distaste for his art. Your distaste for his art wouldn't have had you coming to a conservative site to opine, as if we really gave a **** what you think. A lot of things I dislike. I don't make it a point to go somewhere else for which to express my opinion.
Grow some ****ing balls and admit what your problem is with him. I dare you. It's not just "I just find his work bland".
What a ****ing coward.
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The coward is avoiding direct questions too. seems like a distinguishing mark of all liberal trolls. They come, act like idiots and then refuse to engage in a decent conversation.
Progressive Majority is a coward...we've been friendly to you. this is a Discussion forum. discuss with us.
I'm not free to go to DU, so this is the only forum available. decent questions have been asked, please answer them.
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I knew it. Some people just want something beautiful to look at, not some piece of "art" that has some hidden meaning, vulgar or not. By the way "Piss Christ" isn't edgy, thought provoking or brave. It's a cowardly way to knock religion. I bet these same "artist" would never do a "Piss Mohamed", because when it comes right down to it, Liberals are pussies.
I love it when BEG talks dirty! :rofl:
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
Oh, we do understand the "artist's" expression. And we vehemently disagree with it. We also don't care to remove his free "speech" rights over it, but find it moronic that tax money supports this kind of "expression." At least Kincade's work was decent enough to display in a home, wouldn't smell it up, earned him honest money, and cost those who didn't buy it nothing. That is far more than can be said for things like "Piss Christ." ::)
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When I start seeing these "artistic" liberal painters painting pictures of Mohammed with dog shit as headgear get back with me, Prog. Otherwise, you're all just a bunch of f'n cowards. Funny how you idiots trash Christianity as being oppressive and totalitarian yet you're not afraid to trash it on a daily basis without repercussion. Conversely, you idiots think Islam is "beautiful" and "enlightened" yet won't DARE paint anything depicting their pedophile prophet because you know you'll get you f'n heads cut off. What's more of a shame is you're too damned stupid to understand your own hypocrisy.
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
Even MORE hypocrisy. We know you're from the DUmp. Where are you over there condemning the people dancing all over his grave? As for "compassionate conservative", that's some BS made up by GW Bush. I'm an asshole conservative and proud of it. I'm also consistent, something that seemed to have waved you Progs bye bye long ago.
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
You don't pray for anything, you ****ing worthless piece of shit. If you find meaning in Christian icons covered with human waste, you find no meaning in Christianity. Unless you're praying to whatever bullshit "gods" you asshole liberals worship, you're wasting your time. Kinkade's family needs your "prayers" and "healing white light" a lot less than your kind needs the tax dollars that will come from his estate, so instead of "praying," why don't you shut the ****ing **** up and go clean the toilets at your museum.
Asshole.
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
It didn't get nasty until you endorsed covering Christian icons in human waste. Asshole. Grow some balls and try that with Mohammad, since you're on the artistic vanguard.
Oh but wait - you can't sip latte and stroke your soul patch if millions of Muslims are screaming for your head on a platter.
Eat shit and die, liberal asshole.
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For the record, I don't have any of his work. All the artwork I have, put up, are from obscure artists that I buy at Spoleto and hopefully, one day, will be worth more than I paid for them. "Piss Christ" isn't art. It's a mental illness displayed on canvas.
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
That's because we don't like you, or your "type".
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I've seen an image of "Piss Christ" posted at the DUmp. It stayed. Do yourself a little experience. Go back to the DUmp and post this:
(http://www.anniemayhem.com/blog%20pics/mocartoon1.jpg)
No? How about this:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4YFhK87NXPE/S9EllH9JrJI/AAAAAAAADng/VCSEOmBziTQ/s1600/Cartmuhammad.png)
Ok, I got it, how about this:
(http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Draw-Mohammed-day-color.jpg)
I'll be waiting.
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
We yell at dogs that crap on the carpet, too. Wahhhhhh :bawl: :bawl: I doubt I could show up at your board and just be called names. Your mods would ban me instantly.
Oh, and the compassionate conservative is alive and well. Good thing, since conservatives are the mainstay of all charities, even the secular ones. Libs talk big, but they only donate other people's money.
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too.
First off, it's not art. It's a mental illness on canvas and no one is telling you idiots what you can and cannot paint. We'd just like to see you pussies show a little consistency. Paint Mohammed covered in shit. I dare you. As for Kinkade, it's OBVIOUS that your problem with him isn't his paintings, but his politics and inclusions of biblical sayings.
But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
You're still here, aren't you douchebag? Would I still be at that trash heap called the DUmp if I even showed a hint of conservatism? Again with the hypocrisy.
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
Now, now, I haven't called anybody any names, and have always been supportive of "to each his own."
However, the other side doesn't like this "to each his own" philosophy.
For example, I think Hans Holbein was the greatest painter ever, no one else even close, and could not possibly care less about "impressionistic" or "modern" art.
If someone else likes still lives or Renoir-like cartoons, though, it's fine with me; to each his own.
But I get really tired of those who imagine themselves "experts" on taste telling me that Hans Holbein was not a good artist.
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Hey PM, you know what would look totally awesome on canvas? This:
(http://boycottmuslims.com/wp-content/uploads/pork-eating-crusader.jpg)
You have the balls to paint it? Didn't think so.
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It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
Art is subjective. While many people don't like Kinkade (I find them peaceful though I wouldn't hang one in my home...I have used them as desktop backgrounds during Christmas), others find his work beautiful. I have several of Diego Rivera's calla lily's in my living room...dislike his politics, think his art is genius and have a floral theme in my living room (PRECISELY so I can use his paintings).
When I was in college I was a Lit major (I'm one of the .0005% of conservatives who studied literature, though I was liberal then) but deliberately took art history & history from the same time period. Art can teach you a lot about a society. However, the majority of people just choose art they like to decorate their homes. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Personally, I don't think Piss Christ is art. Just because something is provocative doesn't make it art. Shows like South Park and Family Guy are provocative as are Jr. High girls in low cut shirts and super short mini skirts. Discussion topics can be provocative...whether to legalize pot, assisted suicide (I live in a state where it's legal), abortion, gays in the military. These certainly aren't "art" in the way Piss Christ is supposed to be. Anyone can pee in a cup and stick a cross in it & take a picture and there are much more creative (and artistic) ways to generate discussion. The problem with this is that the discussion centered on whether it was twisted and insulting to religious people rather than the intended message of the artist (how commercial Christianity has become).
Cindie
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You're right, Cindie. Art means different things to different people. It doesn't always have to look like a deformed ****ing alien. I don't think there's too much to interpret about the Mona Lisa or a Monet, yet they're some of the most expensive ones out there. I think the DUmpmonkey is thinking if it isn't abstract, it isn't art. Some people want art to, oh, I don't know, decorate a f'n room? Personally, that's why I buy art. I have too much shit going on to have art hanging on the wall I have to sit and stare at for 2 f'n hours trying to contemplate the damn artist's intent.
Case in point, what's to interpret about this?
(http://claude-monet.org/artbase/Monet/1916-1919/w1850/apc.jpg)
It's f'n Lillypads. Wow. :whatever:
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...but all that really is moot, isn't it? This idiot doesn't have a problem with Kinkade's paintings. He has a problem with his politics and religion. If they were all painted by some liberal kook they'd be hailed as the second coming of Rembrandt.
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If they were all painted by some liberal kook they'd be hailed as the second coming of Rembrandt.
Good one, sir.
Awesome.
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
Point 1) You came in our living room dropping poop, not the other way around
Point 2) Some people have called you names, many haven't
Point 3) If you can't handle being called names, why are you posting to online discussion boards? I've been on a couple boards for years and have been called some very vile names. Grow up, or shut up.
Point 4) You haven't posted "differing opinions," all you've done is throw poop. If you want to have an intelligent discussion, introduce yourself politely and speak without pooping.
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
Point 1) You came in our living room dropping poop, not the other way around
Point 2) Some people have called you names, many haven't
Point 3) If you can't handle being called names, why are you posting to online discussion boards? I've been on a couple boards for years and have been called some very vile names. Grow up, or shut up.
Point 4) You haven't posted "differing opinions," all you've done is throw poop. If you want to have an intelligent discussion, introduce yourself politely and speak without pooping.
Progressive Majority...are you illiterate? We tried talking to you in a pleasant way, but you refused to talk to us. There are number of questions presented to you without insult, yet you choose to ignore all attempts to engage you in conversation. I can only conclude you are a troll, and a boring one too.
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/04/03/5_reasons_liberals_are_such_unpleasant_people_to_be_around/page/full/
5 Reasons Liberals Are Such Unpleasant People To Be Around
Polish up on your people skills before you come back.
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Polish up on your people skills before you come back.
Ain't that bout a bitch? He says we don't want opposing viewpoints and that we're intolerant, yet he's still here. He's WELCOME to come here and speak his mind. At his nesting grounds, we'd ALL be banned in .002 nanoseconds after espousing even a moderate point of view.
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Sorry I called you a ***** Progressive "Majorities".
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Sorry I called you a ***** Progressive "Majorities".
I'm not.
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@HNSparky - Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression... I know it is Easter Sunday. But free speech protects art. Thomas Kincade had every right to sell his work. I just find it bland. I volunteer my time at a large art museum. I know what I like and Thomas Kincade I do not. I pray for his family at this time but I don't collect his work...
And I am a liberal. But being liberal is not why I don't like his art. I just find it bland...
If you would have just said that you don't like his work because you don't care for his style I may have believed you as I'm not a huge fan of his style; however, you said you don't like it because you find it bland. Saying his art is bland is sort of like saying that Norman Rockwell's art is not americana-ish (?) enough.
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What I think is beauty is what my 2nd cousin paints, chalks, and draws. He's also a musician. I don't know his politics and don't really f'n care. He's my dad's age and probably the most talented man I know:
http://www.facebook.com/duff.dorrough
He was in many bands. The Tangents, The Revelators, and many more. He's played REAL R&B with many of his heroes, the greats.
THAT is art. Not some shit I have to look at for hours on end trying to figure out what the hell the idiot behind the canvas is painting. Go through his pictures and drawings of the Delta. They're amazing and you ought to hear him play and sing "Dixie Chicken".
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What I think is beauty is what my 2nd cousin paints, chalks, and draws. He's also a musician. I don't know his politics and don't really f'n care. He's my dad's age and probably the most talented man I know:
http://www.facebook.com/duff.dorrough
He was in many bands. The Tangents, The Revelators, and many more. He's played REAL R&B with many of his heroes, the greats.
THAT is art. Not some shit I have to look at for hours on end trying to figure out what the hell the idiot behind the canvas is painting. Go through his pictures and drawings of the Delta. They're amazing and you ought to hear him play and sing "Dixie Chicken".
I wonder what the DUmmies would say this is?
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/f9d148de.jpg)
My 18 year old daughter drew it. It doesn't have any hidden meaning or any political message. It's just what you see is what you get. I personally think it's more artistic than a painting of a can of Campbell's tomato soup.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Warhol-Campbell_Soup-1-screenprint-1968.jpg)
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I wonder what the DUmmies would say this is?
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/f9d148de.jpg)
My 18 year old daughter drew it.
Well, see, that depends. Is she a conservative or a liberal?
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I wonder what the DUmmies would say this is?
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/f9d148de.jpg)
My 18 year old daughter drew it. It doesn't have any hidden meaning or any political message. It's just what you see is what you get. I personally think it's more artistic than a painting of a can of Campbell's tomato soup.
So do I, milady, which is why I deleted the soup can in my response.
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BTW, that's a drawing? That is f'n awesome!
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BTW, that's a drawing? That is f'n awesome!
Yes it is.
Oh...she is a conservative who is going into game design.
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So do I, milady, which is why I deleted the soup can in my response.
:-*
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I put together the Congressional art competition for the district I'm interning in this semester. Most of those kids have some real talent. Some of the drawings are almost like looking at photographs. Wish I had that ability.
Piss Christ. Not so much.
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Yes it is.
Oh...she is a conservative who is going into game design.
Duff does drawings like that in chalk. Actually, come to think of it, I think all of his are in chalk. Well, unless he's painting the mural.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzXVbMku5tc[/youtube]
BTW, his "momma" is called "Sister" and his father Sonny is a retired M.D. Talk about a strong woman, she worked 3 jobs, raised 3 kids, and put him through medical school at UM-Medical School. She's never worked a day since. The oldest, Marlow, scored a 36 on the ACT, the highest you can get.
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Yes it is.
Oh...she is a conservative who is going into game design.
Your daughter has fantastic talent. But the DUmmies would hate it because of her politics...besides, it's "too white." :rotf:
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Thomas Kincade's work was just saccharine painted cottages. Nothing more. Not worth buying...
I'll be damned! I had no idea we had a ****in' art critic sign up! Who the **** are you?
You sure as hell appear to be a DUmbass! Why don't ya baffle us with your bullshit art credentials!
Not a good way to start around here. Bein' a total tool! Don't plan on stayin' long do ya?
I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
Who the hell called ya anything more than disagreeable, Probie?
Uh, just what makes ya a ****in' expert? Isn't art in the eye of the beholder when it comes to what one believes is worth collecting?
You come right outa the box bein' a total prick!
Maybe this isn't the forum you should be crappin' in! I'll lay odds ya can find a another litter box to shit in!
It's not that I follow his political beliefs. I just don't think his work is really thought provoking, earth shattering or ground breaking. I collect art but not his...
Really is too bad ya don't collect FAT LIPS! I'll bet ya could collect a shit load around here! Go back and play in the DUmpster sewer, cause I'm pretty sure that's where ya came from! Actually, a sewer rat has more integrity than you pukes!
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That drawing is beautiful BEG!
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Your daughter has fantastic talent. But the DUmmies would hate it because of her politics...besides, it's "too white." :rotf:
The girl in the picture is Asain. They would probably caller a white-Asian though.
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My parents have a print or two of his in their home. While his work is not exactly my taste, I had never understood why he got so much flack. I guess, I should have suspected he was a right winger. Creating art that normal people actually like is a bad thing, apparently.
Yep, he created artwork that people wanted to buy. That is an intolerable act to "artists" like the DUmp monkies who think art that doesn't offend people is pointless.
Mike Judge isn't a conservative, but he hit the nail on the head in an episode of "King of the Hill" when the town wanted to buy art. They put some of Peggy's art (a humanoid made of propane tanks) up before they found out that she wasn't an artist and then took it down. Peggy started receiving orders for "propane tank men" while the "real artists" still weren't sellling anything.
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Yep, he created artwork that people wanted to buy. That is an intolerable act to "artists" like the DUmp monkies who think art that doesn't offend people is pointless.
I'd really like to know what that PM jackass thinks about that stupidass lampshade DUmbass is trying to sell for 3K. He'll "probably" think it's art. I'd put it in the same category as that singing, animated bass people hang on the wall. Why would he think it was art? A liberal created it.
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The girl in the picture is Asain. They would probably caller a white-Asian though.
She's an amazing artist, BEG! Hope she plans on doing something with her incredible talent!
Cindie
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It's amazing how many of you called me names when all I said was I don't like his work. I never called anyone names. I guess that shows that the compassionate conservative is dead.
No, you didn't, not directly. But you pissed all over our VALUES, and for that, you might as well have gotten in our faces and called us cocksuckers or whatever.
My compassion extends only to those who respect my values and doesn't demand the fruits of my labor to subsidize their values--or lack thereof.
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The DUmmies and leftwingers everywhere have dragged me down to their level. I ****ing hate them all, and wish I could snap my fingers and put them all on some planet several million light years away. I now piss on all their graves because I hate them. They have turned my heart dark towards them because of their behavior.
Only solution is to split the country in two. The libs can do whatever the **** they want with their chunk, just leave the rest of us the hell alone.
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I don't purchase art that dipicts religious icons in waste. All I said was freedom of speech is something that allows art to be such. And I have the right to my own opinion too. But I guess differing viewpoints are not valued here. All you resort to is calling those who disagree names...
Cry me a river, you infantile pillock. Your fellow libs, the true face of the democrat party, are having a graveyard ho-down at the expense of someone who dared paint pictures in favor of Christianity and all you can do is bleat about how offended you are and how much someone hurt your feelings.
Awwwww...... Bless you little heart, other people didn't want to hear your BS.
:whatever:
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Yes a Virgin Mary defecated or a crucifix in urine has more meaning. It makes more of a statement because so many don't understand the artist's expression...
Throughout the history of western civilization, the Holy Bible and Jesus Christ have been the inspiration for many beautiful works of art and architecture. But somehow smearing these images in waste has "more meaning".
****ing pathetic....
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www.electstevedawes.com
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Maybe you are the one who is 75. :p
just his bod :lmao: