AmeliaBloomer
Drama Llama
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Location: USA
Jun 26, 2014 5:01:45 GMT
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Aug 20, 2016 1:49:14 GMT
But I think maybe that line has been crossed forever when people like you, Lucy, will defend that statue. Lucy did not defend the statues. I think her first post was unequivocal. She lamented the red carpet Mr. Trump rolled out for statues like we're discussing. Figuratively speaking. People have been lined up on either side of that red carpet for a year - cheering, then conveniently looking away, then cheering some more. There're a lot of apprentice sculptors out there inspired by a master craftsman. And now I'm out of metaphors.
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Deleted
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Sept 28, 2024 14:16:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 1:56:05 GMT
I died laughing but yep, it's wrong. Imagine the outcry if it were naked Hilary statues? This campaign is a train wreck. Yup. Yes, I laughed when I saw it. For me, the irony is what's humorous about the statue. The actual statue isn't humorous *at all*. TRUMP discussed his intimate particulars in public -- on national (global) television, no less! -- and now an artist made those comments into a visual. The artist may or may not have used some artistic license, but the actual concept of Trump's bits was put to the public BY TRUMP HIMSELF. And not in a shy way. It's ^that^ important piece of information that makes a naked Trump statue different than a naked (H) Clinton statue. HC has never offered details regarding her intimate body parts up for public discussion. (Yet, according to internet comments, there have been naked Hillary Clinton depictions online for years. I only read about them yesterday, so Clinton must be smart enough to not poke that hornet nest. I doubt Trump/his campaign will be as thick-skinned.) As for Trump's children being embarrassed, the older ones have been listening to him for years. If they haven't been embarrassed by their father's antics by now, I doubt this will even blip their radar. I do feel sorry that the younger boy will see the visual fallout of his father's crude remarks. I'm also sorry that it will undoubtedly be explained to him as "the media hates me because I'm strong and right and awesome" and not as "I behaved very crudely and rudely in public and now some people are crude and rude to me." All of the justification for violating another human being in this way is unbelievable. So, you're saying that being a crass, vulgar and insulting woman who discussed her bra size on national television, is justification for photo shopping her head on an unflattering naked body, blowing it up to life size and placing it front and center on busy streets all across the nation?
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TheOtherMeg
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 25, 2014 20:58:14 GMT
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Aug 20, 2016 1:59:41 GMT
Justification? No, and I don't justify what's going on with the Naked Trump statues. I do understand why they came to be, though, and I believe no one should be surprised that Trump's own words and actions have inspired this sort of behavior.
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Deleted
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Sept 28, 2024 14:16:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 2:06:46 GMT
Justification? No, and I don't justify what's going on with the Naked Trump statues. I do understand why they came to be, though, and I believe no one should be surprised that Trump's own words and actions have inspired this sort of behavior. Oh. It sounded like you were saying that being rude, crude and discussing the size of his hands made it happen. That sounds like justification to me.
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TheOtherMeg
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 25, 2014 20:58:14 GMT
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Post by TheOtherMeg on Aug 20, 2016 2:07:46 GMT
No problem.
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