That has been my theory for years as well, the bigger and gaudier. and imposing, then the better for the left.
It is like their government art in public spaces, the larger and more jarring and dominant to the public, the better.
Western Kansas is littered with these uglified monstrosities. Totally hideous.
And all they really generate is liberal self-righteousness.
I haven't thought of it that way till now, it's the sissified left's version of heads on pikes.