Posted on 12/16/2014 1:00:34 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
A group of artists have claimed responsibility for hanging three effigies of lynching victims around the University of California-Berkeley campus this weekend.
The artists, who say they are a 'collective of queer black and (people of color) artists, posted a message on a campus bulletin board today saying that the images - which many students and faculty found deeply offices - were part of an art project.
The statement said the perpetrators are from the San Francisco Bay area - but does not state whether the people behind it are students.
The artists did not identify themselves, but said that the intention was to draw parallels between the 21st century police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner and the 20th century lynchings by mobs in the South.
The aim, they said, was not to terrorize or intimidate.
'We apologize solely to black Americans who felt further attack by this work. We are sorry - your pain is ours - our family's, our history's,' the note says.
Campus police, who took down at last two of the three effigies over the weekend, told MailOnline they are still investigating the incident.........
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Cue Claude Rains...
faculty found deeply offices....someone needs to turn off autocorrect.
Turn off autocorrect?!
THIS! IS! THE DAILY MAIL!
Looks like EPIC FAIL to me from the usual suspects.
I’ve always wanted to be burned in effigy as I glared menacingly out of the tallest tower of my castle. Maybe my dreams can come true!
“ART PROJECT”
It’s all about the optics!
If it isn’t just right [to advance the agenda], make it up.
Probably, "deep orifices" or "deep feces"? Ain't art grand? They'll be awarded grants.
Anyone who’s surprised by this, donate $100 to Free Republic.
Too bad “person(s)” of the year” has been named.
Maybe they’ll get that “honor” and a frontpage cover by 2015.
So it’s okay for some people do do it, but not others.
You see, it depends upon the color of your skin or your sexual orientation.
If you are of the right type, you have freedom of speech and can use any words you want as well.
If you are a white male, Christian or heterosexual you are a racist, criminal and will be punished if you use the same words.
That is correct! If you are a "differently-abled, handicapable, big-boned, left-handed, albino, transgendered, lesbian, African-American, community organizer, art student," then you are the pinnacle of protected and permitted to do whatever you want, whenever you want, and anyone who stops you is a racist, bigoted, homophobic, queer-hater.
Sort of like how pimps and fraudsters maim children in India and other countries and set them out to beg.
The Left needs “oddities” and “misfits” to exploit.
It really is all so destructive. But for whatever reasons, it prevails.
Exactly.
we are all so so very shocked, not
they issued an apology only to black people who felt attack (attacked I guess) while they were attacking all whites.
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