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Trump Painting Takes a Shot At Social Justice Warriors – Take a Closer Look (new Jon McNaughton)
Political Insider ^ | April 27, 2018 10: | Rusty

Posted on 05/16/2018 9:55:48 AM PDT by Eddie01

An incredible new portrait of President Trump contains a subtle message for social justice warriors and college snowflakes about leaving their liberal mindset behind and learning to succeed in the real world on their own.

The painting, titled Teach a Man to Fish, shows a young man sitting on a bench alongside President Trump, accompanied by a tackle box. The President is holding a fishing pole, offering it to the young man.

The message is from an old proverb which helps explain the mindset that divides Republicans who are pro-work and reward and Democrats who like handing out free gifts.

The sage advice reads:

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day;
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

In other words, teaching someone to help themselves is a far better virtue than giving them a handout.

My new painting, “Teach a Man a Fish.” — “You can give a man a pole. It doesn’t mean he will use it.” —JonMcNaughton.com pic.twitter.com/yEvMO8sBZo — Jon McNaughton (@McNaughtonArt) April 25, 2018

The painting was created by world-renowned artist Jon McNaughton and contains another subtle message within.

Take a closer look at the young man’s books that he has left on the ground.

Two of them are titled Socialism and Justice Warrior.

“I imagined President Trump sitting next to a young college student,” McNaughton writes. “His pack is beside him and his Socialism and Justice Warrior books laid aside. He listens to Trump’s proposal and looks at the different bait he can use to catch his fish.”

“Trump offers him a fishing pole,” he adds. “Each of us has the freedom to choose our own destiny.”

The only remaining question is this – Will the young man choose the path to provide for himself, or will he remain with his victim mentality looking for handouts like any good socialist would?


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 2020election; chat; election2020; jonmcnaughton; mcnaughton; painting; sjw; trump; utah
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New Jon McNaughton Trump painting
1 posted on 05/16/2018 9:55:48 AM PDT by Eddie01
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2 posted on 05/16/2018 9:58:49 AM PDT by simpson96
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Snowflake and safe-place adult babies' heads exploding nationwide...
Another winner from Jon.

Fantastic!

3 posted on 05/16/2018 10:04:49 AM PDT by publius911
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To: Eddie01

Bump


4 posted on 05/16/2018 10:05:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Eddie01

‘Trump painting’ bookmark


5 posted on 05/16/2018 10:05:15 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Eddie01

it looks like Alec Baldwin.


6 posted on 05/16/2018 10:06:25 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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Remember bammy’s portrait by a hateful black separatist? Totally out of the news since it was unveiled.


7 posted on 05/16/2018 10:06:31 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle. -Nietzche)
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To: Eddie01

Build a man a fire, he stays warm for a few hours.

Set a man on fire, he stays warm for the rest of his life.

;^)


8 posted on 05/16/2018 10:18:21 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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Build a man a fire and you warm him for a day.

Set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life....................


9 posted on 05/16/2018 10:19:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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GMTA!......................


10 posted on 05/16/2018 10:20:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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And..


11 posted on 05/16/2018 10:21:43 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: TexasM1A

That was my first thought too....


12 posted on 05/16/2018 10:23:20 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: simpson96

That’s a good and thoughtful likeness of Trump.


13 posted on 05/16/2018 10:25:03 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Eddie01

I would wonder if a man in full suit and tie on a bench in a flowered meadow holding a heavy duty possibly surf rod with a fly actually is a very good fishing teacher.

Good thought, poor execution


14 posted on 05/16/2018 10:25:53 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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I love it!


15 posted on 05/16/2018 10:27:30 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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The top book is “Positive Policy Accomplishments During the Obama Presidency”. The pages are blank.


16 posted on 05/16/2018 10:27:46 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Eddie01

“Go ahead socialist kid. Swallow one.”


17 posted on 05/16/2018 10:33:22 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Eddie01

From the article:

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day;
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

In other words, teaching someone to help themselves is a far better virtue than giving them a handout.


18 posted on 05/16/2018 10:42:17 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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I think he meant to show Trump as we always see him.


19 posted on 05/16/2018 10:45:14 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Powerful. But what good is this when the Democratic governor of PA can nullify my vote by conspiring with the PA Supreme Court to redistrict my area (Tim Murphy’s old PA-18 Congressional District) into a solid Democratic one and we’re stuck with Democratic hack Mike Doyle as our Congressman. We didn’t even have a Republican running against Doyle until one week before the primary, a black female from McKeesport stepped in as a write-in candidate on the Republican ticket, her name was T. Mack. She said she’ll run against Doyle in the fall.


20 posted on 05/16/2018 10:47:04 AM PDT by Ciexyz (I have one issue and it's my economic well-being.)
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