This is so much satire that it’s a little hard to tell if it’s satire.
Terrible headline, I assumed the statue was suggesting the people involved are shit. The fact that it’s on a desk makes it very different, this is despicable.
I mean, it happened.
Paragraph 17. (Link opens justice department public PDF on the issue.)
Edit: And it is suggesting as you said. Mrs. Pelosis name is there as it was her desk. (I think she is retired and I mean her no disrespect.)
Yeah if the point of the statue wasn’t clear, the blatant sarcasm of the writing on the plaque on it gives it away.
Kinda says a lot about this country when someone can make a statue of a turd on a desk and people aren’t sure if it supports the desk poopers. Honestly if that plaque wasn’t on the side of it I would bet a lot of January 6’ers would share it thinking it was made by their team. Hell a lot of them probably still will on account of not being able to read.
what… the fuck…?
Like. No. seriously. What… in the actual fuck…? is this an official thing or did somebody drop it off?
Whose getting fired for it?
You got evaluated yet?
they got permits 😆
Yep.
Which is why whoever approved it should be taken out back and, uh, terminated.
The idea that honoring insurrectionists who beat the shit out of cops, who desecrated the halls of democracy and broke an unbroken tradition of a peaceful transfer of power… in some how democratic is a slap in the face of every American. Even the fake-ass patriots.
The idea that honoring insurrectionists
We must remember what they did, as it is an antidote to complacency.
They aren’t honouring them. It’s literally a giant turd to make fun of them. That’s the whole joke.
A giant turd on pelosi’s desk?
I don’t know, I reread it and that quote on the plate sounds pretty sarcastic to me. “To loot, urinate, and defecate through these hallowed halls to overturn an election” sounds more like a dig than actual reverence to me.
It’s an action that is celebrated by the insurrectionists and those that support them.
I have a hard time believing the artist/people that placed it aren’t supporters. It’s an extremely misguided thing.
And as for whoever approved it? It’s the freaking national mall, some decorum is warranted. “It’s just a joke, bro” doesn’t really work here.
The article quotes the permit application, which calls Pelosi’s desk symbolic of the integrity and democracy which the rioters desecrated.
It’s an action that is celebrated by the insurrectionists and those that support them.
And they’re being made fun of for it.
RTFA
I did.
They got a permit, it was approved.
They posted a plaque honoring the people who broke in
There’s no indication of a bait and switch, as far as the “art” was concerned.
Whoever approved the permit and allowed that art to be installed needs to have their employment terminated. This is a severe fuck up, and no, “democracy” doesn’t need to tolerate such bullshit.
It seems like you took the words on the plaque very literally. The intent was to mock the rioters and to mock Trump.
It’s political satire. Read the full plaque again. It is extremely well excuted.
I’m legitimately disappointed the duration for the permit appears to be so short.
Regarding the employment of the personnel who approved the permit, that’s uncalled for. I’d recommend reading and internalizing the First Amendment. They really have.
