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  • #1

    Uh...I don't think so...

    I guess this belongs in Debates...

    Does this completely creep out anyone else?

    Seriously. You have to be kidding me. Why would anyone--supporter or not--think that this is even remotely parallel? What is this artist trying to say? Even if he doesn't mean it literally...? I can't figure out which historical person the artist misunderstands more.
    Last edited by GrayMatterWife; 04-28-2009, 03:16 PM.
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  • #2
    Creepy whatever the agenda.
    Last edited by cupcake; 04-28-2009, 03:27 PM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by GrayMatterWife View Post
      What is this artist trying to say? Even if he doesn't mean it literally...?
      Who is the artist and where did it come from?


      Brought to mind that old Washington-as-Zeus sculpture. Silly.
      http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0707/5163.html
      Married to a hematopathologist seven years out of training.
      Raising three girls, 11, 9, and 2.

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      • #4
        I read an interview by the artist.

        His claim is that he is completely ignorant of the religious iconography at play in his own painting.

        uh huh
        Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
        With fingernails that shine like justice
        And a voice that is dark like tinted glass

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        • #5

          Pretty strong imagery!
          Jen
          Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!


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          • #6
            Ewwww.

            Jenn

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            • #7
              Totally creeps me out and pisses me off.
              Luanne
              wife, mother, nurse practitioner

              "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." (John, Viscount Morely, On Compromise, 1874)

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              • #8
                Just plain offensive!
                Loving wife of neurosurgeon

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                • #9
                  Uninspired painting that's more offensive because of its cheesiness than because of it's pseudo-religious imagery.

                  What I don't get is why we're supposed to care about this. There's ridiculous art created every day and Obama clearly didn't commission the painting. Now, if the artist had wanted some hard core notoriety, he should have depicted Obama as Muhammad instead.

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