Does This Scaffold Sway the Future?

American Spectator ^ | June 15, 2017 | Lars Walker

[Twotone]

As a conservative living in the shadows in Minneapolis, I don’t generally look to the Walker (no relation) Art Center for hope and inspiration. But a recent story out of the Walker has given me a little hope. And boy, I can use it.

Minnesota Public Radio reports in this article on a small crisis the museum experienced last month. The museum hosts a sculpture garden (probably most famous for Claes and Coosje van Bruggen Oldenburg’s whimsical yet monumental “Spoonbridge and Cherry”). The garden is scheduled to re-open this summer after a renovation, and one of its new offerings was to be a wooden structure entitled “Scaffold,” by artist Sam Durant. The installation, modeled after a gallows, was meant to raise awareness of capital punishment, evoking in particular the mass execution of 38 Lakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, in the aftermath of the 1862 Lakota War.

[Twotone]

"There are few more exquisite spiritual pleasures than confessing the transgressions of other people to whom you feel superior."

It would be nice if people would wake up to the nonsense of leftists in this country. The author seems hopeful. I'm not sure I am.

[Paladin2]

Looks like a lit cherry bomb on a spoon.

[originalbuckeye]

I wondered why I was all of a sudden seeing pictures of 30+ Indians being hung, on Facebook memes, by the few Libs ‘friends’ I still have.

[Red Badger]

Apparently it never occurred to anyone involved with the Scaffold sculpture, in the throes of their virtue signaling, to consult the leadership of the Lakota tribes about the matter. It turns out the Lakota didn’t care to see a huge scaffold erected in their honor. The first time, apparently, was plenty. The re-opening had to be delayed while the sculpture was dismantled (probably to be burned).

Their 'feelings' didn't matter to the liberals. It's their own 'feelings' that matter......................