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'This is oil country': Newly painted Greta Thunberg mural gets defaced, covered in slurs
CBC ^ | Oct 20, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 10/21/2019 11:54:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A newly painted portrait of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was quickly defaced — first with a pro-oil message, and later with a slur against the teen.

The mural was painted on a section of a downtown "free wall" along a bike path that runs parallel to 109 Street near the Alberta Legislature. Local artist AJA Louden has confirmed he painted Thunberg Friday.

A CBC journalist was shooting footage of the mural on Sunday morning when James Bagnell walked up with spray paint and began painting "Stop the Lies. This is Oil Country!!!" over the teen's face.

"This is Alberta. This is oil country. My father has worked in the oil industry. We don't need foreigners coming in and telling us how to run our business, support our families, put food on our tables," he said.

Bagnell said as soon as he saw photos of the mural on social media, he decided to go down and "deal with it." He said his father, who recently died, would have been "disgusted" to see the portrait of Thunberg.

SNIP

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; edmonton; greatthunberg; oil; thunberg
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A son proud defending his dad.
1 posted on 10/21/2019 11:54:37 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

“How dare you!”

Lol


2 posted on 10/21/2019 11:57:20 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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3 posted on 10/21/2019 11:57:57 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: yesthatjallen

downtown “free wall” — I don’t see the problem.


4 posted on 10/21/2019 11:59:00 AM PDT by Ingtar (Bedbugs, thy name is Democrat.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I thought only Americans were bigoted and evil and climate deniers.


5 posted on 10/21/2019 11:59:02 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: yesthatjallen

Stories like this make me so proud of my Alberta peeps. :-)


6 posted on 10/21/2019 11:59:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Are we starting to fight back? About time


7 posted on 10/21/2019 12:00:28 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: yesthatjallen

Love it! Piss of, Greta.... you little toad.


8 posted on 10/21/2019 12:00:40 PM PDT by Levy78
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To: yesthatjallen

Bravo! I’d have done much worse, but since I’m not artistic it would have probably been done with a lot of cans of black paint.


9 posted on 10/21/2019 12:00:48 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The mural was painted on a section of a downtown “free wall” along a bike path that runs parallel to 109 Street near the Alberta Legislature.

So the kid with the spray can and just as much right to paint the wall as the “artist”


10 posted on 10/21/2019 12:00:57 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Alberta's Child

Now I get your screen name....................

Cruz is one of you.


11 posted on 10/21/2019 12:01:18 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

God God! Who in the hell would waste their talents painting that ugly face? If anything it will promote more drilling

12 posted on 10/21/2019 12:01:18 PM PDT by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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Uh oh!! Scoldilocks is going to scold this guy!!


13 posted on 10/21/2019 12:01:35 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: Alberta's Child

My cousin worked at the AB oil fields. He got “educated” as he was a life-long leftard previously. Not anymore..


14 posted on 10/21/2019 12:03:23 PM PDT by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy it. I hope every lib die.)
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To: yesthatjallen

https://youtu.be/NPax7r7Kv2c

Fascinating and beautiful documentary.


15 posted on 10/21/2019 12:03:36 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: 2banana

Have you ever seen the heavy metal version of her “how dare you” speech?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kD1zubg3cA


16 posted on 10/21/2019 12:04:53 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: yesthatjallen

Only leftists can deface things.

Sorry, but Greta is an ignorant slut.
That’s s....l....u...t.

Also a dumbass.


17 posted on 10/21/2019 12:04:59 PM PDT by Da Coyote (is)
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To: max americana; Alberta's Child

You may enjoy my post at 15


18 posted on 10/21/2019 12:05:23 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: yesthatjallen

Somebody needs to ask Greta what caused the last Ice Age to end, because it wasn’t fossil fuels.
When the next one comes, and it will, the human race could not create enough CO2 with all of our technology to mitigate the effects of reduced solar output.
Cold Kills.
Humans are a tropical species.
Warm is good.


19 posted on 10/21/2019 12:06:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen
THIS IS OIL COUNTRY ...


20 posted on 10/21/2019 12:08:19 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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