Posted on 07/20/2020 7:12:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Many cities across the country are displaying “Black Lives Matter” murals, but one city has done away with its mural after a Trump supporter asked to paint “MAGA 2020” on the same street.
Redwood City, California, resident Dan Pease got permission from city officials to paint the “Black Lives Matter” mural as part of a Fourth of July public art installation. The city even gave him paint to do the project.
“Because we were using the poster board paint that would eventually deteriorate over time, my understanding from them was that the mural would last as long as the paint lasted,” Pease told KPIX.
But last Thursday, the city covered the sign after being contacted by real estate attorney Maria Rutenburg, who said that if the street was considered to be a public forum, she wanted a mural of her own reading, “MAGA 2020.”
“I saw ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign appearing on Broadway Street on the asphalt and I figured that’s gonna be a new public space, open for discussion, and I wanted to get my message out, too.” Rutenburg said.
“MAGA” is short for President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” The city, wanting to avoid a potential political or legal fight, decided that Pease’s sign was a traffic hazard and quietly removed it in the middle of the night.
Pease said he does not consider “Black Lives Matter” to be political, but he understood where the city was coming from.
While some cities are taking down “Black Lives Matter” murals, others are going through great lengths to keep them in place. In New York City, the “Black Lives Matter” mural on Fifth Avenue was vandalized multiple times in the same weekend, and the city went through great lengths to clean it up.
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Calling them “murals” is an abomination.
Right. Hard to believe Pease is that stupid. Therefore, he is likely very deceptive and manipulative.
He may actually be that ignorant, not stupid.
It appears he is a product of California schools.
I want to paint a new set of 10 commandments on the street.
Thou shall not pillage.
Thou shall not graffiti-tag.
Thou shall not commit arson.
Thou shall not assault.
Thou shall not riot.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's car.
Thou shall get off welfare.
Thou shall get a job.
Thou shall stay off social media.
Thou shall STFU.
To those who think BLM is a good idea:
Lives Matter!
If you need a color
in front of those words
YOU are a racist
Is it even possible to vandalize a vandalization?
Good tactic.
Anyone in NYC willing to test that legal tactic?
And besides, as has been pointed out around here already, the very meaning of "mural" involves a wall:
>>>Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).<<<
A mural painted on pavement makes as much sense as jello nailed to a wall.
Yep, a failure on both content and location.
Should the MAGA folks sue?? Give permission for one but not the other? Even if the original is scrubbed the permission for a political statement was still given selectively and preferentially.
I think very few people know what BLM is all about, its communist roots, how it was created, and how it is financed.
You have to hand it to them — they knew how to name the organization to tug liberal heartstrings about perceived racism. Who can possibly disagree with the notion of black lives mattering?
Its name is a million times better than radical group names of the 1960s:
• “Students for a Democratic Society”
• “Weather Underground”
• “Black Panthers”
• “Baader-Meinhof Gang” (alternative “Red Army Faction”) in Germany
• “Symbionese Liberation Army”
• “Red Brigade” in Italy
It was pure genius to name the group that way so they can attract the useful idiots who don’t know anything while standing for the very same things those 1960s gangs stood for.
ROTFLMAO!
Not one comment about the heroism of Maria Rutenburg?
They had their song and dance day, time stands still for no one.
Them there are mure-als.
[Political] Turn Lane indication.
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