Posted on 11/14/2008 10:29:32 PM PST by Jay777
Just for reference, the ACLU was founded by a Communist on Communist ideals, so it isn't a surprise they are freaking out a private art school to remove a banner displaying an image of Josef Stalin.
The New York Civil Liberties Union has demanded that city officials explain why they ordered a private art school to remove a banner displaying an image of Josef Stalin.In a letter Thursday to the Department of Buildings, NYCLU executive director Donna Lieberman expressed concern that the banner was taken down from The Cooper Union after some residents of the local Ukrainian community complained that it "seemed to promote" the Soviet dictator on the 75th anniversary of a famine he imposed. The famine, called the Holodomor, killed millions of Ukrainians.
The banner was part of an art exhibit, "Stalin by Picasso, or Portrait of Woman with Mustache." Lene Berg, the artist who created the banner, said it was intended to provoke discussion about the relationship between art and politics.
The 52-foot-by-36-foot banner features a reproduction of a 1953 Pablo Picasso portrait of Stalin. At the time, the image was viewed as a critique of the Soviet leader.
But the Ukrainian community found it offensive, said Tamara Olexy, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.
"It's like hanging a portrait of Hitler in a synagogue or in a Jewish community," she said.
After receiving several complaints, the Department of Buildings investigated the banner's legality and determined it violated construction and zoning regulations, the agency said Friday.
"We determined the sign was too high, too large, lacked a permit and blocked the building's windows," buildings spokeswoman Kate Lindquist wrote in an e-mail. "The department does not regulate sign content."
(Excerpt) Read more at stoptheaclu.com ...
“”ACLU Demand Explanation of Why Stalin Banner Was Removed From School””
Of course they do...
I read the referenced link. Hard to put response into words that would not offend some.
Once the govt. gains control over food supplies, there will be more engineered famines to punish those who don’t comply.
In “All the Trouble in the World” PJ O’Rourke points out that in EVERY famine for the last 100 years it was the fault of government and a DIRECT result of government policy when a country suffered from starvation.
IT’s true, Stalin and Hitler led mass killings of more people than the totals of all human history. Some like to say religions are the cause of all wars. Stalin and Hitler were the greatest haters of Judeo-Christian teaching.
And Mao beat them both with about 60 million that can be laid at his feet.
This country gets scarier everyday
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