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Dutch gallery under fire after removing offensive terms from its artworks' titles and [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 14, 2015 | Emma Glanfield

Posted on 12/14/2015 8:13:19 AM PST by C19fan

A top European art gallery has come under fire after removing controversial terms such as 'negro' and 'Mohammedan' from the descriptions of its artworks over fears they could cause offence. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has been accused of pandering to political correctness after taking the decision to remove terms which may be deemed offensive from around 200 titles and descriptions of artworks in its collection.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Society
KEYWORDS: art; correctness; political
Ministry of Truth approves.
1 posted on 12/14/2015 8:13:19 AM PST by C19fan
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Oh heck...all that Western Civ stuff offends Allah anyhow — might as well burn it now.


2 posted on 12/14/2015 8:30:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Holland will be mooselimb in a few years anyway, so what does it matter? Christians will be leaning over to have their heads chopped off, wondering how it all started.
It started with bowing down before savages and giving them everything they ask for.


3 posted on 12/14/2015 9:21:53 AM PST by I want the USA back (Patriarchal binary all original-equipment breeder and White-privileged crusader.)
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The Rijksmuseum: home of Rembrandt’s “Night Watch.” And a collection of Dutch masters and Impressionists unmatched anywhere in the world. A must-see if you can tear yourself away from the red-light district and the hashish bars.


4 posted on 12/14/2015 9:43:31 AM PST by IronJack
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5 posted on 12/14/2015 11:13:50 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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6 posted on 12/14/2015 11:19:01 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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