[got_moab?]

"His teacher, Lynn Norton, believed he got his point across. She gave him an A."

Wow, who saw that coming! I remember pulling off more compelling diaramas when I was in the third grade. Not only is this kids work lacking in artistic merit it's also cheesy and unoriginal. Gotta love the ass-clown store owner who sees this as a free speech issue. I know where I won't be buying furniture from in the future. Go to the Projo website for a photo of this kids "art" and a picture of his lame hippy ass.

[Chuckster]

The kid may have gotten an "A" from his art teacher, but he deserves an "F" in history.

[PRND21]

Eden said he's trying to point out certain similarities between the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the German blitzkrieg -- without actually equating Hitler to President Bush....

The piece, titled "Bush/Hitler and How History Repeats Itself,"

It seems he failed.

[drt1]

Ah yes, the N (Nazi) word is raised again against a Conservative. Hitler hasn't had this much publicity since WWII and it is all coming from frustrated, ignorant Libs who don't have any other message. BTW Did this teacher (AKA as indoctrinator) attend Colorado with an Ethnic Studies Major?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I've always wondered who would be the bogeyman if Hitler had never existed. This kind of nonsense betrays a complete lack of understanding in regards to Hitler, and pretty much everything else.

[TChris]

I remember pulling off more compelling diaramas when I was in the third grade. Not only is this kids work lacking in artistic merit it's also cheesy and unoriginal.

Fits right in with the Hollywood group he will likely aspire to. Rewards flow to those who best toe the party line, not to those with any talent or artistic merit.

[JimWforBush]

I read this in the projo this morning. I think I'll be furniture shopping at Cardis instead, even though I hate their commercials. Alperts should have asked that the piece be removed.

[DTogo]

Alternate story:

The student's diorama-like assemblage displays two naked GI Joe dolls in sexual positions, another two in Arab garb with one about to behead the other with a two sword, with terrorist slogans and images juxtaposed next to pictures and quotes of Hollywood Liberals and leading Democrat politicians.

The student was not allowed to display his work and was given an F for hate-filled work, being intolerant, and promoting sexual "bigotry."

[muawiyah]

Jeffrey Eden could himself be contrasted favorably with Ernst Rohm.

[thoughtomator]

I'm sure one day the kid will appreciate the irony in his Goebbels-legacy work of propaganda.

[elfman2]

""I felt I was clear about what I was trying to get across," he said. "I believe those who misconstrued the artwork didn't take the time to really read into it." "

Yea, I “felt” my last bowel movement pretty much described its clarity and sophistication. I also believe that “those who misconstrued my artwork didn’t take the time to really read into it.”, but my feelings don’t make it so.

[MarineBrat]

On a humorous side note, the student who sits next to Jeffrey Eden in art class recieved an F on his artistic impression diarama entitled, "Jeffey Eden is a douchebag!"

[mountainlyons]

Taking away ones heritage and culture is cruel also!

[CampDoha]

Apparently this student is repeating exactly what he sees on all the artsy-fartsy sites on the Internet. Deviant Art (www.deviantart.com), an online art community, has its share of those weirdoes as well, mostly in the "current events" category. They're like a plague.

There's nothing original in the kids' work, it's just copied from everyone else comparing Bush to Hitler. And obviously he has absolutely no understanding of either the Holocaust (I'm surprised the Jewish anti-Defamation League is not already suing him for trivializing the Holocaust), or the ongoings in Iraq.

But then again, he's only 17. What do you expect.

[Cap Huff]

Here is a teacher and a student who need to visit Auschwitz, then visit the mass graves in Iraq and talk with some of the survivors of Sadam's rule.

[just me]

Hitler imprisons millions in concatenation camps,where most die, and President Bush frees millions from a ruthless dictator and the stupid teacher lets this kid believe they are alike?

[popdonnelly]

I wonder who his parents voted for? Sheese, I get so tired of this Hitler stuff. I get an image of a bunch of no-nothings repeating over and over, "Bush is Hitler, Bush is Hitler", like parrots.

[adam_az]

[Fiddlstix]

I think the kid should Comments Censored and that ought to take care of him.

[Stoat]

Update from Michelle Malkin:

Michelle Malkin KID'S BUSH=HITLER ART GETS AN A

KID'S BUSH=HITLER ART GETS AN "A"

By Michelle Malkin   ·   February 09, 2005 11:51 PM

Did you catch this from the Providence Journal (thanks to Justin Katz and Antiprotester for the alert):

Jeffrey Eden devised his award-winning project less than 30 minutes after his high-school art teacher asked him to express a thought or two in a three-dimensional way.So, in the wake of last year's polarizing election and the war in Iraq, the 17-year-old built an abstract scene comparing President Bush's war policies with Adolf Hitler's pillage of Europe.The student's diorama-like assemblage juxtaposes Hitler quotes with Bush statements, Nazi swastikas with American flags, desert-colored toy soldiers with olive plastic figures. And so on. Eden said he's trying to point out certain similarities between the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the German blitzkrieg - without actually equating Hitler to Bush.

"Without actually equating Hitler to Bush?" Uh-huh. The title of Eden's "art" is "Bush/Hitler and How History Repeats Itself." The kid's been channeling Martin O'Malley!

Eden's admittedly brainless Bush-bashing art earned him a "silver key" at the Rhode Island Scholastic Art Awards and an "A" from his teacher. Looks like his future is all set as a liberal campaign activist, tenured professor, or perhaps a major international news network exec.

***

Justin Katz notes the cowardice of the kids' art judges, who refuse to comment on their decision and get a free pass from the Providence Journal. Meanwhile, Katz points out, the Journal hits one of the parents who stepped forward to protest the award, Paul Lewis, as "an angry Republican."

Kellipundit fumes: "The point is not whether or not this kid has a right to free expression, but that a panel of judges (15 people) thought that this type of crap is award winning art."

Antiprotester posts an excellent response and wonders: "If Jeffrey had compared Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler, a valid comparison indeed, would he have won an award or have gotten an 'A?'"

 

[kellynla]

Bump!
Bill Bennett is discussing this issue on his radio show this a.m.

Semper Fi,
Kelly