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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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; edmonton; greatthunberg; oil; thunberg
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To: Bommer

A simple Hitler-style mustache would have been more effective.


21 posted on 10/21/2019 12:08:26 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: yesthatjallen

So much good news today...this, the destruction of the Pope’s pachamama idols...things come in threes, so I’m eagerly awaiting the third one.


22 posted on 10/21/2019 12:10:35 PM PDT by livius
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To: Lurkinanloomin

LOL. Right!


23 posted on 10/21/2019 12:10:51 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Batman11

“Scoldilocks” Lol!!

Also consider “Panderella”


24 posted on 10/21/2019 12:14:38 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'M AN ANTI DEMITE. forked tongue.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Awesome.
Lots of high profile pushback against the climate nazis this week.


25 posted on 10/21/2019 12:17:17 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: Alberta's Child

You make a good argument


26 posted on 10/21/2019 12:17:50 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Alberta's Child

Why is that guy holding up a shiny Milk Can?.................


27 posted on 10/21/2019 12:18:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Bommer

I think it looks lovely with the additional art work!


28 posted on 10/21/2019 12:19:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m not surprised, the defacing was probably an improvement. That girl has the butt ugliest mug I’ve ever seen. Inside out ugliness?


29 posted on 10/21/2019 12:19:55 PM PDT by fwdude (Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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To: Batman11

Scoldilocks getting defaced makes me grin like when Moldylocks got clocked.


30 posted on 10/21/2019 12:20:13 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: MeanWestTexan
GMTA - I couldn't get it just right so I went with this


31 posted on 10/21/2019 12:22:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Yes, a Hitler-style mustache AND a hrge swastika tattoo on her forehead. She is programmed to deliver propaganda that she is incapable of creating herself. Whoever, (Soros) or whatever is behind her is guilty of exploiting a low IQ person to deliver a message she probably does not understand.

This is the first time that I have ever supported graffiti. In general it is a blight on ones eyes, whatever the surface or medium happens to be. Because the mural is offensive, I see no crime in defacing it.


32 posted on 10/21/2019 12:22:25 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: yesthatjallen

33 posted on 10/21/2019 12:24:19 PM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: yesthatjallen
Here next? Imagine if our silent majority went there...


34 posted on 10/21/2019 12:24:34 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: smvoice
"Scoldilocks”

Yeah somebody had that a couple of weeks ago. I was thinking it needed to be incorporated, somehow.


35 posted on 10/21/2019 12:31:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Ingtar

Exactly

Yeah, “free wall” - O.K. liberals here we go with your free wall.

It really shows how sad and lost the pathetic liberals are when a staged clown like this girl becomes a “hero” for them.


36 posted on 10/21/2019 12:34:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MarMema

Thanks for sharing that documentary. I am not surprised that the Rockefeller Foundation is involved.


37 posted on 10/21/2019 12:43:21 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: yesthatjallen

What is that short video that shows greta in the back of a room as President Trump walks in? What event is that and why is she there?

She looks angry, like she usually does, and has a package of chewing tobacco in one cheek.


38 posted on 10/21/2019 12:43:21 PM PDT by bluescape (Mainstream Media-The guard dog that holds you down while the attacker has his way.)
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To: bluescape

They’re at th U.N.


39 posted on 10/21/2019 12:44:34 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: Batman11

Lol, hadn’t come across “Scoldilocks” before.


40 posted on 10/21/2019 12:47:45 PM PDT by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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