City’s Proposed AIDS Monument Looks Exactly Like A Butthole

Daily Caller ^ | September 21, 2023 | Samuel Spencer

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Residents of Palm Springs, California, are a bit butt-hurt over a proposed AIDS memorial sculpture looks suspiciously like a human anus.

The design, which is meant to honor individuals who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, is facing backlash for its “inappropriate connotations,” according to KESQ. Palm Springs residents are not fully convinced that this should be the artistic representation of these deadly diseases, according to the outlet.

Mock-ups of how the Downtown Park installation might look show a nine-foot-tall wheel of limestone with striations converging on a hole in the center.

The donut-shaped sculpture by Phillip K. Smith, III was meant to be a symbol of hope, according to the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial Structure website.

“The sculpture that will become the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial is intended to be a touchstone in the community,” the site reads. “It is an artwork that is meant to be tactile — encouraging touch to facilitate connection and engagement. AIDS is about people and the artwork has been scaled to be at the human scale. The circular, torus shape inspires a connected, round, corner-less form that provides space for the community and the individual across its surface.”

Some community members had a different interpretation. Local resident Clay Sales called it “a piece of art looking for a purpose, instead of the other way around,” while Gene Brake said that the “backside of the proposed memorial looks like a graphic depiction of the backside of a human being.”

[alexander_busek]

The donut-shaped sculpture by Phillip K. Smith, III was meant to be a symbol of hope, according to the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial Structure website.

Looks more like something conceived by Phillip K. Dick - author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the novel upon which "Bladerunner" was based).

Regards,

[cpdiii]

The memorial lacks a penis in the butt hole to make it accurate and a note that says this action and predilection might give you aids.

[vpintheak]

That’s what most of the freaks are into, so makes sense.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Ditto!

[metmom]

It’s deliberate, of course, and they are laughing at making a mockery of us.

The thing needs to be destroyed.

[cabojoe]

LOL

[mabarker1]

What else would an AIDS monument look like?

[mabarker1]

I think the pic in Post #47 covers both.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Here are some more ‘beauts’:

https://www.boredpanda.com/ugly-sculptures/?utm_source=duckduckgo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic

[Iron Munro]

[Iron Munro]

[maddog55]

Tear it down it’s offensive.

[SisterK]

Is evoking anger, or negative emotions, a purpose of art?

Prior to the 1930s or so, evoking anger or negative emotions was not the purpose of art. Art was pleasing and talent was respected.

When the communists began stealth jihad into our culture, art was one of the routes.
I believe it is described in the book "The Naked Communist" that one of the planks of communism is to get the culture to turn on itself. Visual art and music were intentionally composed to evoke anger and to dumb people down. Thus the rise of "artists" like Jackson Pollock.

[Salvavida]

Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the HOLE that he has made.

Psalm 7:14-15

[ViLaLuz]

The design, which is meant to honor individuals who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS
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We’ve totally lost our sense of honor.

[fwdude]

Babylon Bee, move over. LOL!!!

[fwdude]

Poor things. The Freudian slip just eludes them.

[stevio]

It’s perfect.

[fwdude]

I can see some creative vandals splatter it with mud and ketchup, for a reality twist.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

mud and ketchup AND runny white bread dough