Posted on 08/02/2016 7:35:25 AM PDT by servo1969
A Melbourne street artist who was threatened with a council fine over a provocative mural he painted of US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has responded by covering her image with a niqab.
Maribyrnong council took issue with the original mural, which depicted Clinton wearing a revealing swimsuit with $100 notes tucked into it. The council said residents complained about the piece, which was painted on to the side wall of a scooter shop in Footscray, 5km west of Melbourne.
In a statement, the council said the mural contravened its gender equity policy.
"We believe that this mural is offensive because of the depiction of a near-naked woman, not on the basis of disrespect to Hillary Clinton, and it is not in keeping with our stance on gender equity," the council chief executive, Stephen Wall, said.
"We contacted Victoria police to provide their opinion on the matter, and they deemed the mural to be offensive and in contravention of the Graffiti Prevention Act 2007, which council is responsible for enforcing."
As well as the council threatening the owner of the building with prosecution and a fine if the mural was not removed, the artist, known as Lushsux, had his Instagram account deleted after posting the image to the social media platform.
However instead of removing the mural, Lushsux covered up the swimsuit by painting a niqab over the top of it, leaving only Clinton's eyes showing. Next to his work, he painted the message: "If this Muslim woman offends u, u r a bigot, racist, sexist Islamophobe."
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Everyone seems to think of Australia as the fair dinkum land of blondes, tans, surfers, AFL footy and beer but any regular perusal of their media will reveal a severe, stifling, even angry PC climate with the militant self-appointed speech police ready to strike.
I don’t care who you are, that there’s funny.
Her whole face is indecent.
Which would make ours look like comedy.
Actually, Melbourne has one of the biggest graffiti and public “art” scenes that I’ve ever seen in my life (I was there in Feb for first trip). It’s one of the more interesting cities I’ve been to. You could probably spend an entire day walking around and just admiring graffiti.
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[Dolly Kyle describes seeing Hillary for the first time (in her book)
"I couldn't imagine why Billy would haul such a person in the plane with him in public. She was wearing a misshapen, brown, dress-like thing that must have been intended to hide her lumpy body. The garment was long, but stopped too soon to hide her fat ankles and her thick calves covered with black hair. Thick brown sandals did nothing to conceal her wide feet and the hair on her toes.
In that moment, I noticed that the woman emitted an overpowering odor of perspiration and greasy hair. I hoped that I wouldn't gag when she got in the car. I was stunned [and remember thinking this was] some kind of a sick joke - a woman in a hideous disguise."
JUST....EWWWWWWW
I wish I was a marketing genius like this artist. BRILLIANT
Alhamdulillah (Thank God!)
Omg.... thank you whoever fixed that train wreck, lol
Oh, yuck.
That’s going to stick with me. Like Ted Cruz eating... something... off his lip at one of the debates...
SHUDDER.
This “picture” is worth more than a thousand words.
It shows how Islam (moderate and “radical”) progresses as it gains a foothold around the world.
Even genital mutilation of young girls and women is becoming more prevalent here in the USA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3455473/posts
Along with honor killings.
Perhaps I have to reevaluate my negativity on the niqab. It did a world of good for Hillary.
I would like to know where I can buy a burka....advantages of one.....can go to the store in your pjs, no such thing as a bad hair day. If you lose your dentures, no one knows it, don’t have to spend time putting on make up....
LOL - try the internet?
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