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MurrayDelph

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8. I saw this and I'm still a no.

Thu Oct 20, 2022, 12:21 PM

Oct 2022

Someone's white privilege pretentiousness is showing.

This was a media fail. What is being discussed as a result of this stunt is:

1. The stunt.

2. Thank goodness the painting's ok.

3. What if the glass had failed? The frame was damaged, but she just blows that part off.

4 Why pick on Van Gogh? I see no correlation, just opportunity.

5 Who the fuck does think she is?

6 Then, maybe, they get around to discussing her rationale, I.e. The message

It's like "Whatsup?". Thanks to Milhouse, people remember the line, remember it's from a commercial, but what was the product?

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Here's the Van Gogh Soup Thrower Explaining the Soup Throw. Seems Fine to Me. [View all] RussBLib Oct 2022 OP

Hmmm. I'm rethinking my rush to judgement as I believe in civil disobedience Deuxcents Oct 2022 #1

Cool. Often there is "more to the story" than... RussBLib Oct 2022 #2

Sounds normal to me. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #3

Throwing a can of soup at a $900 million dollar painting is a criminal act. CentralMass Oct 2022 #4

How about throwing a can of soup at a piece of glass? ZZenith Oct 2022 #5

And they are scientists so they know that no damage would happen to the painting. Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #11

But standing on a street corner handing out flyers won't change anything. 70sEraVet Oct 2022 #6

Trying to normalize the destruction of a great work of art? Paladin Oct 2022 #7

I saw this and I'm still a no. MurrayDelph Oct 2022 #8

There's a hundred other ways to get the same kind of attention.. Chakaconcarne Oct 2022 #9

Minimal damage? Pahleeze! Beastly Boy Oct 2022 #10