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Friday, April 21, 2006
Depiction of Terrorism Banned "Three days before his 10-piece exhibit -- Portraits of Terror -- was scheduled to open at the Patterson Building, Stulman (senior-painting and anthropology) received an e-mail message from the School of Visual Arts that said his exhibit on images of terrorism "did not promote cultural diversity" or "opportunities for democratic dialogue" and the display would be cancelled. So apparently nondiscrimination means you cannot mention discrimination. And it's hate to mention hatred. Just as Orwell foresaw. (For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH, GREENIE WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. My Home Page. Email me (John Ray) here.) Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by JR at 7:49 PM |
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3 Comments:
Josh Stulman appropriates Nazi symbology when it suits him and his hateful message. That you think you can quote from an article (written by his best friend, by the way) in a college paper without seeing the paintings in question is calls into question any credibility you have.
I know Josh, and he really doesn't have the intellectual power to send a complex political message as he claims he does, he is merely getting talking points from his sponsoring organization (Hillel). His work is simply about hatred of Palestinians. I have seen it.
I disagree with the cancelling of the show. I disagree with it because I believe hateful people like Josh will get their just desserts in the public sphere.
You also fail to see that every day a conservative and religious man preaches his message in front of Willard Building where thousands of students pass every day and debate him openly. No attempt to stop him by the University.
You fail to see the large placards and installations put up by a conservative religious student group along the mall leading to Patee Library with images of fetuses and images from the Holocaust. No attempt to stop it by the University.
This smells like censorship. Seems like the school is offering many different reasons for the cancellation, hoping one of them will "stick."
I saw this post, not mine, at another blog:
Detonating a nail bomb among civilians on a crowded bus is resistance.
Showing pictures of the resulting devastation and carnage is hate speech.[1]
Illustratively well put.
I have contacted Stulman, Garoian, the School of Visual Arts, Senator Santorum, and others.
It's important to know why censorship happens. The truth about this issue needs to be exposed.
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It's obvious that the school is afraid of Muslim backlash. Shame on Penn State if they don't let him display his artwork.
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