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And what's funny about it is, as you said, it feels AI. There's a lot of these out there. Like, they put a lot of these statues up, and they're, like, very often of this specific format of, like, an angry person just kind of glaring at you. There's one in Rotterdam in the Netherlands that's just... Again, kind of like this black woman with a sullen expression on her face.
There's one in southern Britain where it's like a woman on her phone. There's a couple of people just on their phones. And some of them are just actually really crazy looking. There's one that's like a giant. It's like the Sphinx that you'd see in Egypt.
There's one in southern Britain where it's like a woman on her phone. There's a couple of people just on their phones. And some of them are just actually really crazy looking. There's one that's like a giant. It's like the Sphinx that you'd see in Egypt.
That one was put up in Rockefeller Center for a while. Come on. It's gone. There's that Sphinx. It's the Sphinx, except it kind of has a stereotypical.
That one was put up in Rockefeller Center for a while. Come on. It's gone. There's that Sphinx. It's the Sphinx, except it kind of has a stereotypical.
mammy look like that old kind of slave caricature that they would have and they put it on a sphinx and if you see the whole thing it also has very sexualized features like it has this big booty in the back and this is like a piece of art that they said was empowering for black people when
mammy look like that old kind of slave caricature that they would have and they put it on a sphinx and if you see the whole thing it also has very sexualized features like it has this big booty in the back and this is like a piece of art that they said was empowering for black people when
I look at that and I would think if a white supremacist had created this statue, it would be totally... If David Duke was in charge... Yeah, this is a super... This is an outrageously offensive statue that cashes in on all of these gross stereotypes and caricatures, except... No, we put it up and we called it Progress. And there was a similar one that they showed up there.
I look at that and I would think if a white supremacist had created this statue, it would be totally... If David Duke was in charge... Yeah, this is a super... This is an outrageously offensive statue that cashes in on all of these gross stereotypes and caricatures, except... No, we put it up and we called it Progress. And there was a similar one that they showed up there.
And it's like the statue of Zeus at Olympia. It's called Oracle. They put this up in the Rockefeller Center, I believe, temporarily. I don't think it's there anymore. And it's like a Greek statue, except it has this gigantic kind of African statue style head on top of it. And it's the same deal.
And it's like the statue of Zeus at Olympia. It's called Oracle. They put this up in the Rockefeller Center, I believe, temporarily. I don't think it's there anymore. And it's like a Greek statue, except it has this gigantic kind of African statue style head on top of it. And it's the same deal.
Like that's a valid art form, but they deliberately do do it in ways that make you raise one eyebrow or the other eyebrow or both eyebrows. And a very funny response. I think it was Matt. Did Matt Walsh tweet this?
Like that's a valid art form, but they deliberately do do it in ways that make you raise one eyebrow or the other eyebrow or both eyebrows. And a very funny response. I think it was Matt. Did Matt Walsh tweet this?
He said they put these up because like the left can't have any actual heroes because everything above 2000 before 2005 is suspect. I mean, we ripped down Abraham Lincoln statues because he was racist, apparently. In fact, when you were in we were in Boston the other time and there was that there was an empty pedestal near where we were staying.
He said they put these up because like the left can't have any actual heroes because everything above 2000 before 2005 is suspect. I mean, we ripped down Abraham Lincoln statues because he was racist, apparently. In fact, when you were in we were in Boston the other time and there was that there was an empty pedestal near where we were staying.
And it was because that's where the Lincoln Emancipation statue was. And they took it down and you can see Lincoln is right. It looks like it's a frickin grave as a result because there's no statue on top of it. So they don't have any heroes. No one's OK. So you just have to put up statues of kind of angry people glaring at you because that is that is liberal art.
And it was because that's where the Lincoln Emancipation statue was. And they took it down and you can see Lincoln is right. It looks like it's a frickin grave as a result because there's no statue on top of it. So they don't have any heroes. No one's OK. So you just have to put up statues of kind of angry people glaring at you because that is that is liberal art.
It is a very specific thing.
It is a very specific thing.
There's a... I'm looking now because I just thought there is a... There's a podcast called – literally that's just called Listen to Black Women.