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minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink15•9 months agoI don’t know, I reread it and that quote on the plate sounds pretty sarcastic to me. “To loot, urinate, and defecate through these hallowed halls to overturn an election” sounds more like a dig than actual reverence to me.
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoIt’s an action that is celebrated by the insurrectionists and those that support them. I have a hard time believing the artist/people that placed it aren’t supporters. It’s an extremely misguided thing. And as for whoever approved it? It’s the freaking national mall, some decorum is warranted. “It’s just a joke, bro” doesn’t really work here.
minus-square@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•9 months agoThe article quotes the permit application, which calls Pelosi’s desk symbolic of the integrity and democracy which the rioters desecrated.
minus-squareOmegalinkfedilink3•9 months ago“Overturn an election” is a dead giveaway that they are against the insurrectionists. That’s not a phrase that supporters use.
minus-square@Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months ago It’s an action that is celebrated by the insurrectionists and those that support them. And they’re being made fun of for it.
I don’t know, I reread it and that quote on the plate sounds pretty sarcastic to me. “To loot, urinate, and defecate through these hallowed halls to overturn an election” sounds more like a dig than actual reverence to me.
It’s an action that is celebrated by the insurrectionists and those that support them.
I have a hard time believing the artist/people that placed it aren’t supporters. It’s an extremely misguided thing.
And as for whoever approved it? It’s the freaking national mall, some decorum is warranted. “It’s just a joke, bro” doesn’t really work here.
The article quotes the permit application, which calls Pelosi’s desk symbolic of the integrity and democracy which the rioters desecrated.
“Overturn an election” is a dead giveaway that they are against the insurrectionists. That’s not a phrase that supporters use.
And they’re being made fun of for it.