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217 A conservative women's group has already submitted a request to do their own organization's tagline as a mural, and included specifications that it must be similar in size and prominent placement as the #BLM murals. They have lawyers all set to sue when/if de Blasio denies the request.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2020 11:52 AM (bDqIh)

This is good news. I think these propagandistic graffiti displays need to be counterpunched everywhere they appear.

The same thing happened in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City:

Redwood City resident Dan Pease got permission from city officials to paint the “Black Lives Matter” sign on Broadway as part of a Fourth of July public art celebration.

The city even supplied him with yellow poster board paint to do it.

And you won't guess what happened next:

But, last Thursday, the city washed the sign away after being contacted by local real estate attorney Maria Rutenburg, who said that if the street was now a public forum, she wanted a sign of her own reading “MAGA 2020.”

“I saw “Black Lives Matter” sign appearing on Broadway Street on the asphalt and I figured that’s gonna be a new public space, open for discussion, and I wanted to get my message out, too.” Rutenburg said.

Ah, good. Making them live by their own rules. She understands how to fight.

Pease says he doesn’t consider “Black Lives Matter” to be a political statement...

He thinks that painting the name of a Marxist front group on a public street *isn't* a political statement? That's kind of naive, I'd say. If Pease were a small child, I'd tell him "the problem with what you're doing is that the slogan you've chosen, 'Black Lives Matter' is the name of an organization that is not primarily about making black lives matter, but believes in such things as abolishing the nuclear family and redistributing other people's wealth, and, in fact, restructuring our country from top to bottom. How this is supposed to make black lives matter is not exactly clear, since everywhere else it has been tried, countries such as Russia, China, Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam, black lives were made worse, and not just black lives, but pretty much everybody's lives."

But the city decided that they preferred no speech to free speech. Which, actually, is OK by me. I would rather have public property not used for political messages from either side. It reminds me of a film I once saw about China during their Cultural Revolution, when you had loudspeakers blaring out CCP propaganda everywhere you went, and there is no escape from it. I would like to go to and from work in peace without having to endure a continual barrage of political advertising.

Note: A couple of you asked how to donate to Ms. Beatty. She's selling #JesusMatters T-shirts here. Further donation information is at the bottom of that page. GoFundMe may have booted her off their platform, but PayPal has not.

Street Graffiti I'd Like To See:

And President Trump Lifted Up His Eyes And Prayed: Oh Lord, I Thank Thee That Thou Hast Made Mine Enemies the Sorriest Collection of Incompetent Boobs and Ass-Clowns That Could Ever Be Imagined. Thou Couldst Not Possibly Make Them More Weak, Foolish, and Corrupt. And The Lord God Saith Unto President Trump, Holdest Thou My Beer:

Founder of Never-Trump Super PAC Arrested in $60M Bribery Scheme https://t.co/zkmxJR9JoL via @BreitbartNews

— OregonMuse (@OregonMuse) July 22, 2020

Progressivism Is Making the Whole World Stupid:

Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the “Washington Football Team”, pending adoption of a new name, sources tell ESPN.

This is not a final renaming and rebranding for team; this is the name it wants to use until pending adoption of a new name in the future. pic.twitter.com/sBs0Uo0ICm

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 23, 2020

Not the Babylon Bee:

UK's head of state is first-born descendant of each generation of all-white senior royals. Black & Asian people are therefore excluded from being head of state for foreseeable future. This is institutional racism https://t.co/TaDCNxqSmE #BlackLivesMatter #blmuk @GreenJennyJones pic.twitter.com/IGxRNT0KaN

— Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) July 22, 2020

"Toxic Masculinity"

Being a dad is my favorite thing in the world. pic.twitter.com/KdxYFZt53u

— Marc Lobliner (@MarcLobliner) July 21, 2020

😂

Mother Nature Likes To Play Rough:

Few min ago #earthquake 5.2 has hit North Pacific Ocean, 10.0 km#Earthquake pic.twitter.com/wEcgbzpz3Q

— AftabAhmed (@ahmedaftab04) July 22, 2020

Who Dis:

For the 'Ettes:

Wednesday's Who Dis: Bangles guitarist/vocalist Susanna Hoffs appeared with Michael Ontkean in The Allnighter, a 1987 film directed by Hoffs' mother.

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