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Smithsonian Christmastime Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Christ, Nudity, Gay Incest and Ellen Degeneres

‘Tis the season for… homoerotica?

Smithsonian Christmastime Exhibit Features Ant Covered Christ, Nudity, Gay Incest and Ellen Degeneres

“A Fire in My Belly

That‘s the apparent theme of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery’s Christmas season exhibition. According to CNSNews.com, the federal funded gallery’s exhibit features “images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen Degeneres grabbing her breasts and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show‘s catalog as ’homoerotic.’”

The exhibit, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” opened on Oct. 30 and will run throughout the Christmas Season, closing on Feb. 13.

“This is an exhibition that displays masterpieces of American portraiture and we wanted to illustrate how questions of biography and identity went into the making of images that are canonical,” David C. Ward, a National Portrait Gallery (NGP) historian who is also co-curator of the exhibit, told CNSNews.com.

According to the museum itself, the exhibit shows a commitment to “showing how a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in America’s promise of equality, inclusion and social dignity… These themes, historic and artistic, come together in ‘Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,’ the first major exhibition to examine the influence of gay and lesbian artists in creating modern American portraiture.”

“‘Hide/Seek’ chronicles how, as outsiders, gay and lesbian artists occupied a position that turned to their advantage, making essential contributions to both the art of portraiture and to the creation of modern American culture,” a plaque posted at the exhibit states.

The Smithsonian’s annual budget is $761 million, with $495 million being contributed by American taxpayers via federal government funds.  According to a Smithsonian spokesperson, the National portrait gallery received $5.8 million in federal funding during fiscal year 2010, although the Smithsonian notes that taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for individual exhibits, including the “Hide/Seek” exhibit.

CNSNews.com describes a portion of the exhibit — two videos shown on a television screen as part of the “Hide/Seek” piece:

“The Pink Narcissus” is a video released in 1971 by James Bidgood (b. 1933). The National Portrait Gallery’s description for the video says, “The film is a surreal portrait of the youth’s emergence into gay life, his coming out symbolized by the metaphor of a caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly.” The video was originally 71 minutes long, and has been edited down to 7 minutes for display in the museum, according to the description.

“A Fire in My Belly” was created by David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992). The full-length version of this 1987 video, according to the description at the exhibit, is 30 minutes long. The version viewable in the National Portrait Gallery has been edited down to 4 minutes. The description says, “A Fire in My Belly, a compilation of footage largely shot in Mexico, weaves together numerous images of loss, pain, and death into a metaphor for the AIDS epidemic; it concludes in a picture of the world aflame.”

The description speaks of the video artist’s ”poetic, yet furious, condemnation of the way greed, religion, and selfishness conspire to label certain people as outside the scope of our caring.” It also quotes Wojnarowicz, who died of AIDS, as saying, “When I was told I’d contracted the virus, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I’d contracted a diseased society as well.”

The four-minute version of the video shown in the exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery shows, among other images, ants crawling over the image of Jesus on a crucifix, two halves of a loaf of bread being sewn together, the bloody mouth of a man being sewn shut, a hand dropping coins, a man undressing, a man’s genitals, a bowl of blood, and mummified humans.

For more from CNSNews, click here.

UPDATE: GOP Leaders Tell Smithsonian to Pull ‘Homoerotic’ Exhibit

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:20pm

    I don’t like it, but I don’t want to kill them because of it, kind of I think….. maybe. This is where the Lord will step in.

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  • mtnclimberjim
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:16pm

    I am offended by this. If It were a muzie show, they would shut it down, soooo……I still use the pages of the koran as toilet paper.

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    • MeteoricLimbo
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:29pm

      Sure is another big wake up call for Believers. Is that why some keep their prophet hidden from view?

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    • BRAVEHEART
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:34pm

      ******* get their thrills stoning women and chopping the heads off of Infidels! They need no stinking artieste

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  • BRAVEHEART
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:16pm

    Many of these deviant artist receive funds from another Federal waste of millons Called the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ). Its amazing the ways congress finds to flush our money down the toilet and then force their healthcare crap down our throats and grope us at the airport.

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    • lcassavaugh
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:45pm

      totally agree, Braveheart. I only hope that when people are aware of what is in the exhibit that they will boycott it. Disgusting! Please don’t call that smut art!

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  • angelcat
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:11pm

    And will they exhibit things equally as objectionable for the next Muslim holiday mocking Mohammed, or is it only acceptable to do this for Christian holidays and the Christian God since Christians won’t threaten and carry out bodily injury to those who disrespect God?

     
    • Truth-Wielder
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:04am

      Angelcat, I believe that’s the reason most people are afraid to offend Islam.

      It’s rather difficult to stand up and call Islam an immature and practically evil religion without the looming thought of having one of the truly devout kill you for it.

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    • pollyanna
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:12pm

      We need to take our country back. We need to assemble as our founding fathers did; We began as a Judeo-Christian nation. The Home of the Brave and the Free…
      We are sick to death of the self-loathing idiots who’s voices are as “nails on’a chalkboard” in the liberal media.
      I’m sorry they hate themselves…their families, and their country…they are deeply deranged. They need our prayers…Help Me Father, to know what and who to pray for. Amen

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  • teahugger
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:10pm

    Pay for your own freedom of speech out of your own damn money, and keep your digusting hands outa my pockets!

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  • MeteoricLimbo
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:07pm

    Why.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:01pm

    How do I know Christianity is the one true religion? Because no other religion is so viciously attacked and denigrated.

    We must be doing something right.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:35am

      No, generally when you are criticized it means your are doing something WRONG…however, Christianity has a rich history of fostering intellectual and scientific inquiry…and then attempting to crush it.

      The Third Archon  
    • NickDeringer
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:47am

      @The Third Archon
      You mus be talking about Islam.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:47am

      Right On!!!

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    • Fox
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:15am

      @The Third Armchair Whatever

      ….so, when Rosa Parks was criticized and hated by the racist white bus driver for wanting to ride the bus, was she wrong too?

      Is this exhibit “wrong” because it’s being criticized by most of America?

      I find your argument dubious at best. Garnering criticism hardly makes something, let alone an entire religion, “wrong”. Think logically before you decide to spam – if you can.

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  • CALL ME SNAKE
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:00pm

    Freedom of speech and expression should be protected, but the hypocrisy of it all is that it’s only acceptable to denigrate Christianity. Everyone turns a blind eye to it if it involves Christians. If it were Islam, Buhddism, or Judahism being insulted it would likely never have been shown.

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    • BurntHills
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:36pm

      the only “religion” obama and the Left protects is islam. seeing how they are all socialists and pedophiles trying to destroy America, it makes sense.. they are emboldened and empowered by obama to push us to see how far we will allow them to destroy our entire nation and its children. but the gays, how ignorant, they will be the first group slaughtered by the muslims when that group steps up after the impending Union riots.
      no doubts here once we are bombed or worse, or a soros-funded union-&-ghetto-led anarchy “revolution” of race riots breaks out againt White Christian America, obama would be lucky to see 2012, his group cannot afford a weak “leader” and soros has someone like Van Jones already waiting in the wings.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:25pm

      You are absolutely correct.

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    • thankyouvets
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:44am

      just wish we could wipe out political correctness

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  • Takeoutthegarbagenov2
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:58pm

    Federally funded-Reason #23 why I take at least 5 hours of week as “this is my taxable income hours.” I’m tired of paying for a poor education system, abortions, PBS, overpaid politicians and czars.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:44am

      And I would bet you are paying for 13th Degeneration and his Huffy-Post friends

      Report Post » RepubliCorp  
  • SilentReader
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:57pm

    That “A Fire in my Belly” exhibit looks more like “Dullness in my Gray Matter.”

    It makes me really want to jump up for joy and run to this gallery of groove see how depressed I could really get during the holidays.

    Way to go Smithsonian. You outdid yourself this Christmastime.

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  • kiwi1
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:57pm

    More Deterioration of Society misnamed “ART”.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:02pm

      yes, we are a crumbling society.

      But I am a Christian and I know what is to come.

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  • Mikee T
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:57pm

    Okay……..so it’s cool to allow freaks to express themselves even though this is offensive to Christians and not to mention, blastphemous (irreverent). What’s new ? These mongrels love to poke at christians don’t they ? What in God’s name is motivating these people that have lost their way ? Oh, I forgot, I’m one of those “bible” people and we are all nuts……. We have allowed freaks to continue to have their way in this country and you can blame liberal/progressives for it….nothing is sacred anymore……..they should (but aren’t cognizant enough) be ashamed ….go figure….

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:01pm

      but gov‘t workers can’t show they are Christians in their work areas.

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    • WVdad
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:34pm

      They are ashamed, thats why they must gather support and attempt to change the views of others to further redeem themselves in there minds. Alot of people have been brainwashed and decieved and found talking points to make them feel better about what they do that they know is wrong, I truely feel sorry for them.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:55pm

      You show it by being decent people………period……..Decency, is what is lacking in an AMORAL society…. You don’t have to walk around trying to convert people, you lead by example and your actions speak for what your beliefs are………..it’s not that difficult…..but the actions against decency are pervasive in society today and again, and must I continue to repeat myself…. YOU CAN BLAME LIBERALISM AND PROGRESSIVISM……..

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  • silentwatcher
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:56pm

    and just 8 years of fed employee COLA cuts pays for one year of Smithsonian tax dollar donations. yippee, huh?

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  • ILFarmer
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:54pm

    They keep trying to degrade Religion, but anyone that is strong in their faith won’t be deterred. Hold strong. I’m quite disappointed in the Smithsonian for this atrocity. I would think they of all organizations would have tact and tastefulness instead of slander disguised as freedom of expression.

    This country really IS going to hell in a hand basket.

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    • tierrah
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:57am

      Hey Farmer, I sent an email to the Smithsonian tonight telling them what I thought about their selection for the 2010 Christmas Exhibit. Felt better after getting it off my chest. Their wasn’t really an appropriate department to choose from so I used the main information email address: nfo@si.edu

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    • JD Carp
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:08am

      When they are offended we have to dismantle our Nativity scene or Christmas tree, now I am offended why don’t they have to take down this crap?

      Oh I get it. Only atheists and Muslims can be offended but Christians have to take all the abuse they can meet out. Well, Jesus said, “Turn the other cheek.” The cheek I am turning is the one I sit on.

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  • Slayer
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:54pm

    We can complain about this or we can find the email addresses and phone numbers of our Reps and DEMAND this crap be defunded from the US taxpayer immediately. Time to make cuts in everything and this is a good place to begin.

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  • silentwatcher
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:53pm

    Do you realize how much government money goes into the Smithsonian every year? hmmmm?????

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  • silentwatcher
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:52pm

    We will pay for their sins. God said so.

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  • Iamtheoracle
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:52pm

    I’m vomiting – and I would encourage anyone who posts here to send a letter of complaint to the museum and to their reps. disgusting – so tired of all this bull crap

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  • conservativeone
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:51pm

    Morality is eroding in this Country. These people disgust me.
    I’d really like to know, on what moral platform do these people think this is proper ???
    I honestly pray that God Forgive Us … Liberals are turning this Country into a modern day,
    Soddam and Gomorah.

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:00pm

      Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

      13thGenerationAmerican  
    • Mikee T
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:03pm

      Agreed……..and the only people that care are god fearing people…….problem ? All the agnostics / atheists / freaks are running the country……….send your children to parochial schools….if not, teach them at home…….what a disgrace……

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:24am

      Mikee T,

      You are on to something here.13thgen was obviously educated in a liberal public school district. This would explain his backwardness.

      PatriotShops.com

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  • thepatriot
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:45pm

    Really, the Smithsonian? How is this relevant to the history of the country? I mean, I get the civil rights issues, but how does this monstrosity portray it properly?

    Report Post » thepatriot  
    • BurntHills
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:53pm

      this “exhibit” is all done in the most vile depictions as possible by the most vile sexual deviants gathered to degrade and disgrace Christmas, Christianity and American Christians in America.

      if ellen the degenerate has any sponsors, we are letting them know they will never see a dime from us American Christians again. and we are letting all of our Reps know that they better work to defund the Smithsonian of OUR American Christian hardworking family taxdollars immediately.

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    • Citizen
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:24pm

      its about homosexuals who dont know they arent real artists.
      i mean look at some of that stuff its very amateur at best.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:20pm

      If I took my son to the Smithsonian and he saw this atrocity there would be hell to pay.

      Report Post » Untameable-kate  
  • WISEPENNY
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:45pm

    Where did they get the artists? Did they dig them up in the local cemetary?

    BAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

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  • BpSitRep
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:43pm

    Someone needs to put their own display up of anti-gay, anti-leftism…..art.

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:59pm

      Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
      Voltaire

      13thGenerationAmerican  
    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:12pm

      @13th

      Consider this, Voltair also declared that the Christian God would be dead in our lifetime; and now the European branch of the Gideon Society uses his home as the headquarters to distribute free bibles and literature around Europe, Middle East and Northern African nations.

      Once again God indeed shows how impecable His sense of humor is.

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:27pm

      Consider this, Santa Claus is a Socialist

      13thGenerationAmerican  
    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:56pm

      13Th.

      I’m OK with Santa Claus with ants. Not a depiction of Christ. Just how I feel. I don’t want to take their right to do it away. This is what you support with your taxes?

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    • Citizen
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:14pm

      13th generation – do you troll for free ? or does someone pay you ?

      thing is i dont mind trolls but at least be amusing with it ya know, its like you just read – trolling for dummies – and just keep spamming one liners.

      thats cool if your boss is paying you and your just doin it for money, but if your trolling cause your proud then please man put some heart and creativity in it.

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    • Steverino
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:22pm

      13th – consider this:
      You have difficulty responding to someone (Snowleopard) that has raised a counterpoint – low on ammuntion?
      Open dialogue can be fun and enlightening!

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:33pm

      I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.
      Voltaire

      13thGenerationAmerican  
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:30am

      13th degeneration: what you call Prejudice…. others would call good judgement

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:45am

      @13th

      Consider this: Santa Clause does not exist, Voltair is dead, and the Christian faith and ideals are still moving along.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:32pm

      @13th–
      I made that prayer, too; thank you for helping God fulfill it.
      Santa Claus, if he did exist, would not be socialist. He doesn‘t take other people’s money. He gives gifts he makes himself. Santa would be a generous capitalist.

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    • LadyLiberty
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:09pm

      @ 13th
      Prejudices are what Liberals use as arguments.
      -Everyone

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:43pm

      13thGenerationAmerican: 0

      LadyLibery: 1

      And we don’t give out trophies for participation ’round these here parts!

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    • Fox
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:04am

      While it is amusing to “debate”, and point out the silliness of 13′s comments, we really shouldn’t encourage this person to continue spamming.

      Wake up, everyone — don’t feed into what progressive pawns want. They want to be seen and heard. If their arguments are disproved, they resort to name calling, whiny rants, and quoting long dead philosophers with no relevance to the original subject. They want to seem smart. They want to seem cool. But more than anything, they just want to be noticed. No need to waste your time and energy pointing out the blatant and obvious idiocy of a moron.

      Basically… treat progressives and liberals like 7 year olds. They act up when they don’t get enough attention. (I know that’s a little insulting to 7 year olds, but bear with me)

      Instead of fighting them online, it‘s better to spend your time researching your country’s history and restoring its republic – something the libs who spend all day in their underwear spamming The Blaze have no idea about. ;-)

      Report Post » Fox  
  • BlacksAgainstObama
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:41pm

    Ugh, how disgusting. Come on black people, wake up. These folks don’t represent your values, do they??

    http://www.watchglennbeck.com

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:07am

      I have never understood what black people see in Obama. Many of my black friends are very God fearing people who have deep religious faith and he is the exact opposite of what we as Christians stand for. With our economy in such a tailspin this funding of this blasphemy is like an extra hard slap in the face to us Christian taxpayers. Even if the economy was good for that matter, we just need to rise up and have our voices heard and see that funding of such nonsense is stopped.

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    • missy8s
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:13am

      I think that every ethnic group needs to reassess their support of Democrats if they support them, their history of racism speaks volumes.

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:38pm

    A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.

    13thGenerationAmerican  
    • Dale
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:01pm

      Excuse me, this is a museum not a library. Some decorum should exist!

      Report Post » Dale  
    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:04pm

      So am I to partake from your comment this actually is enjoyable to yourself?

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:44pm

      …and yet the Smithsonian and NEA keep going back to the well against Christians and nobody else.

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    • Steverino
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:16pm

      13th:

      I will give you credit for an unusually salient point. We are, however, speaking of a museum, not a library. Do you think that our taxes should be use to support either?

      Steve

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:23am

      13th degeneration, what would your Huffy-post friends think?
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/13th_Generation_American

      Report Post » RepubliCorp  
    • tierrah
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:57am

      @Cognitive: You say:
      “I love how all of you claim to love freedom of speech and expression, unless its kind of gay, than you hate it. This exhibit has every right to exist, the space is there for people to put exhibits in it and if someone pays to put something there they should be allowed to and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to go to it.”
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      I have no problem with “freedom of speech” … my problem is your taking MY money to finance your freedom of speech.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:30am

      Can you imagine the ruckus if Allah was portrayed in such a manner? Someone would have to die to appease the Muslims for their outrage.
      I think it’s gone far beyond just a double standard!

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:23am

      13th….Your idiocy is only surpassed by your pure stupidity.

      Congratulations on winning the dumbest person alive award.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:08am

      Hey, 13th…….nice to see you today. Did you and Lt. Dan just finish watching “The Crying Game” again……you seem to be quite jovial.

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    • Dearoldad
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:06am

      And every truly great website has an offensive piece of excrement like 13th Gen who even lies about his heritage. You can almost smell the rot emanating from his posts.

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    • EP46
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:39pm

      True. But for anyone who subscribes to the Smithsonian magazine I suggest that you cancel your subscription now. Taxpayers should not fund FILTH and neither should we pay for their publications.And yes 13th this is Evil Filth.

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    • abc
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:39pm

      Best quote I’ve read in weeks. And it applies to libraries, college curricula, movie collections and, yes, to art museums. Thanks for the profound insight.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:54pm

      “profound insight”?? HAHAHAHAHA….That’s a joke, right?

      It’s true–every library, museum, etc. is going to have something in it that someone doesn’t like. But there is a difference between having something that someone doesn’t like in a collection and displaying something that is intentionally offensive.

      I don’t like the Communist Manifesto, but I don‘t mind it being in a library because Marx and Engels weren’t out to intentionally offend anyone, just spreading their ideas. This, however, is different; no one puts a crucifix in ants and not intend to offend Christians. No one puts homoerotic pornography on display without intending to offend people with moral dignity.

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    • abc
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:38pm

      Komponist, you sound just like the inflexible and intolerant Mullahs in Iran that issue fatwahs to artists and authors that offend their sensibilities. There is always someone who is offended by something written or drawn, and freedom includes the right to offend. The Supreme Court has defended Nazi’s marching in front of Jewish people, and that is far worse than the depiction of the cross in the Smithsonian exhibit. By the way, Leonardo da Vinci, the greatest artist to even walk the earth, has drawn highly offensive works of hermaphroditic boys that were intended to offend and have indeed greatly offended many people. I guess you would ban those as well. Your kind is a barrier to creativity and progress.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:00pm

      Ban? I never said ban, I just don‘t want taxpayer’s money paying for it. I don‘t want taxpayer’s money paying for ANY art. Did Leonardo display those pictures in a taxpayer-funded venue? As I said above, if they want to make this garbage, let them put it up in a private gallery.

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    • readthefacts
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:41am

      “… the Smithsonian notes that taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for individual exhibits, including the “Hide/Seek” exhibit.”

      Can we please read a little more carefully.

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:36pm

    This exceeds the ability of words to express appropriate disgust……

     
    • MiketheTrucker
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:53pm

      And why are they receiving federal funds(our tax dollars)?

       
    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:03pm

      Defunding of this degeneration to the concept of Art should be done at once. To call this kind of trash anything but trash must be demonstrations of the most deranged, sadistic, and counter American values of the world.

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • Rational Man
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:29pm

      Maranatha, come Lord Jesus! Come soon, come quickly. We need you more every day!!

      Rational Man  
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:42pm

      Isn’t this the *national* museum?

      In the most recent polls I could find, somewhere between 77% http://bit.ly/LwRz and 81% http://bit.ly/chA7Us of Americans said they were Christians. Yeah. Eat it, Libs. That’s 3 of us for one of everyone else, combined.

      Yet, our own *NATIONAL MUSEUM* launches something so rabidly anti-Christian as *this* as a Christmas Exibit? Is this not the most disgusting thing you’ve seen today?

      @leftfighter  
    • BurntHills
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:46pm

      we can only pray all these psychotic diseased individuals who put this atrocious exhibit of depraved sexual deviance and anti-American anti-Christian hatred together, could CARE or understand by with this atrocity they directed against us Americans, they fuel the anti-gay flames more than ever.

      this is the epitome of the homosexual deviance we are fighting against that is trying everyday to take over the minds of our innocent schooldchildren.

      ellen the degenerate is a total national “celebrity” atrocity. just another lesbian/ covert pedophile wanting to influence our normal children to be homosexuals. disgusting.

      BurntHills  
    • CatB
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:50pm

      Your (and mine) TAX DOLLARS at work….something else we need to defund or restaff!

       
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:35pm

      I love how all of you claim to love freedom of speech and expression, unless its kind of gay, than you hate it. This exhibit has every right to exist, the space is there for people to put exhibits in it and if someone pays to put something there they should be allowed to and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to go to it.

      There are plenty of other works of art displayed in public museums that have a positive view of Christianity, actually most art has a positive view of Christianity since most of it was created by Christians because most of the country is Christian, a fact that I think makes the availability of an opposing and alternative artistic view even more important.

      If you want to talk about defunding the whole Smithsonian institution or this particular building, well that’s a different conversation.

      cognitivedissonance  
    • The Vengislator
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:45pm

      It is important that we show tolerance towards the very, very small portion of the population who find these exhibits desireable. However, should anyone get any funny ideas concerning the blaspheming of Islam, I’ll issue a fat…ahem…an executive order so fast it’ll make your Jesus swim in a glass of urine.

       
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:59pm

      If Muslims find homosexuality offensive, than they should find this exhibit just as offensive as Christians do. Though, I very much agree that we should be more open to make art that may challenge any commonly held religion or belief, whether it is Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or whatever and not fear the consequences.

      cognitivedissonance  
    • rebel
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:00am

      I’ll take dogs playing poker over this crap any day. How insane do you have to be to think that people want to see this. This looks like stuff that kids would throw together the day of their report and then claim art so they can’t get a failing grade.

      I want to be able to say where my tax dollars go. Roads, schools, defense.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:11am

      See what happens when people break the 2nd Commandment! If no one broke the 2nd Commandment there would be no likenesses or symbols for anyone to trash or degrade. Exod. 20
      “you shall not make unto yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath…….”

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:17am

      cognitivedissonance,

      I don’t want my tax money going to garnage like this. Let them pay for it themselves and show it wherever they want. Not on Tax funded property and not tax funded garbage. If this means we de-fund all art projects to stop this disgusting trash being paid for by the taxpayer, so be it.

      PatriotShops.com

      thepatriotdave  
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:29am

      thepatriotdave,

      It must be said that I don’t think that any of the Smithsonian institutions will ever be defunded, doing so would likely be political suicide, but another question.

      Don’t people who in the GLBT community also pay taxes? and as tax paying citizens, shouldn’t they have every right to use public institutions they also pay for to display their art?

      cognitivedissonance  
    • HEARDENOUGHCRAP
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:45am

      COGNITIVEDISSONANCE – I’ve always heard that beauty, or in this case, art, is in the eye of the beholder, however, you obviously don’t distinguish between beauty and bottom-of-the-barrel trash. I‘m sick to death of the PC that tells the majority that we have to put aside our morals because the decadent few don’t like it. We ARE going to take back our country, and those of you that don’t like it, are welcome to MOVE to wherever you think life is better. The majority of America IS Christian, and it’s high time we asserted ourselves. Homegrown sicophants like Degenerant, et al, would do well to find an island of their own.

       
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:57am

      heardenoughcrap,

      Just in case you don’t manage to take the country back right away, what is your response to my question to patriotdave? Should tax paying citizens be denied the use of public institutions simply because you don’t like their lifestyle?

      cognitivedissonance  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:15am

      cognitwit…yes tax paying lesbians have every right to display their art…first they’ll have to come up with some…

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:33am

      What the….God help this country!

       
    • Lazier Than Thou
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:57am

      Cognitivedissonance:

      What you are proposing is a false choice. The obvious answer to your question is “yes, lesbians should be able to use their tax funded property,” but the problem isn’t who is using it, but what they’re using it for and if government should be involved in that. I can’t and wont speak for everyone here, but in my opinion there is absolutely no place for government in Art. The Arts can be funded entirely by the private sector and do not require big brother(or sister, if we’re all feeling very progressive) to step in to make people hear a voice no one wants to hear. Again, the problem isn’t the art, it’s the fact that art is being provided by the government. I imagine a lot of the people here would complain about the art even if it had nothing to do with the government, but very few would suggest it being censored.

      Side note; why ants? I gotta say, these “artists” really don’t make any sense to me what-so-ever. Maybe their opinion would be more accepted if it wasn’t so obtuse.

       
    • aamador
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:51am

      This is why government should not be founding these organizations. It is hurtful to me that my dollars would go to something like this. These groups want to keep the donors happy in this case, the liberals but the liberals do not represent the majority and proportionally we are the majority and that’s why this is an outrage. Is this how you bring people together or simply how you create discord and division?

      It will take time before we can remove this cancer. It is funny as a young person and most of my life I have been very tolerant of people with what I considered different orientation. In the last couple of years I have gone from a tolerant person to an immensely intolerant one. This is what this administration has managed to do. Is this intentional?

       
    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:55am

      In these times where some are losing their homes, jobs, and don’t know where their next meal is coming from, I’m sure we “taxpayers” could find a better use for the money than this. It appears we as a nation have our priorities a little mixed up.

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    • GIDDIONKANE
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:09am

      I agree “its disgusting” only begins to describe the immoral depravity that these fool call art.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:20am

      I don’t recall Jesus excluding anybody. In fact, as I remember, he even incited his followers to love their enemies.

      It‘s not that these people don’t understand Christianity, they do, rather they loathe it because of its goodness.

      I wonder what the Smithsonian’s Ramadan exhibit will be?

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:23am

      Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian have proven the Bible to be True. “Their Rock is not our Rock.”
      They are the vine of Sodom and the feilds of Gomorrah. “It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gommorah in the day of judgement than for that city.” Matthew ,Mark, and Luke affirm what Christ
      declared True.What Washington D.C. displays is No different than what ancient Jerusalem rolled
      around in when the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel spoke against that City proclaiming the overturning.
      Imagine them treating ANY other religion with the contempt they manifest against American Christianity and our fundamental Christian morals.– I cannot.

       
    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:24am

      @cognitivedissonance

      You seem to be suffering from your forum name.

      No public money should be used to fund ANY art, of any theme, at all, ever.

      The reason people don‘t like this isn’t because it’s “gay”, I suspect, but because their very core beliefs are being smeared and defiled by some crank who is using their money. What they are not doing, if didn’t notice, is running out and killing the artist, or putting a bounty on his/her head, nor are they burning down the museum. I strongly suspect that many Christians are praying in good faith for the soul of the artist.

      You have something to learn about Christianity, but I wonder if you’re even interested in doing so?

      slainte

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:44am

      People will insult and demean christianity any chance they get, but insult or demean the muslim satanic un-religion and you must be a bad person. Go figure.

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    • Slayer
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:38am

      We can gripe about it or we can get on the phone or email our representative and DEMAND that they defund the Smithsonian immediately. Great way to start saving money.

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    • dkhartman
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:39am

      I don’t care for this at all.

      I understand the artists right t free speech and all.. Thats totally wonderful and why I LOVE this country so much. What I don’t understand is why I have to pay for it. THIS is NOT what government money and OUR tax dollars are for. I believe WE the people should be able to tell big bro what our money goes to. And I assure you even if this was PRO Christianity I’d still be upset that tax dollars are being used for it.

      HERE they are talking about freezing my husbands pay because he works for the government (military) ALL the while our tax dollars are going to something like this?? No frikkin way.

      And as another poster said on here.. I also used to be VERY tolerant of others lifestyles i.e. GLBT but it IS things EXACTLY like this that are pushing me to intolerance. I don’t make fun of and/or bash their lifestyle and its totally unacceptable that they do that to me. Unbelievable. So if you libs wanna know why we are intolerant…. there you go.

       
    • sWampy
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:48am

      Most of this crap seems more closely related to hate speech than art. While I believe there is nothing more un american than hate crime laws, there is now way public funds should be used to promote the ravings of these mad men.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:53am

      @COGNITIVEDISSONAGE
      How do you feel about the concept of “Seperation of Church and State”? I understand your point about the LGBT community paying taxes, thus tax-funded art exhibits at the Smithsonian are just fine. What I do not understand from the Progressive viewpoint is if it is UNACCEPTABLE for the government to promote or have a positive outlook on Christianity, then why is it ACCEPTABLE for the government to support the denigration and insulting art towards Christianity? If these exhibits insulted any part of Islam, they would be labled Islamophobic and never see the light of day. Can you please tell me where I can find a POSITIVE representation of Christianity at a government sponsored art exhibit? Perhaps I need to get out more, but I don’t know of any such places.
      If you say anything negative about a person’s lifestyle or set of beliefs, then you are a “hater”…..unless that person is a Christian……is that called “justice” by the Progressives?

       
    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:17am

      ghostofjefferson,

      the only part of this exhibit that is directly offensive to Christians is the short clip from the short movie of a Crucifix covered in ants, everything else everyone seems to be reacting to is the homosexual themes. I really don’t get it, the artists here are using institutions available to them and are fully in their rights to do so. I think it is great that the federal government provides space for artists to display their work, but it is also good that these artists need to pay their own way into these spaces.

      Also, do you really want the federal government deciding what is “appropriate” to be displayed?

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    • mhannah.vera
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:22am

      I’m with HEMSTEAD1944.

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    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:29am

      HILLBILLYSAM,

      It’s not unacceptable to have a positive view of religion, most art does have a positive view of religion, much of the art in publicly funded galleries have religious themes and positive ones. The National Portrait Gallery has displays of Presidents and Civil Rights leaders like Reverend Martin Luther King, they have a permanent exhibit of paintings of the religious and political founders of the nation.

      Any art gallery worth its salt has many, many examples of art depicting Jesus and the church in a positive light, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has entire galleries dedicated to the display of Christian iconography and paintings of Christian leaders and saints. Most of art history is about Christianity.

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    • Dearoldad
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:04am

      Hey, they misspelled her name. The proper spelling is Ellen Degenerate! The whole thing smells like rotted corpse of liberalism which respects nothing, not even themselves.

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    • halfabrain
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:10am

      If all these artists (if that’s really what you want to call them) feel so strongly about “equal justice”, then why is it that they push additional laws and regulations that exclude everyone except them? ie: Hate crimes…Hello. If you get beat up and you just happen to be gay it doesn’t make it more of a hate crime then if a straight person is beat up. What is wrong with people????

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    • EP46
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:17pm

      TAX PAYERS RE-VOLT………..this is Federal money…out our YOUR pocket. This is BEYOND EVIL

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:20pm

      @Snow & Ghost–
      I agree. Public money should not go to fund art of any kind, but especially not “art” that is guaranteed to offend at least 90% of the people. PRIVATIZE THE NEA! If people want to make this garbage, then let them put it up in a private gallery.
      I am fortunate that the worst thing anybody has ever done with my particular art is to pass off four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence as a piece of music. I can’t imagine what it must be like to work in an art whose supposed practitioners would do something like this.

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    • EP46
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:24pm

      Smithsonian@customersvc.com
      e-mail now

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    • smokie
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:38pm

      Correction, the Poker dogs were NOT made to be great art, they were ads.

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    • cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:18pm

      I’m pretty sure the only way to make all of you happy is to replace all of the arts with Thomas Kinkade paintings.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:06pm

      As an American taxpayer I refuse to let my tax dollars support such filth that is being displayed publically at the Smithonian Institute. It‘s not art in any sense of the word and it’s only purpose is to promote homosexuallity, incest and other unacceptable behavior to the majority of American citizens.
      This TRASH should be removed immediately from an institute that annually receives millions of American tax dollars.

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    • GApatriot55
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:06pm

      sodom and gamorrah anyone?

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    • abc
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:43pm

      Fight the good fight, CognitiveDissonance. Your conservative detractors’ ears are ringing, but they don’t notice. Freedom is merely a bumper sticker or applause line to them, rather than the uncomfortable and sometimes scary reality it can be for most of us most of the time. Someday the children will learn that sacrificing for freedom means more than sending other people to fight wars in foreign lands. It also means being willing to suffer disagreement and compromise at home. You go, then I’ll go…is how Jon Stewart put it. Pat Robertson’s favorite portraits of angels, followed by Mapplethorpe’s greatest works, followed by 14th century Islamic art, and so on. That is how a free democracy functions when it functions at its best.

       
    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:48pm

      cognitivedissonance,

      I don’t give a rats ass what their sexual preference is, my issue is with the art and the supposed artist
      that created this trash. I DO NOT WANT MY TAX MONEY PAYING FOR IT!

      PatriotShops.com

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:53pm

      GhostOfJefferson,

      An honest display would have a explosive filled suicide vest.

      PatriotShops.com

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:56pm

      cognitivedissonance
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:18pm
      I’m pretty sure the only way to make all of you happy is to replace all of the arts with Thomas Kinkade paintings.

      No, that’s NOT the point and you know it. We don’t want to pay for this trash, and if it means we de-fund all art projects, so much the better! Our government has no business in the art business.

      PatriotShops.com

      thepatriotdave  
    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:59pm

      13th Generation Amer…
      Member Since May 2010
      Comments (1151) | Friends (252)
      ———————————————–

      Hard to imagine you with 252 friends, but then again we are talking about huffpo.

      PatriotShops.com

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    • SemperCivis4Ever
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:44pm

      NO. IT’s not art. It is deliberate anti-art. That is all part of the Progressive-Dada (their true name) agenda to demoralize us. make us ignorant and destroy the family.

      It’s how “they” took over culture.Its been going on for 100 years.
      EXPOSE: http://www.marcrubin.com/DADA.ivnu

      Let Glenn Beck know!! He is IMPOSSIBLE to get to.

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:02pm

      @ cognitivedissonance…………………………………………………

      You have the right to your opinion and you might be the gate keeper for the anti-Christ, but don’t try to push this dribble off on me, using my taxes to support it ! If it had been a real Christmas display in celebration of the baby Jesus’s birth, then you would have been first to complain. Get my point there big boy ?

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    • NFYRx
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:09pm

      77% to 81% of Americans CLAIM to be Christian.
      With the amount of false prophets, spoken about in the new testament, that have risen up since Christianity’s birth, I think the percentage of TRUE Christians is much, much, much lower, unfortunately.

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    • pollyanna
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:39pm

      Christians (especially men) are one of the most disadvantaged groups in our Country today. The “opposition” does everything in their power to “try” to demoralize and make us go away.
      AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.
      “We know who you are, and we also know what you are up to…”
      Diss on Jesus…you better watch out…you’re about to pout…
      God Bless the U.S.A.!!!

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    • Compete or Lose
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:39pm

      .
      .
      .
      .
      DEFUND
      DEFUND
      DEFUND
      DEFUND

      Now that wasn’t hard was it?

       
    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:45pm

      22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”

      23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”

      24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.

      25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

      26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”

      http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm

      PatriotShops.com

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    • betsyyoung
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:24pm

      Best comment of any of the many that followed your initial response. Brilliant!!

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    • Robert W
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:57pm

      If any Christian visits the Smithsonian they should be ashamed. I loved going there as much as anybody, but they crossed the line big time!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:11pm

      Time to defund the Smithsonian if they get federal funds they are nothing but SMUT.. how low can these liberals go??

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    • Malachai
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:29am

      1st Amendment???? Not in MY house!

      It’s not free speech if I find it at all offensive!!!

      PS: I dig the tin-foil hat, Communist plot tie-in to an art exhibit. Kudos, and wonderfully appropriate for Beck’s web site. Watch out for chem trails.

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    • Malachai
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:34am

      BTW, The Blaze “forgot” to report that your tax dollars don’t actually pay to for the exhibit. The Smithsonian only gets about 55% of it’s funds from tax money, and that goes for the building itself, staff, etc. These funds are not used to pay for exhibits; that comes from private contributors.

      But keep on rallying to squelch the Freedom of Speech of any group you don’t like. I don’t know WHY conservatives get labeled as bigots all the time….

      Malachai  
    • kappysue
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 8:56am

      Ditto Hempstead

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    • OhWoeIsMe
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 8:58am

      Sounds like a more appropriate place for this ‘art’ would be in a psychiatric hospital. What ever happened to art being inspirational? It’s a shame.

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    • Sensible
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:01am

      A gay and Lesbian exhibit, distasteful yes, but the author billing it as the “Christmastime Exhibit”, in order to lead one to believe that this exhibit is in some way tied to Christmas, is disingenuous. It‘s an exhibit that’s there, like many others, and it happens to be December. The author would have you think that it‘s placed there BECAUSE it’s Christmas. Propaganda, just like the gay stuff being exhibited. The whole article is meant to just stir the sh–, if you’re gullible enough to bite.
      Unfortunately, to live in a free society, one has to put up with people and lifestyles they dislike, disagree with or abhor. Sucks to be free don’t it? No way they’d allow that in China, USSR, those lucky bastards;-)

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    • tcgrebelgirl
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:13am

      Totally agree; people wonder why this country is in the shape it is – the garbage says it all.

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    • readthefacts
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:35am

      “… the Smithsonian notes that taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for individual exhibits, including the “Hide/Seek” exhibit.”

      Can we please read a little more carefully.

       
    • ohandY1
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:12pm

      defunding is not enough.

      we should demand a rebate. I want all the art in federally funded museums confiscated and sold at auction. let the dregs who come see this tripe pay for it. likely would pull a buck maybe two. that’s two dollars less in the deficit.

      sell the buildings next. i love art (real art). enough people feel as i do to preserve it for posterity without using the peoples money.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:29pm

      This post is for… 13thGeneration-un-American, abc, Malachai, and any other marxist supporting progressives that read this. You are only supporting the planned downfall of the USA, and I have a some proof to back it up. Keep reading…

      22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”
      23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”
      24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.
      25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
      26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”
      http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm

      PatriotShops.com

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    • Compete or Lose
      Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:27pm

      .
      .
      .
      You know people need to answer the question WHY ARE WE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY THIS WAY—–WHEN WILL IT STOP??

      MAybe the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES will have a little HEARING UNDER OATH and on TV to ask the folks that spent this money why they think the taxpayers of AMERICA would be PLEASED with there (1) Judgement and (2) continued employment.

      Lets take a poll of congress “DO YOU APPROVE OF TAX MONEY BEING SPENT FOR THIS DISPLAY? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, SHOULD THE PEOPLE THAT APPROVED THE SPENDING BE FIRED?”

      We need consequences for actions!!
      Accountability!!

      Good luck

      RGS

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on December 2, 2010 at 10:44am

      Believe me, this is not Art. 1st graders can draw better than this. In fact, I saw an elephant drawing
      a picture that was better than this crapola. It’s the subject that is intended to offend.

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    • MaggieOne
      Posted on December 2, 2010 at 3:37pm

      The only reason I’m not there picketing right now is that I remember what God did to Sodom and Gamorrah. My picketing will not bring the results that God’s wrath will do–so despite my disgust I will pray and ask Him to get rid of this evil in the world.

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    • SemperCivis4Ever
      Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:33pm

      These Communists-Socialists-Anarchists got their strategy from a movement called DADA which merged with the Progressives in 1918. This has been conveniently revised out of history so “they” can implement their covert agenda. This societal disease is NEVER TO BE DIAGNOSED, because the cure is simple and peaceful and we get to laugh them out of existence.

      The Progressive-Dada (their true name) politic and is fully explained here: http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu. This online video and short essay, created by Marc Rubin, will open your eyes and connect the dots for you. Marc has been fighting them for 35 years, ever since being the youngest person to ever hang in the Art Institute of Chicago

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