That’s Sexist! Rep. Anthony Weiner Says ‘Offensive’ Queens Statue Has Got to Go
- Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:35pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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As Wisconsin rumbles and Libya roars, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner has his own problems to worry about: the Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives wants New York City to remove “a public statue in Queens that depicts a nude man standing over two prone women and to sell it on Craigslist,” according to the AP.
The “Triumph of Civic Virtue,” as the nearly 100-year old statue is called, is sexist says Weiner. ”I believe in art, I believe in public art…But that doesn‘t mean that we don’t have a right to say, forcefully, some art is simply offensive to us and we think it should go.”
What should the city “forcefully” do with the “simply offensive” statue? Weiner and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-Jackson Heights) have the rosy solution: sell the thing on Craigslist to raise funds for the financially beleaguered city!
One sane New York City resident reminds us that the statue “is an allegory. This is a representation in the classical style.” The statue, which you can see above, depicts a burly male figure–“civic virtue”–triumphing over the twin-evils of vice and corruption, depicted as defeated women.
According to the New York Observer, the congressman’s office intended to prematurely place an ad on Craigslist yesterday evening to sell the statue. A copy of the ad, given to the Observer, appears below. It looks like the ad was placed on Craigslist yesterday, but has been “flagged for removal” since.
Sexist Statue for Sale
For Sale: 22-ton (sexist) marble “Triumph of Civic Virtue” statue by renowned sculptor Frederick MacMonnies.
Own a (tasteless) piece of New York City history! Triumph of Civic Virtue created by sculptor Frederick MacMonnies – the artist behind iconic figures such as the Quadriga in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza – is now up for sale for a limited time.
This controversial and offensive statue crudely depicts a young man with a sword triumphantly standing over the defeated bodies of two women. In 1941, then-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia had the good sense to banish the figure from its initial location in City Hall Park.
Unfortunately, it ended up in Kew Gardens, where it remains to this day.
Now, community leaders want to see it go.
All proceeds from the sale of this sexist eyesore will benefit the city of New York. Shipping is not included.
The AP gives us some background on the statue: “The 20 foot high marble statue was designed by sculptor Frederick MacMonnies and unveiled in 1922 in Manhattan’s City Hall Park. Its allegorical portrayal of vice as female was even controversial back then and in 1941 it was moved to its current location near Queens Borough Hall.”
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Comments (421)
JoeNY
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:55pmWow, sometimes the name does fit the person.
Report Post »SureYaDo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:55pmjust because you are offended by something, doesnt mean its offensive. its been there for a hundred years and with everything going on right now this is what he wants to deal with, can you here the laughter?
Report Post »SND97
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:54pmWeiner would love to be a Weiner so everyone could take a bite outta him…Weiner is against this because he had no Weiner, he is a Weiner Winer, or just simply a Weiner :-)
Report Post »demsaredumb
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:38pmHes just mad that Humma his wife is not taking care of Weiner,
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:54pmYet he would be the first to defend a crucafix in a jar of urine or made of animal poop as being free speech and artistic.
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:53pmIsn’t the name Weiner kind of a sexist type name? It does have some sort of connotation!
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:07pmThis is true, we should put congressman weiner up on craigslist.
Report Post »Selling points: Lazy, stupid, whiny, politician. Buyer will be able to boost their own self image with such a pitiful creature to always compare themself to.
Nigel2
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:53pmGlad to see Anthony Weiner licker tackling the really big issues. (22 tons)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:52pmWeiner…succesor to Napoletano and will be head of the new HSA morality and thought police dept when the takeover is final by the administration.
Report Post »BONETRAUMA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:52pmWeiner, quit looking at the weiner if it upsets you. Oh by the waywash your hands and make your sandwich.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:51pmIf it were an Athiest crushing Christians, he would be fine with it.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:50pmWeiner, you’re a p#$$y!
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:54pmSorry I spy, weiner is a dick.
Report Post »SureYaDo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:59pmHa! :)
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:50pmLets see, the country is going down the shi— and he is worried about a statue ??????????? Thats weird, watch the other hand people
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:50pmBetter yet, Anthony Weiner goes and get a job at the Smithsonian and take out the trash.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:50pmIf there is a statue in my city that I don’t like, can I go ahead and sell it too ?
Report Post »I really don’t own it, but it bothers me everytime I have to look at it when I am in that neighborhood.
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:49pmGain votes from women by attacking a statue. Gain votes by gays & lesbians by unacknowledging the constitutional definition of marriage. Votes. Votes. Votes.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 6:44amAgree…you notice he is not outraged by the VIOLENCE toward women in rap songs or movies. He probably wants the statue to have as his own, and has someone ready to buy it for him. He is such a sad ‘little man’.
Report Post »stheide1
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:49pmNow that’s funny. Good play on words
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:48pmThe subtleties of artistic interpretation appear to escape Weiner boy.
Report Post »Why am I not surprised?
He’s such a used douche. I find him offensive. Can we sell him on Craigslist?
Bermuda Onion
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:55pmNO body will buy.
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:04pmList as a hotdog, maybe nobody will notice its a weiner…
Report Post »avlmtns
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:48pmHilarious!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:48pmDepicting males as conquerors over females (representing temptation) has been ever present in literature, like as the Sirens in the Odyssey. This is not new, not remarkable and for me, a non-starter. Hasn’t this guy got better things to do than complain about a statue?
Report Post »awizard
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:16pm@Taquoshi; I like the way you avoided the “W” word … good post, I agree …
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:06pmI aspire to attain Civic Virtue and did not succumb to temptation. (Self righteous pat on back!) LOL
Report Post »Greengables
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 8:00amI think it’s worth noting that not all allogories show women as vice and men as virtue. Liberty is almost always female. Should we remove that as being offensive to men? What about the allegory where Ignorance and Poverty are shown as two children?
Just wait. Soon, they’ll realize that religious art is offensive. The rape of the Sabine women, although in my bible it just says they were stolen for wives. Samson with a lion’s jaw.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 8:14amYes, there are various stories in literature where women are not depicted as vices, as your examples prove. And my statement was never intended to cover 100% of all literature. My point was very simply that FREQUENTLY in classical literature and art a common technique was whatever sex the protagonist was, the antagonist was the opposite sex. We could, of course, spend time and list all the various example we could think of, but quite frankly, I don’t have time to do that.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:47pmStay Focused Weiner work on small items the big ones will take care of themselves or JUST GO AWAY [subliminal message] Or just don’t pay any attention to it you guys are good at that
Report Post »barbaraw62
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:44pmAnything to get into the news… hey Weiner?…. BAAWAAAWAAA
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:43pmAllegories and analogies are things that are way beyond Wiener. He ought to stick to his hotdog stand.
Report Post »darlenekay
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:43pmOMG Anthony, with everything that is going on in this world you choose to take on a statue. You are so disconnected with reality.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:25pmThere is a remote possibility the Weiner could win against a statue, remote.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:26pmFormer Fort Wayne Mayor Harry Baals has contacted Rep.A Weiner in regard the donation by A Weiner of this wonderful statue to Harry Baals and the City of Fort Wayne. The hard decision of A Weiner to give or sell the statue to Harry Baals was cut off unexpectedly
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 6:58pmDarlenekay you are right ……..Anthony needs to go sell this to the
Supreme Court and Larry Flint.
Now where do you stand A.W.?
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:42pmOver the years, we’ve dealt with Mapplethorpe, PissChrist, the dung covered Holy Mother….and THIS is offensive?!?!?
Report Post »Hello, Disconnect?
Ditto Head
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:54pmOh, I’m sure he LOVED “pisschrist”.
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:02pmI totally agree with you! These liberals are losing their minds. They have paid for all kinds of trash over the years with our money. And now they get holier than thou, bullcrap. Obama wants everyone to believe that he is another Reagan. The unions want us to believe that Republicans want to change America, when their leader is yelling “Change”. And now they want us to believe that they have morals, values and honor. What a laugh!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:32pmAgreed, I’m sure if it was a statue of a naked BHO with his foot on the neck of two conservative women the wiener would be fine with it.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:41amMiss Cherry Jones . . . wait, it’s gets better. Maybe you weren’t born then, but let me take you back to 2002:
On January 28, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that he spent $8,000 of taxpayer’s money for drapes to cover up the exposed breast of The Spirit of Justice, an 18 ft aluminum statue of a woman that stands in the Department of Justice’s Hall of Justice.
Ah, the good old days. Now, you were saying?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:58amWow DAWG, you busted that groove :)
Report Post »kraphtsman
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:42pmI find Rep. Weiner’s nose offensive. Looks too much like something that should be hidden behind a fig leaf! What a freak this liberal moron (and anyone who agrees with him ) is !!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:32pmAntony Weiner,,, I would like to introduce you to Lorena Bobbitt
Lorena Bobbitt I would like to introduce you to A. Weiner
Lorena ….. Lorena……… LORENA
Someone call 911
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:27pmId love to see Lorena Bobbit run against Weiner and win
Just so we could get the hedline
Lorean Bobbit slashes Weiner in the Polls
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:32pmDash
Knew I could count on you
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:38pmlol That was funny .
Report Post »Does this mean Michael Angelo’s “David” should be removed too Mr Weewee ?
Ironmaan
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:44pmThis guys insecurity just seeps from his pores. I’ve never seen/heard someone so incredibly arrogant and desperate for attention.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:56amYeah, for real, like how he says he has “talent on loan from GOD!”
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:11pmHey Stifosa
Rumor has it the guy with the large sword (All us guys have a pet name for it) is a QUEEN. If true these two ladies have nothing to worry about.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 4:30pmI find his nose offensive too! If he keeps lying it will keep growing!
Report Post »nosaints1
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 9:01amI think Anthony wants to be the only weiner in New York.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:42pmWhat a Weiner.
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:58pmI’m glad Weiner is on top of New Yorks important issues ! What a phalic symbol!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:05pmWhat would Weiner put in it’s place? Seems as though Weiner has an erection problem.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 6:40amI bet he really hates the Washington Monument….phallus envy ?
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:27amBHO appointed this doofus weiner for job of CZAR of Diversion?
Report Post »Who votes for this moonbat?
By any chance is weiner related to alan grayson?
Weiner go away play with some sand
mhills51
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 3:01pmThis is a work of art nearly 100 years, but put the virgin marry out there covered in crap made yesturday and everyone of these dems would be fighting life and death to keep it.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 8:11amI would buy it!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 8:18amAnthony Weiner is perhaps the most appropriately named politician in history. You would think he would have far more important issues to address.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Selective Outrage video
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 9:29amWeiner could not be reached for comment over whether the Piss Christ “art is appropriate for the art museum.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 10:20amJust look at the garbage on TV and in the movies. Finally someone is making a positive film in hollywood http://www.elijahiscoming.com it takes guts to make a spiritual movie today.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 12:11pmNew York Representative WEINER IS A REAL LOSER .Why don’t the “morally offended” NY Reepresentative tour the NYC Art Galleries and tag all the art exibits that “offend” him. What about the Statue of Liberty, it probably needs to go as well, after all it’s a statue that exploits women. Bet it would bring a larger sale price on Craigslist. It could be sold back to France for the value of the copper. Sounds like Weiner hasn’t got much to keep him busy as a NY Representative. I wonder if he’s read any good books lately? What a jerk !
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