The four giant pairs of glasses are simple and striking: rendered in the crosswalks of an intersection in Lubbock, Texas, in white paint, tidy inside the bounds of the crossing lines. For years, they’ve been a beloved part of the city’s quirky downtown, a testament to its native son, the rock ‘n’ roller Buddy Holly.
Are they road murals? Are they public art? Or are they a safety hazard?
Whatever they are, the streetbound specs are now verboten, a casualty of the Trump administration’s crackdown on artistic displays on the nation’s roadways. . . .
In Washington, local officials jackhammered a road mural honoring the Black Lives Matter movement. Laredo, Texas, removed a road mural that criticized President Trump’s so-called border wall. And in Florida, city officials painted over a rainbow crosswalk that memorialized the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, which left 49 dead.
So much for free speech.
The good news is that the glasses can easily be repainted when Trump and Stephen Miller are gone.
1 comment:
So much for free speech.
You're forgetting the unspoken part. There's always an unspoken part. There always has been an unspoken part.
The unspoken part is: "...for me and mine alone".
Religious Freedom... for me and mine alone.
Free Speech... for me and mine alone.
Public Welfare... for me and mine alone.
The Right To Bear Arms... for me and mine alone.
Nothing is more historically American than championing freedom and liberty for oneself and one's own, and then pulling up the ladder behind you to deprive others.
Americans in general have ALWAYS acted in such a way as to suggest that "Inalienable Rights" really just means they don't apply to "aliens" / others. All the way back to the Puritans.
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