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News & ArtsWednesday, April 7, 2010
Two-Block Radius "Queer" As In "Fuck You"
Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:50 PM
My brother photographed this spirited message on the side of the Knights of Columbus building on First Hill:
- Michael Holden
The Knights of Columbus, as you may recall, passed a resolution to reject Referendum 71, declaring that giving same-sex couples the rights of marriage would "put the sin against nature on an equal footing legally with the venerable and sacred institution of marriage between one man and one woman." The Knights also noted that the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered" and "under no circumstances can they be approved." But, as it happens, R-71 was approved.
But graffiti is always bad, m'kay?
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Graffiti is usually bad. This I kinda like, though.
Of course, what I mean is EVIL GAYS! BAD HORRIBLE EVIL GAYS!
Of course, what I mean is EVIL GAYS! BAD HORRIBLE EVIL GAYS!
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Not as cool as the graffiti spotted on the Pages Of Palpatine building, it read:
"The Force is Fierce"
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"I got your Jedi mind trick right here, suckas"
"The Force is Fierce"
&
"I got your Jedi mind trick right here, suckas"
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slow news day
so you have quit blaming the mormons for all the homophobia?
I love slogans on walls, and the quip about the crumbling foundation is really witty - gret quip
you heard it here - the pope will die soon, poisoned by the Jesuits. no other remedy to the situation
I hope he has his palace guard is on full alert..a new pope with a better background, no nazi stuff, and better pr skillls is the key
this one is no longer as asset to Vatican Inc. and etc.
you heard it here first.
so you have quit blaming the mormons for all the homophobia?
I love slogans on walls, and the quip about the crumbling foundation is really witty - gret quip
you heard it here - the pope will die soon, poisoned by the Jesuits. no other remedy to the situation
I hope he has his palace guard is on full alert..a new pope with a better background, no nazi stuff, and better pr skillls is the key
this one is no longer as asset to Vatican Inc. and etc.
you heard it here first.
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"Graffiti is always bad" is not a syllogism. Because it's not true. This graffiti is good.
Damaging the side of a building is not violence. I wish liberals didn't embrace the capitalistic First-Value of property rights so much.
Damaging the side of a building is not violence. I wish liberals didn't embrace the capitalistic First-Value of property rights so much.
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@11 the building wasn't "damaged" in the least bit... buffer paint is cheap... equal rights is not.
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For the record, that photo is of a Diane Dimassa quote from "Hothead Paisan Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist" a 90s underground comic. It appeared on some of her t-shirt merchandise, too.
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On further reflection, I retract my claim about it's being a quote from Hothead Paisan, I think I may be mixing up memories of lovely 90s queer t-shirt art.
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this slogan came from a T shirt made by the RIchmond Queer Space project in early 2000's. The original graphic was taken from a 1950s ad - a woman very happy to be washing dishes- the graphic just showed her smiling over her shoulder. It was crudely photoshopped into flyers, Tshirts, patches and stickers and it has since been taken by the community at large and has been attached to everything from afro'd women with guns to the woman in the skirt with a gun to blog names and so on. But the slogan did originate with the Richmond Queer Space Project. Sometime around 2001 I think.
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