I don’t like Donald Trump but I would never want him beheaded. I can understand the deep resentment some women and men have for Donald Trump, but I can’t imagine having my head hanging from Kathy Griffin’s hand, in effigy. However extreme the sentiment may seem, Art is Art, and Political Art , is Political Art. Three cheers for Kathy Griffin to cross over the invisible line. I was offended by Snoop Dog’s video of him shooting Trump, and said so on this site. I am offended by this picture also, but I also consider how I would feel about Donald Trump if I was a Liberal girl or woman, a struggling student, or an illegal immigrant , Syrian refugee, or black man or women in America, under Trump’s presidency.
This picture pushes the boundaries of Art and Political satire, it isn’t funny, but it is shocking enough for the world to react to it. No one I can remember in the last 100 years of American History have publicly flaunted the severed head of a presiding American President. What an incredible time in History to be an artist and political writer, or comedian, with no holds barred against a currently elected President, who inspires the most mockery , criticism and hatred from the majority of Americans and people around the world.
It is a gruesome picture, but I guess the 2016 Presidential Election has brought us to this. If Hillary had won, someone would have had a picture of her severed head in their hands. Most Americans wanted her imprisoned anyway, and many voted for Trump because he promised to “lock her up”. During the French Revolution they would have insisted “Off with her Head” and if Trump won all angry Frenchmen would be calling for his head as well.
L.A.. Steel
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