My congratulations to the Left: you’ve given the Right a taste for guerrilla art.
That’s on the specially-treated against graffiti wall of Shepard Fairey, who is of course best known for ripping off an AP photo to create the most iconic political image of 2008 - and the most ironic one of 2009 (not to mention, one of the most parodied). For extra humor, Fairey likes to do precisely this kind of guerrilla art himself… and he’s probably swearing at Big Government’s Best. Weblaunch. EVAR. right now anyway, which is a definite bonus.
Moving back to the main point, there’s at least one other tagging example (see BG’s link above for it); my guess is that they’re using a stencil and some spray paint. As a law-abiding Republican I of course heartily wave smy finger* in the direction of whoever is doing such naughty things - bad street artists! Bad! No biscuit! - and I am explicitly shaking my head and intoning that this sort of thing not be duplicated…
Moe Lane
*Admittedly, I know that I’ll get it back: wait, no, that’s MoveOn.org. Ach, well, these people all live in each others’ back pockets anyway.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Moe, I first thought that said a "taste for guerilla warfare"
penguin2 Friday, September 18th at 12:09PM EDT (link)Strange how the mind fills in a thought. Maybe not far off the mark, after all, we are using the Left’s own tactics against them and I’m wondering why we didn’t do it sooner. Must be an acquired taste, but once there…
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
That's rich
DontBanMeBro Friday, September 18th at 1:03PM EDT (link)Republican-leaning taggers target famous graffiti artist who had his building specially treated to protect against graffiti?
Hilarious.
this is the funniest thing
cumlaude Friday, September 18th at 1:46PM EDT (link)i have seen all week - thanks for posting it!
Payback's a b*tch, ain't it?
E Pluribus Unum Friday, September 18th at 2:52PM EDT (link)And it’s alot more amusing than slashing tires, throwing rocks thru windows and other stuff routinely done by the leftists.
Carthago delenda est
Do your conservative t-shirt Christmas shopping at EPU Gear. Save the conservative muse, save the world.
You know that pointing a finger is threatening, right?
itsonlywords Friday, September 18th at 2:53PM EDT (link)At least according to Washington’s Jay Inslee.
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audientor ito. ~Virgil
Do not give in to evil, but proceed evermore boldly against it.
OT Question
anotherindyfilmguy Friday, September 18th at 3:11PM EDT (link)Anyone still posting over at Little Green Footballs willing to ask Charles why my account is blocked there? I was blocked earlier this week without making any comments and/or receiving an email telling me why. It’s kind of hard to contact a blogger when he takes down his contact form and doesn’t post a contact email etc… and doesn’t answer the (non-bounced) email from a years ago etc…
If it’s just a technical issue I understand, if it’s for down dinging a topic then i.m.o. he’s finally and fully jumped the shark.
Thanks,
Doug
aka anotherindyfilguy on lgf
Read Stacy McCain on CJ jumping the shark
peg_c Friday, September 18th at 6:42PM EDT (link)LGF is busy alienating apparently everyone.
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
I was a big fan of LGF
JoeG Friday, September 18th at 11:08PM EDT (link)I was a fan due to the memogate reporting.
Key in on the WAS. If followed along, but lost interest last year.
Charles is convinced that the christian right is driving fiscal conservatives and libertarians away from the Republican party. He articulates that if they drive away the christian right, the fiscal conservatives will come back.
That’s such unadulterated bunk my view on the website is now MEH. All the Republicans have to do is actually behave like fiscal conservatives, and they will recapture the fiscal conservatives.
This tagging is a great end to a fantastic week
peg_c Friday, September 18th at 6:44PM EDT (link)Which for me started with D.C. and includes simply the most astonishing website launch I’ve ever seen for sure.
I thought it looked like a stencil and spray paint, too! It’s on at least 2 different surfaces and looks identical. I think conservatives have found their means - subversion! Love it!
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
"Tagging"? Moe, that's so '90s.
blooch Friday, September 18th at 8:31PM EDT (link)It’s “graff”…like a nickname for an old friend, or tennis player, or something.
>”Obviously I have experience with graff,” said Fairey, “and there is not much point hitting a spot that will be cleaned immediately.” <
Yeah, Fair, good luck in your brick Death Star there…
“Immediately”…You do realize, Fair, that “graffers(?)” are going to be hitting that wall nightly just to take pics of you getting busy with a scrub brush and bucket.
lol
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth
Per HUD, the term is now "urban art"
Jack_Savage Friday, September 18th at 9:09PM EDT (link)It’s true. The company I work for got an e-mail. I saved it.
Let me guess: Your company was advised
blooch Friday, September 18th at 9:42PM EDT (link)not to deface or erase some “Urbations” on their building?
I’ll bet HUD has a different name for the work on Fairey’s wall…something like “Volk Art”, maybe.
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth
I do inspections and reports on commercial construction
Jack_Savage Friday, September 18th at 9:56PM EDT (link)The HUD letter was VERY terse and VERY specific - the reports can no longer contain the word “graffiti”, the term used must be “urban art”. Also, pictures shall NOT include residents of the neighborhood lest the client get the idea that the local population is undesirable and thus lower the value of the property.
At least there are no Master Bedrooms
blooch Friday, September 18th at 10:17PM EDT (link)in commercial construction–Clinton’s Presidential Library excluded–for HUD to get all worked up about.
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth
My thoughts on Right Wing tagging are like Patton's on warfare
tankertodd Friday, September 18th at 9:29PM EDT (link)“God help me, I do love it so.”
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race - Chief Justice Roberts
Agreed...as long as they are pinpoint strikes
blooch Friday, September 18th at 9:52PM EDT (link)with smart bombs like this one.
“I have to admit that Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a smart man. He was, in many ways, a psychologist.”–drealoth