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Offline Gentleman Thug

Too close to home?
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:52 AM »
If this Banksy picture scared anyone it must be because the pigeons’ views are just too close to real opinions in the air – the satire is so accurate that it can be mistaken for reality.

InClacton-on-Sea – where Tory defector Douglas Carswell is about to fight a byelection for his new party Ukip – after getting a complaint that it was “offensive and racist”. Was it?

Not in a million years. This is the best Banksy I have never seen: a clever and succinct satire on some currents of feeling in contemporary Britain, terrified of “migrants”, menaced by otherness. Far from being by any stretch of the imagination “racist”, it is – was – a witty putdown of the drab, dour vision of Britain touted by those who would push down diversity and hold back the tide of modern human movement.

A grumpy gang of grey pigeons aim their outrage at a beautiful green migratory swallow. “Migrants not welcome”, say their placards: “Go back to Africa”; “Keep off our worms.”

Did a member of the public really see these banners and take offence? If so, they misunderstood what is quite plainly an eloquent attack on racism.
“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa
 

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Offline misspebbles

Re: Too close to home?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2014, 08:11 AM »
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“When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose,nobody has any idea what you look like inside” S.KING
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Offline Gentleman Thug

Re: Too close to home?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2014, 08:45 AM »
Well I have an almost automatic reaction to racists and their ilk....
“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa
 

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