He
Will Not Divide us Returns
Like
a bad case of farts, He Will
Not Divide Us is back up.
From
nydailynews.com ((A
week after the movie star's latest performance-art exhibit — a wall
reading "He Will Not Divide Us" in reference to Trump —
was shut
down in New York,
LaBeouf re-opened the display in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on
Saturday.
))
Shia's
stupid little protest live-stream service is back online. If you
took a wrong turn in Albuquerque, make sure to show up on the live
stream. I still think it will be only a matter of time before
someone is shot or stabbed at this event. When pro-anti supporters
connect, there is usually violence. I hate Trump as much as the next
guy, but I think this protest is a bit useless. There are other ways
to combat Trump, but yammering on in a stream isn't one of them.
And,
you have to read the statement from Shia's camp on the original
location's reasoning for shutting down the stream.
From
EW, ((“Their
evident lack of commitment to the project is damning,” a joint
statement from the trio posted to LaBeouf’s
website reads.
“From the outset, the museum failed to address our concerns about
the misleading framing of our piece as a political rally, rather than
as a participatory performance artwork resisting the normalisation of
division.”
))
What
does any of that mean?
From
EW via Shia's
site, ((On
numerous occasions, we voiced serious concerns to the museum about
hate speech occurring at the site of our project, and requested that
the museum act responsibly in moderating this and providing the
public a means of reporting such incidents. Our requests were not
even acknowledged, let alone acted upon.”
))
So,
the Museum should fit the bill for security? And, having watchdogs
monitoring the stream seem to be counter to what the “art piece”
represents. I think the museum should have never agreed to the
project in the first place. Being a black man, I hate “hate
speech” and hate racism. I've seen it first hand. However, we
shouldn't throw everything we disagree with under the guise of “hate
speech”. It shuts down counter-arguments. We have to let them speak even if we don't agree with it.
Does
this mean Shia La-Poop will show up and protect his art project from
trolls? Maybe, he will get his Transformers buddies guard the
camera. He is the son of Indiana Jones after all.
I
do believe this one will be shut down too in either weeks or months.
Given that Trump is our president, I could be wrong and this stream
will be up for four years.
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