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Reminds me of Buddhas of Bamyan, which were destroyed by the Taliban, who probably didn't realize that they have same minded allies in SF school board.

• m0llusk 7y ago
  That is really a stretch. The Buddhas were large sculptures that were present for a long time and had deep religious meaning. San Francisco has a great many murals from the 20s through the 40s and often finds them in the way of remodeling or rebuilding of structures. Maybe after a few hundred years of adoration these works might compete, but as it stands they are large, misunderstood, and largely unloved. The driving need to misinterpret and destroy art is disturbing, but the history lost in this case is less than a hundred years of modest impact.
  • nec4b 7y ago
    They both want do destroy (not remove) art for ideological reason. This is not a an artistic value judgement. Anyway i feel sorry for kids that have no choice but to visit that school or live in a place where they form revolutionary committees whose job is to destroy non conformant art. I think we had enough of that in history.
    • darkpuma 7y ago
      On the bright side, the children have had a front row seat to an important lesson about society. But I wonder how many were truly paying attention. Almost 15 years ago I saw a similar situation unfold in Dover PA. I know at least some of the kids in that school district learned from the dumb shit those adults were up to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_Schoo...
      • nec4b 7y ago
        I sincerely hope that they do learn and when they do, they do not give up.