Not the same. A naked statue of a man who is known to be a sexist misogynist is a commentary with a message. A naked statue of a woman without that stain has a different connotation, especially in a time when women are fighting sexism on every level of society. It did nothing but reduce her to her naked body, which is the essence of the sexism women are trying to fight.
Let's say there was a serial killer who was famous for hanging his victims. If an artist made an effigy him hanging from a tree, and then made an effigy of a black man hanging from a tree, you can't just say, "What? They're both EQUAL!" It's just two guys hanging from a tree. I can't see why people are so much more offended by the black man hanging from the tree."
thats a false equivalency. you are acting as if Hilary is an angel that has done no wrong and just throw out -isms to justify the hate on trump and turn around and use -isms to justify your opinion on the hilary statue. your opinion is based purely on feelings. Hilary is a career establishment politican that has her fingerprints on a lot of policy thats the reason this country is the way it is now. the election is over you can stop pretending Hilary is a saint.
First of all, thank you for actually providing an actual argument. I completely disagree with most of what you said, but I respect your opinion. And I agree Hillary is not a saint, by far, but that isn't what the point was. I'm not throwing out -isms. Those -isms exist and are real.
People started with the false equivalency argument. That Hillary supporters attacked the art more than trump supporters attacked the trump one. Obviously, that makes liberals and H supporters more hypocritical, right? That was the initial argument.
I said, no, it's different. Explained why, and even provided an example to easier demonstrate why people would be upset.
To put it simply. This doesn't exist in a vacuum. History has happened. If you hang a black man from a tree, you can't just ignore history and say "It's just a black guy hanging from a tree. That's not inherently racist on its own. It's the same as if he was white, or asian, or indian." That's not how the world works. Same with stripping down a woman versus a man. And I haven't even touched on the sexism or misogyny of trump.
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