RE: Homophobic Billboard in Lexington KY Removed, DroneX collective blamed
December 1, 2012 at 8:42 pm
(December 1, 2012 at 5:58 pm)apophenia Wrote:
Meh. "Better the enemy you see than the enemy you don't see."
It's a free country. If they want to spread a message of hate on their own dime, so be it. First, I'm a proponent of the view that the remedy for bad speech is more speech; putting these things out there means they will be discussed outside the hate kibbutzes. Second, I'm also confident in the forces of both progress and innate human morality; the more you push these messages as a necessary part of that religious viewpoint, the more people will move away from both embracing the message and the religious viewpoint.
I believe the artists did just that by first taking it down, then replacing it with their own message. It's like saying "Fine, you got to spout your bullshit, now here's what it sounds like to the rest of us." Urban graffiti vigilantes for the win; in my humble opinion.
