This was in West Hollywood, and the "artist" is a young, earnest, soft-spoken gay man who is not apparently very hateful, otherwise. I think it is is in extremely poor taste, but nothing to start waving our arms about. You may recall that angry crowds actually burned an effigy of Richard Gere in Delhi because he kissed a Bollywood movie starlet in public. Barack was hung in effigy by four students a month ago. The Pope was burned in effigy earlier this year by angry Muslims. When President Tyler vetoed the establishment of a national Bank, he was burned in effigy on the White House lawn.

Ugly dramatization, yes.


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