[RP TownTalk] Graffiti Gaffe

[gerald at geraldking.com]

Just a little note on the graffiti found in the park.
Thanks to the intellectual cultural perverts of our time, this juvenile
hate speech is to be considered as Art. You can find it in the finest art
museums in the world, in text books, in history books, in movies and on
TV. You find children being taught it in schools and even producing it in
art classes. Because there are no standards of excellence other than the
opinion of an art ignorant teacher, graffiti becomes a substitute for
talent, skill, or esthetic observation. Because of the glorification of
graffiti as sublime human accomplishment- Art, half assed juvenile minds
can spew hatred as worthy self expression. I’m sure the creators of this
Contemporary Art feel a sense of righteousness and superiority because
their repulsive marks annoy average citizens of a quiet peace-loving
community.
Our Police Chief Chambers writes:
(As the weather gets warmer, the days get longer, and individuals look for
creative ways to express themselves,
)
Please wake up. Graffiti is not a creative way to express human feelings
unless you want to say defecating on a sidewalk with a note protesting
city hall is creative. Graffiti is not Art; it is not sublime human
accomplishment. At best it is calligraphy. Most of it is just rubbish. It
does not belong in our Art Museums and its presence in these citadels of
culture is indication of ignorance and fallacious disregard for truth. It
should not be taught in our schools as Art especially if it is to be used
as hate speech. There is no dignity in spewing ugly thoughts and calling
it “creative self expression.” It is what it is-babbling of bone heads.
Gerald King