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kpete

(71,961 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2018, 03:38 PM Jun 2018

Rockwell painting half a century later for the era of Trump.

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Rockwell painting half a century later for the era of Trump. (Original Post) kpete Jun 2018 OP

Gut punch nt Xipe Totec Jun 2018 #1

However harumph Jun 2018 #2

that's how i read it - part of the overall message i think 0rganism Jun 2018 #3

If you have to ask... Dennis Donovan Jun 2018 #4

Wake up America! oasis Jun 2018 #5

That painting by Rockwell always blew me away ailsagirl Jun 2018 #6

The remake misses completely the point of the original and gets it backward. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #7

But as an earlier poster noted BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #8

OK. Fair dinkum. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #10

(I think that is actually the point of the remake) Crash2Parties Jun 2018 #9

Xipe Totec

(43,888 posts)

1. Gut punch nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 03:42 PM

Jun 2018

harumph

(1,893 posts)

2. However

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:06 PM

Jun 2018

In the original Rockwell, the men are federal agents actually protecting the little girl going to school.
So, is the intent to turn that upside down and picture (current) federal officers as abrogating her human
rights?

0rganism

(23,926 posts)

3. that's how i read it - part of the overall message i think

Reply to harumph (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:13 PM

Jun 2018

the might of our federal agencies, now turned against the weak and downtrodden whose cause they once helped advance

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

4. If you have to ask...

Reply to harumph (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:46 PM

Jun 2018

...you haven't been paying attention for the last 18 months.

oasis

(49,326 posts)

5. Wake up America!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:48 PM

Jun 2018

ailsagirl

(22,885 posts)

6. That painting by Rockwell always blew me away

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:58 PM

Jun 2018

Rockwell's original is STILL relevant, of course-- now it's joined by another that continues with the same theme.

How abominably these babies are being treated.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,955 posts)

7. The remake misses completely the point of the original and gets it backward.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 05:45 PM

Jun 2018

In the remake, the government is attacking the girl to punish the parents.

In the original, the government is enforcing the girls right as the parents wanted.