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PatrickforO

(14,556 posts)
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:36 PM Aug 2017

There's a hidden message of resistance in the White House arts committee's resignation letter

Source: CNN

It was an act of protest in form and function.

Perhaps you heard that the remaining 16 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned in protest Friday. Actor Kal Penn, a member of the group, shared the resignation letter on Twitter -- a sharp rebuke of the President's response to white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which Trump blamed people on "all sides" for the deadly violence and rejected calls to remove divisive Confederate monuments.

"We cannot sit idly by, the way that your West Wing advisors have, without speaking out against your words and actions," the letter said. "Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions."

As the letter spread through the Internet, many noticed the group used artistic license to drive home its point. The first letter of each paragraph spells out a rallying cry: RESIST.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/entertainment/white-house-arts-committee-letter-resist-trnd/index.html

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There's a hidden message of resistance in the White House arts committee's resignation letter (Original Post) PatrickforO Aug 2017 OP
Perfect!!! Did you notice that the "Honorary Chairman" is Melania Trump, did she resign too? George II Aug 2017 #1
LOL, RESIST, Melania! RESIST! PatrickforO Aug 2017 #3
Well, darn! Artists are so...imaginative, aren't they? :) nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #2
Being an illustrator my signs at the rallies I have attended are quite creative. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

BigmanPigman

(51,552 posts)
4. Being an illustrator my signs at the rallies I have attended are quite creative.
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 01:26 AM
Aug 2017

The one I made of the fake prez with a 5' long red tie just got an addition yesterday...I put a very visible piece of tape on the back for authenticity.

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