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Kevin Bowe's avatar

No, my underwear is not in bunch over the MLK statue. They hated the Vietnam Memorial, until they didn't. Haters--both of modern art AND progress in civil rights--will hate. And these are two distinct groups of haters. Let's give the work of art the same period of reflection that the Vietnam Memorial got and let's see what people say (it's about 200 yards from my office, I'll have a chance to see how people react--and my reaction--in the Spring when we'll have a better idea. Past all the angst that has flooded the media.)

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Maggie's avatar

See, I am too young to have known that the Vietnam memorial got any backlash, and I just assumed that everyone had always recognized that is was a masterpiece reflecting the scope and devastation of the conflict that put emphasis where it belonged, on the veterans.

What a difference a couple of decades makes.

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Terry Mc Kenna's avatar

Excellent point!

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