East Tennessee State University is hosting an art display that portrays Republicans as Nazis and KKK members.
Campus Reform first reported on the offensive art displayed at the ETSU Reece Museum. Among the art pieces is an image of President-elect Trump alongside swastikas, Hitler and white KKK hoods.
Another image features a cartoon drawing of House Speaker Mike Johnson along with a series of swastikas that morph into crosses. What kind of a sick-thinking does it take to suggest that Christianity is akin to Nazism?
But for me – one of the most offensive pieces of art was a KKK hood – clearly constructed from an actual American flag. The artist wanted you to know he or she or they or them believe Old Glory is a symbol of white supremacy.
Connor Vincent is the vice president of the university’s TPUSA chapter. And he tells Campus Reform that the university is promoting hate.
“It shows a lot about our administration here at ETSU, that they are allowing these pieces of hateful artwork to be raffled off and using the profits to pay for a student’s school,” he said.
Now, I reached out to the ETSU spokesperson earlier today and asked for an explanation. So far, no comment.
Television station WCYB interviewed one of the jurors of the exhibit – Meaghan Dee. She said:
“The exhibit itself I think is meant to be a space to be sharing ideas and building communities and providing support as well as a platform for artist to express their work and celebrate their creations and so forth and share their stories.”
She urged people not to lose sight that the Trump Nazi imagery is meant to be an opportunity for dialogue. And what better way to strike up a conversation with conservatives than to portray them as a bunch of racist, jack-booted Nazis?
Now, the Left will argue that art is meant to provoke and be offensive. As a matter of fact -the display is actually described as being socially and politically engaging. I get that. But I wonder if East Tennessee State University would be so progressive if an artist wanted to portray Kamala Harris in a KKK robe or Barack Obama searching for his birth certificate?
Your tax dollars at work at East Tennessee State University, ladies and gentlemen.
