Louder, for the American Idiots in the back

I mean, for all intents and purposes, they kinda are. They’re both pictures of artists making a political statement with their art.

One is clearly a beheading. The other is just calling the guy an idiot. Sure, both political statements but in no way the same.
- Isn't calling for the beheading of a man who is trying to make himself king over America, the most patriotic thing ever? It's what America was founded on.
- They are extremely different, and both should be perfectly acceptable in their repective contexts.
  
  Griffin's severed head was not a call to violence. It was a reaction to Trump saying shitty stuff about Megyn Kelly bleeding:
  
  GRIFFIN: I did say, I want to do some kind of a picture to shame Trump.
  
  SANDERS: Griffin said she was mad at Trump for what he said about Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host, after she grilled him in a presidential debate in 2015.
  
  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her - wherever. But...
- In the eyes of our law? They likely are
Certainly, but one art is of a severed head, and the other makes use of a mask. They are not the same, in the way so many in Cult 45 want to equivocate them.

Edit: So I guess, to one or two intents and purposes (art/political speech), they're the same. To the rest, not so much.
- They’re actually both Trump masks, just one is covered in ketchup. Griffin has talked about the whole thing a lot, since it essentially ruined her career.
  
  I think situational common sense is critical here. We’re talking about a comedian expressing herself in a way that some people might consider offensive. That’s pretty much her job description, and she’s great at it. Knowing her and her work makes these two pictures essentially the same.
Absolutely. Both are well within their rights of freedom of speech and expression. I like em both more because of it. I mean, I already liked them for their work.

To hear the stories Kathy tells about the death threats after this image are pretty crazy.

Who cares? I thought you guys liked the first amendment

They also want to scratch out parts of the first amendment and nationalize Christianity. So says P25
Not as much as the second amendment...
- And they don't even know what the 3rd Amendment says. 4th is a coin toss.

Who cares if they were?

What, no GWAR?!

fucking painkiller

What did I miss?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/green-day-trump-mask/

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- So basically both blown out of proportion.
  
  By people who are the target customer for this 》》

Both are useless against the Kracken.

And so of course even both together could not stand against the Lacken...

(what's kracken lacken? sorry, I do sincerely apologise, I'll show myself out now)

OOTL

They are different. True. So?

Yeah, people like Green Day.

Kathy Griffin was washed up well before the top picture was taken.

I had no idea she did that. I never really liked her, but today, I've found a new respect for her.
- She got in a surprising amount of trouble for that. Definitely cost her some jobs.
Yeah, Green Day had attention and used it to make political statements. Kathy on the other hand uses political statements to get attention.