NYC Parks Dept. issues cheeky response to naked Trump statue

[Rose Siding]

Source: CNN Politics

...The department issued a short response after an arts group called Indecline hoisted a life-size, naked Trump statue in Union Square park Thursday.

"NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small," said Sam Biederman, a parks spokesman.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/18/politics/naked-donald-trump-statue-nyc-parks-department/

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Sometimes I just love government employees.

[Lil Missy]

1. ..................

[Coyotl]

11. #NakedTrump statue in #SF now dressed in Mexican attire. City says it will come down soon.

KenWayne ‏@KenWayneKTVU 2 hours ago
#NakedTrump statue in #SF now dressed in Mexican attire. City says it will come down soon.

[4lbs]

41. LOL. It's great that someone dressed it in a pancho and sombrero. n/t

[napi21]

2. Just heard this on The Last Word. I'm still laughing!

I can't believe we have such great comedian writers at the City Parks & Recreation dept. GREAT JOB whoever you are!

[awoke_in_2003]

6. You mean the one with Leslie Knope

isn't a documentary?

[Hekate]

13. I shouted so loud with laughter I think I scared the dog, who came to sit on my lap....

....to make sure I was okay.

Trump is a loathesome cockroach and dickless wonder. There. Are all the people who think those of us who oppose him shouldn't "go there" (ew ew ew) properly incensed at my crudity about his nudity?

People, people, people. Our candidate and her surrogates have not gone into the gutter with Benedict Donald, nor will they, no matter how hard he tries to drag her down there with him.

The rest of us are under no such constraints. And we need the laughs.

[4139]

3. It makes us look disgusting... Me, I'm fine... My wife, motherinlaw, sisters..its gross

Perverse frat boy humor

[TeamPooka]

8. good art provokes a strong response. doesn't matter which way. nt

[ronnie624]

12. Gotta protect the delicate wimminfolk.

[calimary]

37. Meh - this wimminfolk is FINE with it! Still laughing a day later!

I went to Catholic school. That's where I learned all this stuff! I'd guess most of the nastiest dirty jokes come out of Catholic school. Suppression and repression can sometimes be your friend.

[napi21]

45. Yea, sure. Those same womenfolk are suffering from the remnants of colonialism.

Keep that top button buttoned. Don't talk about sex. Never look at a nude man's body!

[baldguy]

21. Appropriate, since it's depicting a perverse frat boy.

[SticksnStones]

23. I saw it as a statement

That was less, "ew look at Trump naked" and more the emperor has no clothes.

Less art, more a political stance. (With a little bit of 'ew' factored in for laughs.)

[neeksgeek]

30. The "emperor has no clothes" was my take also...

But there's no avoiding the eww factor when Trump is the subject; might as well jump in with both feet!

[a la izquierda]

32. Womp womp

I'm a 39 year old woman and I think it's hilarious.

[niyad]

34. geez, there are a lot of women on this board, and around the country (including a number of friends

with whom I shared laughs yesterday), who found this clever and amusing.

cannot speak for all women, of course, but some of us are amused.

[adigal]

38. I'm a 54 year old Catholic educated woman and I can't stop laughing

Sometimes funny and clever is just that.

[niyad]

39. I am a MUCH older catholic-educated woman, and one of my best friends is an even older

catholic-educated woman, and we are both still laughing.

[LanternWaste]

35. I imagine a satirical reponse to the absurd may be perceived as "perverse"

I imagine a satirical reponse to the absurd may be perceived as "perverse" if one is unfamiliar with satire as a concept... as the same indictments were leveled at the "disgusting" works of Douglas Adams, Bill Watterson and Anton Chekhov.

(Source: 'Techniques of Satire' by Emil Draitser)

[Angry Dragon]

36. Trump is running a frat boy campaign

[Rex]

48. LOL! Kewl story!

[3catwoman3]

4. OK, now THAT...

...was positively BRILLIANT!!!

Well done, Sam Biederman, well done!

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Hahaha..

Excellent !

[SunSeeker]

7. LOL Brilliant!

[elleng]

9. As a government employee (former,) thanks.

As a New Yorker, THANKS!

[Coyotl]

10. That tweet won the day. New hashtag is great also, #NakedTrump is the photo dump for the artworks

#NakedTrump has a cheeky NSFW view topping the news.



The group named the political art project "The Emperor Has No Balls,"
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/street-art-donald-trump-naked-statue-indecline-nyc-parks

Donald tweeted:
AmericaIsFunny ‏@AmericaIsFunny 2 hours ago
Dishonest media reporting that I am not wearing the most beautiful clothes. Sad! -#NakedTrump

[burrowowl]

14. Good thing I had just

gone to the bathroom before I read this or I would have had an accident!

[PatrickforO]

15. Ha, ha, ha, ha! That's GREAT.

I'm sure it will cause a SERIOUS tweet-storm from the Trumpster.

[trixie]

16. ha ha

[jtuck004]

17. Genius. n/t

[LeftRant]

18. I'm guessing Trump will hyper-ignore this since he doesn't want anyone to know what he looks like :D

I think the shape is remarkably accurate, the artist incredibly talented.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-beach-volleyball_us_57aa9b7ee4b0ba7ed23e283c

[mainer]

24. Wow, he was already chubby back in 1999

You can just imagine how chubby he is now, under those designer suits.

[Helen Borg]

19. I don't think it was an erection.

[SoCalNative]

26. More like an inversion

[leftynyc]

20. LOL - I LOVE my city employees

I can honestly say I only know two people voting for don the con. My friend's trainer and her husband - it's not the first time I'm calling them assholes.

[etherealtruth]

22. That was an awesome statement .... bravo

[Lars39]

25. "I can't vote for him, I've seen him naked"

might now be the perfect way to respond to Trump supporters,

Kudos to that NYC Parks employee!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

27. The Emperor stands revealed.

[malthaussen]

28. That deserves a LOL.

-- Mal

[Liberalagogo]

29. I C what he did there

"NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small," said Sam Biederman, a parks spokesman.

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true

[rocktivity]

31. Well, let's be fair

We'd all be pretty sore about this if it had been a statue of Hillary...


rocktivity

[niyad]

40. on the other hand, no issue has been made of HRC's size, no discussion of her genitalia as

there has been on the puke side. I would imagine that they are furious that they did not think of this first (but then, brilliant art is far beyond them!!)

if they were to do anything like that now, they would look even more petulant and whiny than they do now. hard to imagine, I know!!

[MADem]

46. It was TRUMP who decided to lay his penis out on the figurative table, as it were....

He should have ignored the "short fingered vulgarian" comment way back when it was made, but instead he let it get under his thin skin.

That's where the comments began--only because it was obvious that those comments got to him.


Hillary isn't making an issue of her sexual organs...Trump is. He even boasts that he has No Problem and infers that his "conquests" are pleased with him.

[rivegauche]

33. That made me laugh SO HARD when I read it.

Sam Biederman, you are my hero. LOVED THAT simple, hilarious, perfect statement.

[Martin Eden]

42. LOL

Literally, I did.

[reACTIONary]

43. The hands are...

.... much much larger than real life. Sad!

[spike jones]

44. Little feet too?

It is hard to tell from the picture, but his feet look to be on the same scale as his hands. That is the classic tell all.
BTW did you know that those big clown shoes were started by some guy wanting to impress the women?

[Maynar]

47. Who could be impressed

with 18 inch toes?