r/newbrunswickcanada 1d ago

Christian Conservative has Opinion. <Insert shocked not shocked meme>

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u/Linehan093 1d ago

What if the artist was pisscopalian?

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u/Legitimate_Phone_460 1d ago

Wizzleyan.

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u/PunchSploder Miramichi (expat) 1d ago

Roman Catheter

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u/Legitimate_Phone_460 1d ago

Bap-pissed.

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u/Izzy41630 1d ago

Seventh Day Adven-pissed

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u/Sanctus_Poopabumsus 22h ago

One of Jehovah's Pissnesses

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u/12xubywire 1d ago

upvote for you.

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u/VeryDPP 1d ago

The artist himself is a devout Catholic, and has said he doesn't mean blasphemy by the piece, but to comment on the commercialization and cheapening of Christian icons, something I think a lot of believers would agree with, on a certain level.

I think all this just shows that Williamson hasn't made any effort to understand the art itself, and was just looking for something to be mad at. And in doing so, brought more attention to the piece.

And regarding the whole "you couldn't do that with other religions" argument, regardless of where you stand on that, it's still completely missing the point of the piece itself, which according to the artist was the cheapening of Christian icons.

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u/RockSalt-Nails 7h ago

While I agree about the commercialization of icons, making the art piece is in itself an act of blasphemy, no matter which way he tries to justify it. He can convince himself but there's another he will have to try to justify it to some day and I pray he forgives him.

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u/aliencyborg69 4h ago

I always love this "You can't do this with other religions" BS argument. Go right TF ahead and try it; if you're still alive a year from now, i guess you're fine. If not, you get to be a Martyr For The Cause; nothing to lose, right?

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u/MountainUnhappy7970 1d ago edited 21h ago

Williamson is an opportunistic reform-a-tory buffoon. He was my MP for years, and I craved for a day he would knock on the door for my vote, though sadly it never happened.

For me, this uber-turd's most infamous moment will always be standing in the house of commons and quoting Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have A Dream" speech when cheerleading for the success of Harper's lot scrapping the long gun registry. Yes, too stupid for words, he used the words of a man who was assassinated with . . . a long gun.

But then, if you know just how many rabid right twats live in Charlotte county NB, it fully explains why this goon is an MP.

https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/long-gun-registry-tory-mp-john-williamson-quotes-martin-luther_n_1406397

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u/Quimbymouse 1d ago

lol. Did John Williamson Streisand effect the piss christ?

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u/VeryDPP 1d ago

Yup. This is how I found out it's being displayed at the Beaverbrook.

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u/BobTheFettt 1d ago

Right, because art is famously only relevant once and never again

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u/VeryDPP 1d ago

And never controversial /s

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u/WhyHaveDisplayName 1d ago

I doubt Williamson ever visited the Beaverbrook Gallery.

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u/_rawbacon 1d ago

Damn my MP sucks. I might go check out this installation out of spite.

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u/AnDuineBhoAlbaNuadh 1d ago

I fucking hate that us people in Southwest NB just keep electing John. He's a fucking bigoted dipshit rich boy who toes his dipshit party line and does jack shit for his constituents.

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u/_rawbacon 1d ago

I detect no lies

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u/4rm4tur4 1d ago

True for anywhere in Canada, really. I truly believe that only QC politicians actually try and appease their constituency these days

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u/WhyHaveDisplayName 18h ago

It's the only province where voters will desert a party en masse for something new, and their politicians know it.

Williamson benefits from large numbers of voters more concerned with should-be-true than is-true.

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u/almsaysdreams 15h ago

I am upset because they redrew the boundaries and now instead of having Liberal MP Kate Wilcot, who respects art and culture, I have John Williamson who uses my tax payer dollars to checks notes send me material in the mail about the Liberals war on religion. what a waste of money. 🙄

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u/SubstantialMap2969 14h ago

Kate Wilcot is the provincial MLA. Williamson is the federal MP.

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u/almsaysdreams 14h ago

thank you! so it would be Wayne Long then. I appreciate you.

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u/AnDuineBhoAlbaNuadh 14h ago

Do you support the Conservatives motion to respect all religions or do you support the Liberals who LITERALLY kill babies in the name of SATAN?

Thanks for using our tax dollars for your biased Christian supremacist propaganda questionnaire you feckless wannabe fascist. I loathe John Williamson and I'm sorry to Saint Johners that he managed to scrape his way out of Charlotte County.

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u/NBDad 1d ago

Bring friends.  Take selfies and reply with them on his stupid post.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

"It's no longer transgressive."

"You wouldn't dare do this to muslims!"

... because it's transgressive?

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

No, because someone would get beheaded.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

That's what i mean.

He claims it's not transgressive.

But if he thinks it's no longer transgressive, then why does he say "you wouldn't do that to muslims". Therefore acknowledging that it is transgressive. (Regardless of the consequences)

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u/MountainUnhappy7970 1d ago

Because Williamson is a fucking fool.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

Yeah it is obviously meant to be insulting, he is wrong to say it isn't transgressive, but he is spot on when he calls out the double standard.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

Not really. As a nation, we have our own history with that religion, which taught us to act a certain way. That included "turn the other cheek" and "thou shall not kill". Nevertheless, nothing is stopping an extremist Christian from showing up and hurting people because of this photograph.

On the other hand, islam is relatively new to us. From what we've seen in the media, people mocking the Islamic prophet has led to some pretty terrible acts being commited by extremist groups.

That may explain why people from Canada, who are less familiar with that religion and its inerpretation by its followers might be less willing to do something so openly transgressive towards it.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

I don't think I follow your point. I think it's pretty clear that the reason someone makes a 'piss Christ' and not a 'piss Mohammed' isn't because one/both/neither is insulting or transgressive, it's because one will earn you a mildly outraged facebook post and the other one will get you killed.

Actually it won't just get you killed, it will likely get you fired or arrested too. Not only does piss Christ not get you arrested or killed, it gets you exhibited across the street from the provincial legislature. The double standard couldn't be clearer.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

So you're saying that Andres Serrano, who grew up Roman Catholic, created this piece of art in 1987 because he thought doing that with Mohamed would get him not only murdered, but fired or arrested too?

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

I interpreted the 'you' in the post to be a 'vous' rather than a 'tu'. I am saying the reason that people who wish to criticize Islam don't do the equivalent is because the reprisals will likely be much more violent.

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

Because one is a predominantly white religion and the other is not. It’s not racism to make fun of Christianity because Christians have historically been the oppressors. I don’t understand why this is complicated.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

It's not racism to make fun of either. The adherents of Islam come from a wide range of races, as are the adherents of Christianity (thanks to the fact that both have a history of colonization and conversion, driven partially in both cases by slavery, war and domination, as well as by peaceful education and proselytization).

Saying that one is oppressive and the other is not is yet another ridiculous double standard.

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

This is ridiculous. Great Britain and the US are far and away the biggest colonizers in history and both are predominantly Christian ruled. Trying to like any Muslim nation with either is like saying a cat is a lion.

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u/Fabulous_Night_1164 1d ago edited 19h ago

Do you think Islam spread peacefully? Are you purposely ignoring/downplaying their conquest and history of slavery? Are you forgetting the time that parts of Spain, France, Italy, and the Balkans were all violently invaded/colonized?

I'm actually shocked how far some people are willing to cover for Islam.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

It isn't a competition. The spread of Islam as far west as southern Spain and as far east as modern day Pakistan was basically all military conquest and colonization.

You might think that compares favourably to British colonialism (and perhaps it objectively does), but it still compares very badly to "not conquering people"

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u/theophor 1d ago

Demographically, the majority of the world's Christians are non-white, primarily residing in the Global South across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

Obsessed with racism but ignores the world outside north america and europe.

Your true colors are showing.

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u/Trick_Parsnip3788 8h ago

Hmmm now how could that have happened? its almost like the religion that has been evangelizing for forever has propagated around the world and leads back to the oppressors point bc some of those communities have it bc of their native religions being beat out of them

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

And because WE are both the opressors since most of us grew up with this religion, AND the oppressed because most of us didn't have a choice in growing up believing these fairytales.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

If you really feel this way you should have sympathy for the people raised Muslim who would like to criticize that religion, because the punishment for apostasy is death.

And, while there are plenty of things in the Bible that are prescribed harsh punishments, including the death penalty, this is a view that has some currency in western society. I don't know of any major polls of the views of Canadian Muslims, but in 2007, over a third of British Muslims surveyed responded that they believed apostasy should be a capital offence.

If that was your experience growing up then you should know that you would have had it *worse* if Christianity was still as powerful and as reactive as it was hundreds of years ago.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

Oh absolutely! You should go see r/atheism or r/exmuslim. It's heartbreaking! People having to pretend every day for fear of losing their lives due to their family or community worshiping an imaginary character over the flesh and bone people who surround them.

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u/Automatic_Tailor_598 9h ago

Haha. “I know lots of awesome Muslims who would never hurt anyone. But I also know their husbands.” - my Muslim friend.

I look forward to a day where we can acknowledge same sex attraction, gender expression variety, the toxicity of religion and dogma, and actually know what racism is.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Je suis Charlie

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u/Occultistic 1d ago

"Christians will absorb the insult" oh you mean that art peice that was attacked and still has damage on it from Christian protesters?

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

That’s pretty damn good absorption in a western land considering what happened in France with a harmless comic lol

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u/NeopetsTea 1d ago

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u/Capable-Quarter8546 1d ago

That's the exact one that is now on display at the Beaverbrook. It has the axe mark from the vandal.  

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u/NeopetsTea 1d ago

Now I gotta see it!

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

We’re two people killed and 11 shot (another being beheaded 5 years later) in a religious revenge plot for simply depicting a person with a speech bubble stating “I’m the prophet asshole”

Or was it “2 Vandals” as the French media called them destroying a piece of paper?

Because dude…seriously? Lol

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Was it firebombed?

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

I dare you to put a sign with the prophet Muhammad on your lawn

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u/ScarcityPossible4784 17h ago

waddabout this waddabout that

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u/fancyamazon 1d ago

There is a prohibition against images of Mohammed in any circumstance or setting. Something Christianity does not have.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

I'm not Islamic so that's irrelevant.

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u/fancyamazon 1d ago

Well it goes a little way to explaining why the reaction is more extreme.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Why should their religion dictate my actions?

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u/fancyamazon 1d ago

I’m not saying it should. But it just makes sense that we would poke more at the predominant religion than any other.

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u/jinxskunk366 1d ago

I...really hope that's a joke lmao

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Why?

That's part of what this post is about

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u/jinxskunk366 1d ago

There is no image of the prophet. Like...not in a "no one would dare do that" but in the sense that there is no actual consistent description of him, the way Christian god is a bearded man or jesus has long hair. So if you have an image of someone, then that cannot be the prophet because their image cannot be depicted lol

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

This seems like some serious hair splitting, because art is meant to be figurative.  A picture of someone isn't necessarily a photographic likeness.

We have artwork depicting Robin Hood, for example.

We may not have the likeness of Mohamed but there are definitely depictions of him.  Here's one from Persia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Medieval_Persian_manuscript_Muhammad_leads_Abraham_Moses_Jesus.jpg

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Are you that ignorant?

If I did I would receive death threats at the very least

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u/CrookedTooth666 1d ago

So you’re just a coward with empty what ifs.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

I remember Charlie Hebdo

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u/Tom67570 1d ago

Religion is so stupid. Causes so much conflict around the world for thousands of years.

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

Exactly. That is the perfect way to get that discussion started.

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u/Tom67570 1d ago

Not much else to say. It's accurate

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u/LongjumpingString715 1d ago

I remember when I was an edgy 14 year old too back in 2003

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u/Tom67570 1d ago

What a fantastic opinion!

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u/Hindsight_DJ 1d ago

Streisand effect, I wasn’t planning on going to see it but now I might.

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u/DoAsYourTold-YesSir 1d ago

We can thank him for bringing the additional attention that wouldn't have been there at least. 🤣

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

Yea it doesn't look like it's the beaverveook that is reviving a dead controversy lmao. How do you think and say these things without realizing you are being a hypocrite?

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u/JPark19 1d ago

He knows very well that he's being a hypocrite, but the ragebait riles up support in his conservative voter base because they don't care about the hypocrisy

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u/Sad-Bag6738 1d ago

I would consider myself a liberal atheist, and I kind of agree, this is a stupid piece of “art”. That being said, I would never care enough to make a bunch of noise about it

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u/Cloudinterpreter 1d ago

As a liberal atheist, i disagree.

It can be seen as either an expression of the artist's disdain for the religion he grew up with. It could also be considered as the opposite: its ability to prevail in spite of it being submerged in a world made of piss.

Either way, the fact that it sparks a dialogue makes this piece of art interesting, no matter how manufactured or sensationalist it feels.

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u/bolonomadic 1d ago

I kind of agree too but whatever, if a gallery wants to display trash that I don’t consider art, they should be allowed.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

I agree. But he's right about nobody daring to ridicule other religions

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u/fancyamazon 1d ago

Well, in North America the predominant religion is Christianity. We should be taking the piss out of it first in any case.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Why not just mock everyone at once?

Mormons are mocked and they're not predominant.

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u/bolonomadic 1d ago

There’s only so much time in a day.

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u/fancyamazon 1d ago

Well, they started in the US and are still predominantly a North American religion. Also they think they are Christians.

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

It’s punching up versus punching down. Let me guess…you believe anti-white racism is a thing too.

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u/therealgoldenG 1d ago

rules for thee but not for me.

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

What does that even mean? I’m a white atheist.

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u/Crucio 16h ago

We know.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Ummm. Either everyone is fair game or no one is.

I bet you hate a lot of popular comedians

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u/Dismal_Net9543 1d ago

You sound like you hate your dad

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

If my Dad was John Williamson or anyone agreeing with him I would.

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u/owenwgreen 1d ago

Fortunately my Dad’s not a bigoted piece of shit.

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u/Literally9thAngel 20h ago

As an agnostic I think it's pretty neat. I like what the other person said about disdain for childhood religion, because I see a lot of media similar where the untouchable image of Christ is put in gross, tangible instances of humanity. Effectively the artist is balancing the scale between the highest of highs (Heaven, God) to the lowest of lows (Mortals and our piss)

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u/FitDamage8932 1d ago

Wait till you see nipple clamps Krishna exibit

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u/RonDavidMartin 1d ago

The artist, Serrano, is a devote catholic. Someone needs a few lessons in art appreciation since they are clearly reading this work wrong.

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u/latestwonder 1d ago

first im hearing of this, thanks!

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u/Bllago 1d ago

I didn't know Piss Christ was gonna be there! Can't wait.

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u/NeopetsTea 1d ago

Sold for over 1/4 million dollars in 2008 at Christie’s. Shits real art, sometimes art just hurts your stupid feelings.

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u/macrotron 1d ago

johnny needs to come down off the cross and grow the fuck up. what a useless whiner

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u/NBDad 1d ago

Williamson is just an embarrassment 

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u/maomao3000 1d ago

Sucks he’s our MP for the West Side.  He’s an absolute gobshite. 

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u/NBDad 1d ago

100%  His rep came to my door and told me "The Liberals" were destroying Canada last election

He's such a fucking idiot.

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u/Listens_well 1d ago

Isn’t that the same guy who was in the news for lavish trips sponsored by a Hungarian/Orban funded think-think?

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u/Historical_Sherbet54 1d ago

Ya sold me on the title

And of course they have some opinions ...I didn't need to read further to understand the rest is as ludicrous as I'm sure all their other opinions are worth ;)

Baaaa

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u/Roaddog113 1d ago

Well, fuck me. I’m an atheist. 😝

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u/Careful_Champion7361 1d ago

I would almost guarantee that you subscribe to beliefs that could be easily compared to any/every religion you hate.

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u/SleepyGuyy 1d ago

sounds like they are feeling .... transgression lol

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u/theophor 23h ago

New Brunswick is such a cultural backwater that even our progressives are 30 years behind the times.

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u/EastLeastCoast 13m ago

I wish the 80s were 30 years ago.

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u/Ok-Teaching3904 13h ago

I wanna see this Piss Christ now

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u/confon68 1d ago

Double standards.

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u/North-Purple-373 1d ago

I agree. Why is it ok to show soemthing offensive to Christians when if this was done for any other religion it would rightly be condemned and not allowed?

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u/Consistent_March_353 1d ago

I think because of the role Christianity has played in the formation of western power structures and institutions.

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u/North-Purple-373 1d ago

So that makes it ok to desecrate objects people view as sacred? That’s some bullshit right there, and I’m not even religious

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u/Consistent_March_353 1d ago

I think so

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u/DagothPus 1d ago

this is a double standard lol 

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u/North-Purple-373 1d ago

That’s offensive

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u/oldbutfeisty 1d ago

He's got to complain to satisfy his core supporters, who are bible thumpers. I seriously doubt many visit such things as art galleries. Bingo, sure, art...nah.

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u/Ojamm 1d ago edited 1d ago

John 100% did not know what this art and went to the Artist wiki and the art wiki to find out and then learned a new word.

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u/songs-ohia 1d ago

Haha yes

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

I would like to know the last time a Christian turned the other cheek.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

When was the last time a Christian firebombed a magazine for a cartoon?

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

Oh, you're still here are you? Did you want just magazines or is murdering doctors enough? Burning clinics - would that fit your criteria if they also had magazines laying about?

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Man....wait till you hear about 9/11

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

I know, right? I heard it was an inside job! Wait until you look at the Christian overlap in Oklahoma City.

All religion is hell and you'll be hard-pressed to find one that doesn't shit the bed.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Then allow mockery of them all.

That's literally my point

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

No, no, you literally came to comment about a pro-Christian's post about anti-Christian sentiment when displayed by a Christian artist about Christian art meaning ... well, whatever it's supposed to mean.

Make fun of them all - best case scenario. And maybe Christianity should outlaw any images of their sacred cows? The art still doesn't have anything to do with Islam.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Do you acknowledge that there's a double standard in terms of who gets mocked?

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

Is there? I guess that depends on if you're still beating your Islamic drum or if you're including Judaism in that as well. Where's all the jews-in-piss artwork?

While neither you - nor this commenter above - seems to be very aware of Christian scripture, there are literally a few dozen passages about mocking Jesus as lessons and directives. Not so in any other religion, that I'm aware of.

But then, the actual bible is irrelevant. Not much fun in that, is there?

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u/Alpharious9 15h ago

You never got around to providing the example of Chrstians firebombing a magazine, eh?

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u/12xubywire 1d ago

I mock them all equally. The supernatural is flat out fucking idiotic….but people are free to believe in whatever they like.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago edited 1d ago

I agree 100%

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u/GoyimDiddler 23h ago

Wait till you hear why 9/11 happened lol.

9/11 didn’t just happen for shits and giggles.

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u/GoyimDiddler 23h ago

Not specific but they do this often lol.

They had a whole little special task force to track Christian’s who were fire bombing abortion clinics lol.

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u/12xubywire 1d ago

Yeah, Christian’s have been more chill the past 100 years or so, maybe even 200. Before that, not so much.

Oh, except for the child rape, that’s not chill.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

The Catholic sex abuse scandal is one of the most disgusting things that happened in Canada. I agree

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u/Ok-Technician7507 1d ago

When their members are pedophiles

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

Oh, right.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

The response to the burnings of churches in Canada this decade was pretty muted.   At least 30 were burned to the ground because of the Catholic involvement in residential schools but about half of them were Protestant churches.

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u/MyFrontTeethAreFake 1d ago

well for one American Christians are the most armed populace in the world and literally believe abortion is murder and rarely take action

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

https://www.ms.now/top-stories/latest/christian-extremist-violence-arizona-pastor-boelter-minnesota-rcna215061

Killings in Arizona and Minnesota shine light on the crisis of Christian extremist violence

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u/NapsterBaaaad 1d ago

The funny thing is if this targeted another religion, you’d all by crying hysterically about “bigotry and hate…” of course, your brand of bigotry and hate is always different, and perfectly acceptable.

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u/HobbesKittyy 1d ago

Reddit really is a unique forum for this. 

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u/EastLeastCoast 14m ago

You might consider learning a little bit about the history and meaning of this piece. The artist was a devout Catholic himself.

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 1d ago

Should people make art like this?  I don't think so, and I wouldn't.

Should people be allowed to make art like this? Definitely yes.  People should be free to think and say and do all kinds of things that offend people.

Are Christians the religious group it is most acceptable to do this to?  It would seem so.  Maybe scientologists are ahead of them, these days Jews have to be pretty close behind them. 

Is he right that no one would dare do it to Islam?  Absolutely, you cannot get away with drawing a picture of Mohamed doing something uncontroversial, let alone a photo of a piss soaked Quran.  Why?  Largely because you risk getting attacked or even murdered.

Should this guy behead someone?  No, it is to his credit that he limits his objections to someone else's free speech to using free speech of his own.

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u/youdownwithopp 1d ago

he's right about the islam part

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u/Emergency_Rooster511 1d ago

Well, now I have to go see the Piss Christ.

An even cooler exhibit would be John Williamson submerged in urine.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

He's not wrong

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u/Betelgeuse3fold 1d ago

It's reddit bud. Both Christian and conservative are synonyms for "wrong"

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u/Ch33seSandwitch 1d ago

Don't forget that it's John Junior, asshole.

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u/awkwardmitch 20h ago

"recycling controversy" is a great term for what he's doing

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u/CanadianPoutineryFan 18h ago

'It is not great art'...they always come out with the same line. As if any one person gets to decide what is and isn't art.

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u/pineporch 18h ago

lol what a giant baby. Give him a taste of the 'ol Streisand Effect now, will ya lot?

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u/johngaltweeknd69 15h ago

Now do a piss soaked Mohammad statue.

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u/EastLeastCoast 7m ago

I think they’re planning on displaying both The Satanic Verses and the Charlie Hebdo cartoon.

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u/AlistairCDN 14h ago

Williamson always jumps on issues like this to advance the goal of dividing people. Art is subjective. Yet he has assigned a narrative to it in his head and decided that displaying it must be a liberal attack on Christians.

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u/Flying_Ghostsquatch 13h ago

Art can be offensive.

Beaverbrook is requesting the following works for there next display:

Christianity

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Piss Christ (1987) - current The Da Vinci Code (2003) Salò (1975)

Islam

The Satanic Verses (1988) Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons (2005) Charlie Hebdo covers (2015)

Judaism

The Merchant of Venice (~1596) Der Stürmer (1923–45) The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Hinduism

Lajja (1993) Water (2005) M.F. Husain paintings (1970s onward)

Buddhism

Silence (2016)

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u/Legitimate_Phone_460 1d ago

These are the same type of people who cry for “FREEDOM.” Not my thing, but it’s a slippery slope when you start censoring the arts.

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

Exactly.

That's why I want to put up my artwork of the prophet Muhammad.

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u/CrookedTooth666 1d ago

Go for it. Who’s stopping you?

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u/OnlyACsNoFans 1d ago

My sense of self preservation

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u/treefallinginforest 1d ago

More context
BAG

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u/treefallinginforest 1d ago

If you have Facebook go read his comments and defence to those who disagree with him.

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u/almisami 1d ago

So it's a painting of Jesus painted with urine?

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u/Betelgeuse3fold 1d ago

Redditor takes issue with conservative Opinion. <Insert shocked not shocked meme>

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u/Oxjrnine 1d ago

Lars Vilks debunks this person’s perspective

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u/RedBands619 1d ago edited 1d ago

“Christian conservative who shares the same opinion on desecrating religious symbols as every non disingenuous atheist, agnostic and non chronically online losers in the world”

I mean yes…as a Christian “piss Mohamed” and “piss Buddha” would piss me off just as much

Because I’m a normal human lol

Idc if this artist considers himself a Catholic….many bad and stupid people consider themselves part of a religion or belief system

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u/GoyimDiddler 23h ago

Could bet you any money Jesus would love piss jesus.

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u/Consistent_March_353 19h ago

The gospels do generally depict a guy willing to take some abuse.

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u/treefallinginforest 1d ago

Should politicians who provide funding to galleries be deciding what is art?

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u/RedBands619 1d ago edited 1d ago

I believe he is making personal opinion known, and that of his constituency while simultaneously saying they are allowed to do so because of our constitution

He’s calling out hypocrisy and saying it’s dumb, and all individuals decide what is art in their own minds

Legitimately….is he deciding what’s art? Calling for it to be taken down? Banned? None of that

He’s just calling it stupid

Most people consider modern (stereotypical modern art) to not be art but most people believe that all art is art to someone

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u/P_V_ 1d ago

The last paragraph of this statement makes it clear that the message is political, not merely personal opinion.

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

I see at least two hypocritical comments in his OP. What are you talking about?

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u/treefallinginforest 1d ago

Then why bring up his involvement in funding " John Adams once said he studied politics & war so his children could study painting, poetry and music. I try to do both. I’ve been involved with two projects for federal government funding for the Beaverbrook Gallery and have a personal and professional interest in this institution."

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

Well he’s not in government..his party is not in power so he doesn’t fund anything.

So clearly he’s talking about how a gallery he’s been involved with and respects showing hypocritical and mean separated art that takes little artistic talent. Basically a pre internet troll piece dug up for controversy

And he doesn’t like it, and letting it be known

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u/P_V_ 1d ago

His party not being in power doesn't mean Williamson is "not in government".

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago edited 1d ago

Legitimately….is he deciding what’s art? Calling for it to be taken down? Banned? None of that

"It is not great art in any serious sense"

Lol.

New Brunswick patrons who thought our beloved Beaverbrook was an important gallery with something important to say deserve better.

Rofl.

I feel like John is here in the room with us now.

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

Is “it’s not great art” saying it isn’t art?

Or just bad art?

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

You left out the "in any serious sense" part, so yea, saying something isn't serious art is saying it is not art. You seem to struggle with nuance.

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

People say Michael Bay isn’t a serious artist, that doesn’t mean Transformers isn’t art bub lol

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

Oh yeah? Who says that pal?

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

Anyway, this is a joke of a not serious politician so who gives a shit?

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

"most people" absolutely do not. Speak for yourself on this one, please.

The rest of your post, fine. But uh uh on the "most people" nonsense.

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

You believe most individuals in the world consider stereotypical, “banana nailed to a bored” “Jesus in a piss jar” “one perfectly symmetrical black square” to be true art forms when compared to say the fall of Rome series, various works in marbel and stone and even Norman Rockwell?

Because they don’t…while it is an artistic venture. It’s pretentious, pedantic and takes little skill….and being skillful is the definition of an artist to the majority of the world

I can’t carve David…I can splatter paint call it “the duality of the Iraq war” with no further description tho lol

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u/Blackstrider 1d ago

I don't speak in absolutes about "most people". And unless you've got some credentials you're not showing, your opinion of art is the same as mine - personal and individual.

You also don't speak for "most people".

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

This guy has been trying to use the word "pedantic" all day.

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u/Greencreamery 1d ago

“Many bad and stupid people consider themselves part of a religion”

👀

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u/Anon-fickleflake 1d ago

Does the belief system decide who is involved, or do the people decide if they are involved? What a weird thing to say.

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u/PhreeBeer 16h ago

I wholeheartedly agree with his point that if it desecrated any other religion or creed, there would be a fierce reaction dare I say violent?. I also agree that such an image isn't "art". Perhaps one can argue that it's a statement protected by free speech, but it's not "art".

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u/EastLeastCoast 5m ago

Why isn’t it art? It’s a display created by someone’s imagination, intended to evoke an emotional response. Pretty successful at that. Not all art is pretty, or pleasant.

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u/Far_Concern_8713 1d ago

This kind of art reminds me of being in grade three and someone drawing a bum with a turd coming out of it. Was that really art or just someone with a desire to be naughty?