Yes, we've all heard that reality is stranger than fiction. It just hit home again today. Ten years ago, I made "Pleasantville", a satirical painting about the American obsession with guns. Here 'tis:
Most people understood that it was satire. There were a few who didn't, though. That always seems to happen with satire.
Today, though, I've been one-upped. A GOP lawmaker in Nevada, Michele Fiore, posted her family's Christmas card on Facebook. Here it is:
Yep, every one of them, except the infants, are toting some pretty serious hardware. Even the 5-year-old in the middle. Because nothing says "Christmas" quite like a high-powered arsenal.
Underneath the photo, she wrote: "It's up to Americans to protect America. We're just you're ordinary American family." Umm, no, Michele, you're not.
I posted this on both my personal and studio Facebook accounts a little while ago. My personal account is only open to my friends, most of whom are pretty reasonable (there ARE exceptions!). The studio account, though, is open to the public, and some of them have left very ... interesting ... remarks. Take a look.
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