Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGraffiti of crashing planes placed on downtown 9-11 monument
Lafayette police are trying to find out who placed two cardboard cutout images of crashing planes at the 9-11 Memorial in downtown Lafayette.
The 3D graffiti was apparently placed at the monument overnight. Police say they are in the process of removing it.
The stabilizer on each plane includes a reference to the New World Order conspiracy theory--the Eye of Providence and the initials "NWO." For some, this theory includes the belief that the 9-11 attacks were carried out by the United States Government.
The 9-11 monument is a 1-by-100 scale of both the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It includes three beams from the World Trade Center, limestone from the Pentagon, and soil from the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, field in which Flight 93 crashed.
http://www.katc.com/news/graffiti-of-crashing-planes-placed-on-downtown-9-11-monument/#!prettyPhoto[gallery]/1/
There is also a cutout image of Bush with a detonator in his hand....
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 914 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (4)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Graffiti of crashing planes placed on downtown 9-11 monument (Original Post)
n2doc
Sep 2013
OP
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)1. Sigh. Paranoia rules the day.nt
Xithras
(16,191 posts)2. "Graffiti"? Yet another word redefined by the media.
I think that the 9/11 truther movement is tinfoilhattery, but they have as much right as anyone else to voice their opinion and protest nondestructively. Hanging a piece of cardboard on a memorial is neither "graffiti" or "vandalism". It's an idiotic bit of protest art.
left on green only
(1,484 posts)4. I Was Thinking It Was Pretty Cool Too
It probably deserves to be left up for a few weeks, or at least until the rains come and destroy it naturally. But then again, Lafayette is by no means the bastion of liberal thinking in the Bay Area that is, say Berkeley or Marin.
JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)3. Idiotic,
Yet nicely done. They did spend some time on it so it seems.