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theHandpuppet

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13. What made her think it was a good idea?

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 12:56 AM

Nov 2014

Perhaps because she's a totally selfish, self-absorbed little twit? I'm not sure how you really teach someone like that a lesson. It's one thing to punish her for the damage but will she really comprehend why it was so horrible?

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park employees begin painstaking process of removing Casey Nocket's grafitti from 8 national parks [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 OP

I hope they catch her soon Warpy Nov 2014 #1

She's pretty much on the entire country's shit list at this point. arcane1 Nov 2014 #3

Perhaps when they catch the talentless twit Warpy Nov 2014 #4

I wouldn't trust the idiot to do a good job of cleaing it up csziggy Nov 2014 #9

Good points! And that random graffiti probably took more talent. arcane1 Nov 2014 #11

Hopefully she gets a bill from the US taxpayers. Historic NY Nov 2014 #17

I don't want her ever near any national parks again. magical thyme Nov 2014 #40

Torn. Saying something about it would validate what she is doing. Lochloosa Nov 2014 #2

let's have her speak at Berkeley! nt MisterP Nov 2014 #24

Send her the bill. She can sell a couple works of her art closeupready Nov 2014 #5

It would take more than a couple. theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #8

I was being facetious, and forgot the sarcasm tag. closeupready Nov 2014 #15

Take only photos, leave only footprints. What a stupid thing to do an several levels. uppityperson Nov 2014 #6

My husband and I collect garbage as we walk through parks and wild areas csziggy Nov 2014 #14

What the Heck Leith Nov 2014 #7

What made her think it was a good idea? theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #13

Before she took down her social media accounts... Princess Turandot Nov 2014 #19

Pathological narcissism fertilized by Bansky (who only graffitis KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41

What, she's not even going to get billed for this? No charges? Can't find her? freshwest Nov 2014 #10

feds are still looking into it Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #12

And this is different from Mount Rushmore how? MontyPow Nov 2014 #16

Yeah, right . . . NBachers Nov 2014 #18

! DeSwiss Nov 2014 #20

Cool. Thank you! MontyPow Nov 2014 #21

Someone defaced Mount Rushmore? pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #23

They faced it, actually. nt msanthrope Nov 2014 #25

... petronius Nov 2014 #37

Yes!!!! Well done! MontyPow Nov 2014 #50

Good one CanonRay Nov 2014 #78

No. MontyPow Nov 2014 #26

Who is this "we" of which you speak? (nt) enough Nov 2014 #28

You know, the collective we of Americans. MontyPow Nov 2014 #49

I dislike it.They took the Paha Sapa from those who lived there to carve into faces of the occupiers uppityperson Nov 2014 #60

I'm thinking that pipi_k Nov 2014 #73

Ah, no they didn't have then...... DeSwiss Nov 2014 #83

Well, for one thing Rushmore wasn't a National Park when sculpting started Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #29

The fact that Rushmore was not a national park is a valid point. MontyPow Nov 2014 #48

Huh Lee-Lee Nov 2014 #66

The Lakota would disagree. progressoid Nov 2014 #81

That was not a one person decision treestar Nov 2014 #33

Quantity does not make it right. It just makes it popular. MontyPow Nov 2014 #53

When it comes to art, what is "right?" treestar Nov 2014 #74

Wow. Seriously?...nt SidDithers Nov 2014 #34

I'm going with unseriously.. IDemo Nov 2014 #36

Seriously, do you have anything relevant to say? Wow. MontyPow Nov 2014 #54

Dude, you can stop pretending... SidDithers Nov 2014 #68

People and their hobbies. nt uppityperson Nov 2014 #69

I don't get the appeal of trolling a messageboard so much... SidDithers Nov 2014 #70

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #71

Off to create another new account?... SidDithers Nov 2014 #72

Borglum Got Sponsorship and Funding from the Government Leith Nov 2014 #45

Well, getting permission to deface is slightly better, but only slightly. MontyPow Nov 2014 #55

The govt commissioned Mt. Rushmore? Rex Nov 2014 #51

Getting Government approval doesn't make it better. MontyPow Nov 2014 #57

So is Mount Rushmore cool? Rex Nov 2014 #59

What? cwydro Nov 2014 #52

How is what she did different from Mount Rushmore? MontyPow Nov 2014 #58

I assume that's sarcasm, if not, Mt. Rushmore, for one, isn't a national park.. joeybee12 Nov 2014 #63

The epitome of selfishness... Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #22

She needs to pay for every dime of this! Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #27

How could she go undetected? alphafemale Nov 2014 #30

The parks are big Retrograde Nov 2014 #38

will she use onethatcares Nov 2014 #31

Nevada Barr was once a National Parks ranger... Bigmack Nov 2014 #32

I like that idea. GoCubsGo Nov 2014 #39

Narcissistic idiot etherealtruth Nov 2014 #35

I love how pissed off everybody gets about this...she's really doing hilarious work! alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #42

I would also feel something if she started a forest fire or trashed a campground IDemo Nov 2014 #43

Ah, I knew there'd be one. MH1 Nov 2014 #44

Kisses alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #46

The art itself sucks. It's the actions of the artist that causes the fuss. arcane1 Nov 2014 #47

But was that her point? Should I give her accolades for unintended consequences? Rex Nov 2014 #56

ISIS beheading vids are "art" by your definition. n/t Psephos Nov 2014 #61

It's garbage, it's vandalism...you like painting over ancient petroglyphs joeybee12 Nov 2014 #64

That does raise an interesting question treestar Nov 2014 #75

She's not preserving an ancient language or telling a story joeybee12 Nov 2014 #79

She could do her "hilarious work" on a napkin, a piece of toilet paper or on her own property csziggy Nov 2014 #67

More hilarious work... pipi_k Nov 2014 #77

Blowing up Bamayan was performance art. The rubes just can't understand it. Throd Nov 2014 #80

Artists should suffer for their art.... Bigmack Nov 2014 #85

I hope this self-centered, narcissistlc little piece of shit hifiguy Nov 2014 #62

Family of Now Infamous National Parks Tagger Speaks csziggy Nov 2014 #65

thx for the update Liberal_in_LA Nov 2014 #84

Vain asshole n/t tabasco Nov 2014 #76

the trashy images should be 2naSalit Nov 2014 #82