Telling it Like it Is…

This is a new series that I will be adding chapters to regularly called «TELLING IT LIKE IT IS». It’s the only way to make sure the message is clear and without any distractions. So I hope you participate with any good ideas for subjects that can be truly honest and straightforward in «TELLING IT LIKE IT IS».

CHAPTER ONE

THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISTS (LUNATICS)

Finally in the USA they have done what should have been done in Europe: accuse the alleged «activists» of climate change of conspiracy against the state’s assets, in other words, of terrorist acts. One Timothy Martin and a Joanna Smith, both 53 years old and American, were arrested for attacking Degas’ work «La petite danseuse de quatorze ans.» The artwork is displayed at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. The Attorney General of the United States has prosecuted and charged them with crimes against the United States, as well as causing damages to the National Gallery.

The attack by these two thugs, who apparently belong to a group called «Declare Emergency,» occurred in April. In addition to that atrocity against art and society, they dared to block the roads and access to the city of Washington D.C. to draw attention to the danger posed by climate change. They were also prosecuted for this offense.

The prank of these two troublemakers caused $2,400 (USD) worth of damage to the museum. Additionally, the artwork had to be removed and remained absent for ten days.

I say that the good thing about this news is that Martin and Smith face sentences of five years for each offense and fines of over $250,000 (USD). Hopefully, they have to serve that sentence and pay those fines. We have to send a clear and strong message to these criminals, that demonstrations or terrorist acts against art or culture that damage public or private property will not be tolerated. Artworks are not to be touched.

I say this, not because I want to wish anyone the misfortune of serving a sentence, but because this brutality must stop. These individuals, although they have the right to think as they please and defend what they want, do not have the right to interfere with works of art or the cultural heritage of any country.

They also do not have the right to obstruct traffic or to pour a liquid into the Trevi Fountain that dyed the waters black, supposedly charcoal, as nine «activists» detained by the Italian police did in May. It’s time for these atrocities to be paid for, and paid for well.

Other atrocities of these people: They put their hands on a Goya painting in Madrid, they threw tomato soup at Van Gogh’s «Sunflowers,» and they poured mashed potatoes on a Manet in Potsdam, Germany.

That is not activism or anything of the sort. Those same anti-system activists, who are against the supposed climate change, use mobile phones, drive cars, use paints, and other techniques to put their insignias (boring, silly, and anachronistic) on their t-shirts, posters, etc. So they do use petroleum-derived products quite well.

They are hypocrites. Sometimes I even think that they are agents of the rich and powerful, the 1% who steal everything, and of that whole group who wants us to stop driving our cars, to not use plastics, and a thousand more prohibitions that harm the Earth’s ecosystem, while they travel in their private planes and huge cars, if not in limousines in caravans. It seems that the carbon footprint of the rich and powerful does not pollute, but ours does. To raise our awareness, they use these «useful idiots» who go around sticking their little hands on museum walls and attacking art that has nothing to do with their supposed fight.

It’s about time that we see things clearly and call them out by name and TELL IT LIKE IT IS!