'It's emblematic of academia today': Political science department displays Mao Zedong bust on campus [More]
That brings back memories:
I remember years back, the modern art museum held an Andy Warhol exhibit and had plastered banners of his Mao portrait all over town, even hanging from street lamps, which means they had local government endorsement. The section I was driving through was known for its large Jewish community. Matter of fact, the reason we were there was to go to my favorite deli.
I remember at the time wondering if it would have been so enthusiastically supported/ passively accepted had the banners featured Hitler's portrait. Or are some genocidal monsters more acceptable in enlightened society than others?
[Via Michael G]
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30 years ago at a state university, the campus library had a glass case in the lobby with various communist manifestos/items on display. Including a CCP flag and a original copy of Mao's Little Red Book.
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