Korean Tea
by digby
So the new Maine Tea Party Governor has directed that the state department of labor take down a mural depicting the labor movement in the state. TPM reports:
Defending his decision to take down a mural at the Department of Labor building and change the name of conference rooms considered too pro-labor, a spokeswoman for Gov. Paul LePage released a faxed complaint comparing the art to North Korean propaganda. “In this mural I observed a figure which closely resembles the former commissioner of labor,” an anonymous fax given to the Portland Press Herald reads. “In studying the mural I also observed that this mural is nothing but propaganda to further the agenda of the Union movement. I felt for a moment that I was in communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses.”
So obviously, they must be airbrushed. Can we see the little problem here? I knew that you could.
Here are some panels from the offensive brainwashing propaganda:
It’s almost impossible to tell the difference between that and this:
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