Pearl Jam shares poster depicting Trump's corpse and a burning White House

[Kwon3]

A poster for a recent Pearl Jam concert has sparked outrage for depicting the corpse of President Donald Trump.

The band staged a concert to get fans to vote for Democratic Sen. Jon Tester on Monday. To promote the show, bassist Jeff Ament and artist Bobby Draws Skullz drew up some artwork that included graphic imagery of the White House on fire and the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial cracked and breaking.

The artwork also included an image of the corpse of Trump being picked at by a bald eagle while it reaches for a briefcase that appears to have the communist hammer and sickle emblem on it.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/15/pearl-jam-shares-poster-depicting-trumps-corpse-and-burning-white-house.html

[Kwon3]

That's how the left and its operatives in the arts, media, politics, and social 'movements' expresses itself: with murder, threats, ultimatums, bigotry, and identity politics that pressure everyone who isn't under their narrative to either disappear or be slaughtered.

Does Pearl Jam ever intend to show similar posters in China to protest that country's non-elected President or go around slandering the Supreme leader of Iran? Because if they did, no amount of American diplomatic pressure would get them released from the prisons they'd be locked up in.

But sure, take shots at Trump, knowing he can't do anything to you. 150% coward behavior.

[JustPlaneJane]

Pearl Jam are still alive?

[Kwon3]

Pearl Jam are still alive?

They weren't really relevant anymore so they chose to attack Trump since that's how nobodies make back in the news when their star has faded. It's the new version of Celebrity Boxing.

[JustPlaneJane]

They weren't really relevant anymore so they chose to attack Trump since that's how nobodies make back in the news when their star has faded. It's the new version of Celebrity Boxing.

Gayer than Matt Canning in thigh high leather boots

[Zillotch]

[Kwon3]

Disgusting. In the majority of countries, this would be grounds for imprisonment for defaming the head of state and fomenting anti-national hatred.

[ratherbebig]

now thats free speech at its best! cool poster!

[Hypertrophy]

Pearl Jam are a bunch of weak wristed fops anyways, lol. They get an artist strung out on bath salts to make a goofy poster just so they can show  their left wing fans that they are still
cool.

[Pray_4_War]

Drug fueled, depressing, estrogen rock.  Fuck them.  #MAGA

[HTexan]

Fucking loser butt hurt trumplets. “Waah, I want free speech but I get mad at others using free speech”
That being said, a dead current president does cross a line.  

[BB]

"Sure, we're a bunch of mid 50's multi-millionaires, but we're edgy dude. Check out the poster".

Get the fuck out of here .

[Fortress]

Pearl Jam hasn’t been anything for a very long time. Even hardcore fans admit its output has been largely unappealing since the glory days.

And Vedder is a complete tool.

The left is dramatically embarrassing. And as said, cowardly.

[Thin Lizzy]

Pearl Jam hasn’t been anything for a very long time. Even hardcore fans admit its output has been largely unappealing since the glory days.

And Vedder is a complete tool.

The left is dramatically embarrassing. And as said, cowardly.

To be fair, very few bands do anything interesting once the members get into their 30s. When they have some initial success, they get married, buy houses, and have kids. At that point, they only together with the band mates for a tour to make money.

[Kwon3]

To be fair, very few bands do anything interesting once the members get into their 30s. When they have some initial success, they get married, buy houses, and have kids. At that point, they only together with the band mates for a tour to make money.

Why isn't this being investigated by the Secret Service? One visit to each band member would concentrate their minds about what they did. People who've been visited by the President's security service never walk away from it anything but shaken and completely cured of their need to be cool and edgy by threatening the President (a serious crime).

[Fortress]

To be fair, very few bands do anything interesting once the members get into their 30s. When they have some initial success, they get married, buy houses, and have kids. At that point, they only together with the band mates for a tour to make money.

In general, yes.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

A poster for a recent Pearl Jam concert has sparked outrage for depicting the corpse of President Donald Trump.

The band staged a concert to get fans to vote for Democratic Sen. Jon Tester on Monday. To promote the show, bassist Jeff Ament and artist Bobby Draws Skullz drew up some artwork that included graphic imagery of the White House on fire and the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial cracked and breaking.

The artwork also included an image of the corpse of Trump being picked at by a bald eagle while it reaches for a briefcase that appears to have the communist hammer and sickle emblem on it.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/15/pearl-jam-shares-poster-depicting-trumps-corpse-and-burning-white-house.html

So...

[Straw Man]

I seriously doubt any Republican would be offended by this Pearl Jam poster

They have a high tolerance for shit like that

Republicans are well known for their tolerance and respect of all forms of free speech (not counting the crybaby snowflake in the White House)

[Kwon3]

So...

So they're violating federal law, you fucking jungle-fever having wank stain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_the_President_of_the_United_States

[Kwon3]

I seriously doubt any Republican would be offended by this Pearl Jam poster

They have a high tolerance for shit like that

Republicans are well known for their tolerance and respect of all forms of free speech (not counting the crybaby snowflake in the White House)

That picture was circulated anonymously on the Internet to thousands of people by Internet meme trolls. It's not in the same category as a poster put up in public (not just online) by a world famous band at its sold-out venues calling for the death of the President and annihilation by fire of his home. This is on par with Peter Fonda called for Trump's young son to be strangled to death, which we received a Secret Service visit for. Doesn't take much for a Pearl Jam fan who hates the right to take images like that literally, since "my favorite singer said it was okay." How long until PJ releases a statement saying it was using creative license and meant no harm to the President or the White House?

The burning effigy? Perfectly good example of what I'm talking about. Whoever did that should've been prosecuted.

[Straw Man]

That picture was circulated anonymously on the Internet to thousands of people by Internet meme trolls. It's not in the same category as a poster put up in public (not just online) by a world famous band at its sold-out venues calling for the death of the President and annihilation by fire of his home. This is on par with Peter Fonda called for Trump's young son to be strangled to death, which we received a Secret Service visit for. Doesn't take much for a Pearl Jam fan who hates the right to take images like that literally, since "my favorite singer said it was okay." How long until PJ releases a statement saying it was using creative license and meant no harm to the President or the White House?

The burning effigy? Perfectly good example of what I'm talking about. Whoever did that should've been prosecuted.

The internet obviously has a much wider audience than the group of people attending a concert

As I'm sure you know these two images are just a few of the many examples you can find online in a matter of seconds.

What crime would Pearl Jam be prosecuted for?

The guy burning the effigy of Obama and Clinton wasn't prosecuted for anything that I'm aware of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones_(pastor)#Obama_effigy

[Kwon3]

The internet obviously has a much wider audience than the group of people attending a concert

Yeah, but the law hasn't caught up to the Internet. That's why if you write a defamatory article in a magazine you can be sued for millions, but I haven't heard of anyone doing it over a blog with the same content (exception being Hogan vs. Gawker, but that was invasion of privacy on top of defamation and he had a huge budget thanks to Peter Thiel financing it).

As I'm sure you know these two images are just a few of the many examples you can find online in a matter of seconds.

There's lots of images on the Internet. But just like looking at a photo of someone dead from a gunshot wound on Google Images isn't the same as having one in your possession, the law looks for people actively promoting hate rather than just looking at it. In most European countries, denying the Holocaust such as putting an anti-Jewish poster in a public place is prosecuted as hate speech. But owning a book about it isn't.

What crime would Pearl Jam be prosecuted for?

The one I linked to Vince's reply. It's a real statute and has been used for this kind of thing if there's enough pressure or credibility for it on the threat matrix.

The guy burning the effigy of Obama and Clinton wasn't prosecuted for anything that I'm aware of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones_(pastor)#Obama_effigy

She wasn't either, but she openly called for the White House to be bombed before this President even moved into it.

[Straw Man]

Yeah, but the law hasn't caught up to the Internet. That's why if you write a defamatory article in a magazine you can be sued for millions, but I haven't heard of anyone doing it over a blog with the same content (exception being Hogan vs. Gawker, but that was invasion of privacy on top of defamation and he had a huge budget thanks to Peter Thiel financing it).

There's lots of images on the Internet. But just like looking at a photo of someone dead from a gunshot wound on Google Images isn't the same as having one in your possession, the law looks for people actively promoting hate rather than just looking at it. In most European countries, denying the Holocaust such as putting an anti-Jewish poster in a public place is prosecuted as hate speech. But owning a book about it isn't.

The one I linked to Vince's reply. It's a real statue and has been used for this kind of thing if there's enough pressure or credibility for it on the threat matrix.
She wasn't either, but she openly called for the White House to be bombed before this President even moved into it.

do you think this concert poster is defamatory to Trump?

regarding the Obama images you can easily find people protesting Obama holding up posters much worse than what you see is the concert poster

As far as I can tell there is no law against poor taste

[ratherbebig]

did kwon3 just spend 12 hours of his day on this subject? yes he did.

and he's not done! 12 more hours coming up!

even if we divide that gimmick account by, say 4 people, thats still 3 hours per person  

[Kwon3]

did kwon3 just spend 12 hours of his day on this subject? yes he did.

and he's not done! 12 more hours coming up!

even if we divide that gimmick account by, say 4 people, thats still 3 hours per person  

how much real estate to I occupy in your little head?
because right now, you're in almost every one of my threads and it's reached the point where you're obviously getting very triggered over anything at this point.