‘Pillar of Shame’ Tiananmen memorial erected outside European Parliament | CNN
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A model of the “Pillar of Shame,” which was controversially removed from a Hong Kong university in 2021, has gone on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue was unveiled Tuesday as part of an exhibition of “forbidden art” that organizers said had been censored or “deemed subversive” by Hong Kong and mainland China.

The exhibition was hosted by Jens Galschiøt, the Danish artist behind the famous sculpture, and Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, a member of the European Parliament (MEP). A further six MEPs, including representatives from each of the parliament’s five largest political coalitions, were listed as co-hosts.

  • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
    334·
    9 months ago

    There can be multiple different people and multiple different motivations within people that do not all need to agree with each other. One person/thought can be good, while others aren’t.

    That discrepancy alone doesn’t discredit the good things, unless they’re directly related. In this case, they aren’t. Israel’s genocide needs to be condemned, but so need to be the events from Tiananmen square.

    I hate arguments like yours. It’s always like, “you either be perfect or you’re the worst scum on Earth”. Completely counterproductive. Yes, criticize the bad parts. But don’t paint the good things, like this, as bad, it’s just unnecessary.

    Especially, an art installation at one place has absolutely nothing to do with who decides who goes to a stupid song contest. Wtf.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      621·
      9 months ago

      No supporting Genocide while criticizing others just makes you a giant hypocrite. Europe is not helping do something they are criticizing others

      We have no moral high ground to stand on to criticize others anymore. Every single time China starts some BS about their human rights we bring up the Uyghurs and Tianennmen Square.

      Now every time we bring up human rights while supporting Genocide we are nothing more than giant hypocrites.

      We needs to look in the mirror instead of at China.

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        9 months ago

        No supporting Genocide while criticizing others just makes you a giant hypocrite

        I assume there’s a missing coma after the no. In any case, are you arguing that’s better to do nothing than to do only half?

        We have no moral high ground to stand on to criticize others anymore. Every single time China starts some BS about their human rights we bring up the Uyghurs and Tianennmen Square.

        No country on earth had the moral high ground. All have sins. But some have taken steps to redeem, starting with acceptance.

        We needs to look in the mirror instead of at China.

        Let’s do both!

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          9 months ago

          Let’s look in the mirror first before criticizing others. Nobody else in the world is looking at this with anything but giant disgust for the hypocrisy. We cannot criticize another regime about human rights while literally supporting Genocide.

              • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                That’s the neat part about being an authoritarian regimen, you don’t care what they think about you. Else you would stop the authoritarianism.

                So let’s do both.