Lesbian-ish Painting Sends Museum Patron/CIA Agent Into Violent Fury
Susan Burns had to violently attack artist Paul Gauguin’s 1899 painting “Two Tahitian Women” because, duh, showing two women in states of undress is “very homosexual.” That’s what the self-proclaimed CIA agent told authorities after they detained her when she struck a blow to the $80 million painting that’s hanging at Washington D.C.’s National Gallery of Art. (It’s on loan, eek!)
The work is “very homosexual. I was trying to remove it,” said Burns according to the criminal complaint filed against her. “I think it should be burned … I am from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head. I am going to kill you.” Luckily, the radio in her head did not order her to act on the kill order, so nobody died. And so much for her secret agent training: Burns was tackled by another museum patron who saw her freaking on on the 112-year-old piece, which appears to be undamaged and will be back on display today.
Now just imagine if Burns realized a few blocks away, a whole crapload of gay paintings were hanging at the National Portrait Gallery.
Im sorry, but this crazy lady obviously should have been locked up a long time ago.
Im not at all disputing that she’s suffering from a severe mental illness, but REALLY, would you all be so apologetic about her illness if she had in fact been armed and shot-up a class of 30 6th graders who had been looking at that painting in order to “save them” after just viewing a “very homosexual” paining? Of course all in the name of rightious religion and saving souls from the evil homos none-the-less.
Rediculous.
Bat-shit Crazy or not, she’s clearly fucked in the head and hopefully will be locked in the booby-hatch for the rest of her crazy-assed life.
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‘but REALLY, would you all be so apologetic about her illness if she had in fact been armed and shot-up a class of 30 6th graders who had been looking at that painting in order to “save them” after just viewing a “very homosexual” paining? Of course all in the name of rightious religion and saving souls from the evil homos none-the-less.”
But she didn’t. Quite frankly, more “sane” people kill other people than the mental ill do, mentally ill people are more likely to be victims of violence, especially since many are on the street or can’t maintain employment.
Do you have anything else to say except for re-hashing old, tired stereotypes about mentally ill people.
This women needs treatment, not some random asshole like you villianizing her.
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The responsibility is on the museum for providing security. Mentally ill people share the same highly esteemed place, in a lot of people’s eyes, as us gays. Compassion is good. Treatment is good. All of us, and all we love is harmed that there isn’t more treatment available.
And, ironically enough, a lot of the art was made by schizophrenics. So let’s not open the concentration camps just yet, M’kay? There are plenty (plenty) of people who think us cocksuckers have no value to human society either.
For me, one of the biggest gifts of being gay is that I know what it feels like to be unreasonably vilified.
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Obviously schizophrenic. I actually feel sorry for her. I can’t really be angry at someone for something they cannot control. She needs help, and I hope she winds up in a mental health facility rather than jail.
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@Adonis-of-Fire: If we eliminate useless things, that would not be good for you.
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LMAO at the tittle uppity queens here “oh have some compassion”, no wonder gays are seen as weak and worthless, most behave like old fragile women.
Anyways, if someone is unable to be self reliant then they are worthless. I hate weakness, and the kumbaya way gays think makes me want to vomit, pathetic and weak.
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@justiceontherocks: Win.
Compassion is a subtle form of strength, not weakness as some would claim. I hope someone is able to help this woman.
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This woman clearly needs mental health treatment, not more jail time. What good what that do? How would that be a deterrent for someone without the mental capacity to control their actions?
But her delusions aren’t unusual. She’s toward one end of a spectrum of religious delusion and obsession that includes homophobia but there are lots of others on it too and their mental illness isn’t as blatant. In all honestly I don’t think Michelle Bachmann isn’t that far away from this woman but she’s an elected official with power. Does she deserve sympathy too? Where do you draw the line?
No matter what your feeling is about the existence of God, isn’t a bit “off” to believe that desert nomads of several thousand years ago had the answers to all the important questions of life and existence? Isn’t it delusional to believe those writings should be made into law? If this woman is mentally ill (and she is), she is far from the only one.
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Next thing we know, someone with similar delusions will blame the gays for tsunamis, earthquakes, crop failures and the decline in marriage rates!
Ooh, wait, that’s what the fundies are *already* doing.
Yo, Cindy Jacobs, I’m talkin bout u & yr friends.
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@Adonis-of-Fire: Perhaps reincarnation is a reality: Adonis-of-Fire = Josef Mengele
What is a greater danger to human civilization: the few with mental and physical disabilities that challenge the many to care for them with compassion and support VS the many with ability and strength that ignore and dismiss the few as a burden they refuse?
So what kind of fundamentalist are you AofF? Clearly you are neither Christian nor Muslin, as both those religions require one to show compassion and care for those who cannot care for themselves (and let’s not get into what evil fundie Muslims are today and ignore the evils fundie Christians/Catholics of yesteryear — I am speaking of the requirement as laid down in both manifestos Bible/Quoran).
Atheists are humanists, so you can’t be one as you show a complete lack of humanism.
My guess is that you too are mentally ill showing no concern for others yet have the ability functionality. One would think that being gay would raise your concern about the treatment of other, oh, opps, yes, you are mentally ill.
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@Adonis-of-Fire: Yup, come kill me “Adonis”. I have no use. I take my meds, act sane, work, and mentor. How useless of me. Oh, wait! Clearly I am DELUSIONAL about these things.
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This woman is clearly in schizophrenic. Maybe more understanding and less snark when it comes to the mentally ill?