{"id":86912,"date":"2024-01-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86912"},"modified":"2024-01-29T05:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T11:45:52","slug":"urban-progressive-privilege-clouds-of-smug-descend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86912","title":{"rendered":"Urban Progressive Privilege:  Clouds Of Smug Descend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Art&#8221; as humanity used to know it is pretty much dead, at least in any community of people who call themselves &#8220;artists&#8221; anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was from a, for lack of a better term, &#8220;art event&#8221; in Powderhorn Park over the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.mp.lura.live\/player\/3.12.14-beta\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%253D\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ignore the stupid sled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look, rather, at the audience.  What do you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inevitably, they are smug, corn-fed, entitled, white progressive members of the laptop class and the non-profit\/industrial complex &#8211; no doubt from &#8220;Urban Life&#8221; theme parks like Marcy Holmes or Merriam Park, larping it up as &#8220;art fans&#8221; in Powderhorn, the part of Minneapolis that smug progressives go to when they want to be &#8220;down with the neighborhood&#8221; (before they scamper back home to where all the barristas and short order brunch technicians have to commute <em>to<\/em> from Fridley and Brooklyn Center).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MPD has condemned the display &#8211; which, I&#8217;m sure, is causing all sorts of nasal snorking over lattes this morning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And why not?  It&#8217;s not their stores being cleaned out (none of them as any concept of the free market more involved than a coffee shop), not their cars being jacked (does anyone actually steal electric cars?), not them waking up to bullet holes in their siding.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping every last one of these cretins needs a cop sometime soon.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows?  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/dem-party-chairwoman-who-once-called-to-defund-the-police-carjacked-and-assaulted-in-minneapolis\/ar-AA1gq9y6\">Sometimes even Progressives can learn something<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Art&#8221; as humanity used to know it is pretty much dead, at least in any community of people who call themselves &#8220;artists&#8221; anymore. This was from a, for lack of a better term, &#8220;art event&#8221; in Powderhorn Park over the weekend: Ignore the stupid sled. Look, rather, at the audience. What do you see? Inevitably, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,44,349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-n-e","category-minneapolis","category-stupid","category-urban-liberal-privilege-liberal-tyranny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86914,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86912\/revisions\/86914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}