The private Friends of the Public Garden, who maintain most of the Common and Public Garden statues and facilities

Chewed up wiring is a fire hazard.

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The final result doesn’t look as good as the proposed renderings. Unfortunately, I don’t live in Boston proper, so I don’t get a say

Complaining about an ugly statue isn't racist.

Sausage hugs are the discount hugging busts.

Out of waste from deer island. We'll call it the "sew-wall"

Good thing no demographic is a hivemind nor a monolith.

That said, given MLKs own critique on the use of "dark vs light , black vs white" I can at least understand why someone would see some of the criticism as racist.

Edit: and I wouldn't call "that looks like a poo penis" criticism, but rather a reflection of what that person wants to see because that assertion is insulting and not constructive at all. It also reflects on the ignorance of people who just seemed to have 0 awareness that this project was taking place, selected by public participants in a vote out of 125 other, and was privately funded by donations. Enough people wanted this and participated in this that it happened. If you don't like the result, take that as a call to action to participate in the cultural development of your city more.

Agreed. I don’t think it’s a GREAT statue but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it in person. It’s more impressive than you’d expect based on the pictures, especially the ones taken at this angle.

Express trains, they’re a real pain if you’re not going to one of the stops they retain, or if you have headphones on, or if you’re on one of many redline cars with broken PA speakers.

Correct. All I’m saying is that we don’t have to seem racist to the rest of the world. There will be other black people elsewhere that will feel the same

Just another stupid artistry take,

“I’m better than I think moment.”

“A simple statue of MLK not stylistic enough, I know, I will….”

i think everyone needs to get something straight

it’s either a touching homage to an historic embrace or a giant public metal turd penis and either way, it rules.

That means people are allowed to like it.

"here bhurrrr this look like a penis"

is an interpretation that speaks more to the person who wants to see that than what the art actually shows. You're free to see what you want, but now everyone knows that's what you're looking for subconsciously.

So you accept others don't have to.

wow! I didn't know it was such a recent term

If you have urine stains I’m surprised you don’t smell it. I had mice in the attic and slumlord wouldn’t do anything. Eventually the smell was so bad I started to cry every time I came home. I stuffed cotton saturated w essential oil in my nose. I got worse ptsd. After almost a year he replaced the insulation. Wat a fucken bastard.

The private donations from people who voted for this statue?

Lol where were all of you when they asked the public to vote on which art project they'd install here?

Going forward, pay attention to what's happening in your own city if you hate this so much!

Edit: you don't have to like it, but I don't have to hate it!

^ This guy actually pays attention.

When you hook up with a girl from nyc

I'm going to make a point to call someone a turd penis today

What do you think is going to maintain it for years to come?

Just gotta slap a brazzers logo & the picture is complete. 😌