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Trudeau Depicted as Sexual Assault Victim in Painting by 'Indigenous Queer Artist'

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If this is the revenge they wish to enact on the ultra racially sensitive Canadian Prime Minister, I can't imagine what they'd want for the rest of the 'guilty' Canadian populace.

Senator Murray Sinclair is backing Winnipeg-raised Cree artist Kent Monkman after the painter’s latest provocative work sparked a backlash on social media.

Hanky Panky, which Monkman revealed on May 16 on Instagram and Facebook, suggests the sexual assault of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an audience of Indigenous women laughing at the scene.

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Senator Murray Sinclair is backing Winnipeg-raised Cree artist Kent Monkman after the painter’s latest provocative work sparked a backlash on social media.

Hanky Panky, which Monkman revealed on May 16 on Instagram and Facebook, suggests the sexual assault of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an audience of Indigenous women laughing at the scene.

Manitoba-born Cree artist Kent Monkman’s latest work, Hanky Panky, has created a firestorm of controversy.

Monkman, one of Canada’s most successful contemporary artists who received some of his first lessons at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, returned to social media on May 18 to address the outrage.

"I have been listening and learning from your feedback. I deeply regret any harm that was caused by the work. I acknowledge that the elements I had included to indicate consent are not prominent enough, and I see now how the painting could appear," he wrote.

Sinclair, who was the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, defended Monkman on Facebook Tuesday, calling the painting "a monumental testament to the treatment of Indigenous women and the public’s lack of caring."

"He has managed to get people worked up over the obscenity of the content, in startling contrast to the intellectual calmness with which people look upon how Indigenous women were treated. I wish people were as shocked and angered at that visual as they are at Monkman’s portrayal of it," Sinclair wrote.

Hanky Panky is set in a lodge. On a small stage, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, a two-spirit trickster who appears in many of Monkman’s paintings and is often described as his alter ego, stands behind a young man, who resembles Trudeau. The man is on his hands and knees and is restrained by two Indigenous women. His pants are pulled down and Miss Chief holds a red hand aloft.

Among the people on the side of the stage are resemblances of former prime ministers Sir John A. Macdonald and Stephen Harper. Off the stage is an RCMP officer lying face down, also with his pants down.

Surrounding the stage is an audience of Indigenous women, all of whom are laughing at the scene.

Many of the posts on Twitter objected to the painting, saying they were disturbed by its suggestion of sexual assault as retribution and were offended that Indigenous women would be portrayed as cheering on such a scene.

Monkman explained his work in the original Facebook post. He says it highlights problems Indigenous people in Canada have faced for decades, such as their disproportionate incarceration and the victimization of Indigenous women and children.

"This is not a punishment, but rather a consensual act that Miss Chief willingly delivers," Monkman wrote.

Sinclair, who was the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, defended Monkman on Facebook Tuesday, calling the painting "a monumental testament to the treatment of Indigenous women and the public’s lack of caring."

Monkman painting divides viewers - Winnipeg Free Press

Monkman has had an ongoing relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which was funded by a $60 million grant from the government.

Monkman refers to himself as an indigenous queer, who is multi-gender. He's actually half white, but he's not celebrating his white half, there's no place in the art world for that.

If Trudeau is your Prime Minister, how do you feel about this? It's now gone viral, and is quite shocking, even to an American who has seen everything.
 
If this is the revenge they wish to enact on the ultra racially sensitive Canadian Prime Minister, I can't imagine what they'd want for the rest of the 'guilty' Canadian populace.



Monkman has had an ongoing relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which was funded by a $60 million grant from the government.

Monkman refers to himself as an indigenous queer, who is multi-gender. He's actually half white, but he's not celebrating his white half, there's no place in the art world for that.

If Trudeau is your Prime Minister, how do you feel about this? It's now gone viral, and is quite shocking, even to an American who has seen everything.

An artist can do many things with art depending on whom he wants to influence. Art can be inspiring, angering, relaxing, patriotic, and yes - very controversial. Art is commonly used as a political weapon, as this artist has. Personally, I find it crass and unnecessarily explicit, but the artist was trying to make his opinion known, unfortunately in a crude insulting way. He's a really good artist and could have depicted his opinion of the horrible treatment of First Nation women in a way that wouldn't have angered people but this was intentionally portrayed in a way to do exactly that. He made his point because it probably brought him more attention than even he could have imagined.
 
It’s meant to be shocking.

It’s meant to be provocative.

And I personally don’t know how to feel about it, the artist apparently did not mean to depict sexual assault, Though I don’t know if that’s a retreat because of the controversy.

But at the end of the day I’m not gonna get triggered like the OP.
 
An artist can do many things with art depending on whom he wants to influence. Art can be inspiring, angering, relaxing, patriotic, and yes - very controversial. Art is commonly used as a political weapon, as this artist has. Personally, I find it crass and unnecessarily explicit, but the artist was trying to make his opinion known, unfortunately in a crude insulting way. He's a really good artist and could have depicted his opinion of the horrible treatment of First Nation women in a way that wouldn't have angered people but this was intentionally portrayed in a way to do exactly that. He made his point because it probably brought him more attention than even he could have imagined.

I can't imagine theres there's any Canadians who are proud of the mistreatment of indigenous women in 2020, so I think his anger and twisted art is a bit of a curiosity. It'd be one thing if some group of Canadians were going around mocking what happened to indigenous folks, but that's just not occurring. His painting is overkill in my opinion. While virtually no one supports what happens to native peoples, there will be people who undoubtedly do support Monkman's depiction of Trudeau being held down to be raped. What other appeasements do these people want? In a round about way, Trudeau paid for a painting that seeks to humiliate him, in the most archaic and savage way possible.
 
People are upset at an imaginary scene of white folks enduring what others actually experienced at the hands of white folks. How very shocking I tell you.
 
If this is the revenge they wish to enact on the ultra racially sensitive Canadian Prime Minister, I can't imagine what they'd want for the rest of the 'guilty' Canadian populace.



Monkman has had an ongoing relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which was funded by a $60 million grant from the government.

Monkman refers to himself as an indigenous queer, who is multi-gender. He's actually half white, but he's not celebrating his white half, there's no place in the art world for that.

If Trudeau is your Prime Minister, how do you feel about this? It's now gone viral, and is quite shocking, even to an American who has seen everything.

I'm trying to figure out whether that Indian is planning to **** Trudeau in the ass with his suspisciously conservative sized dick or fist him with that red hand thing.
 
People are upset at an imaginary scene of white folks enduring what others actually experienced at the hands of white folks. How very shocking I tell you.

You didn't act that way about folks figuratively killing trump...

Just sayin'...
 
It’s meant to be shocking.

It’s meant to be provocative.

And I personally don’t know how to feel about it, the artist apparently did not mean to depict sexual assault, Though I don’t know if that’s a retreat because of the controversy.

But at the end of the day I’m not gonna get triggered like the OP.

You don't spread the cheeks of someone about to get a spanking...
 
It’s meant to be shocking.

It’s meant to be provocative.

And I personally don’t know how to feel about it, the artist apparently did not mean to depict sexual assault, Though I don’t know if that’s a retreat because of the controversy.

But at the end of the day I’m not gonna get triggered like the OP.

He's not my PM. I'm not triggered by this. Personally I think Trudeau is an actor who never displays any sincerity when in public. He's scarier than someone like Trump who wears his heart on his sleeve, and you know what he's thinking, even if its not very flattering most of the time. Trudeau is the sort of person you can know for 10 years, and still feel like you don't know who he really is.

Hope ya get the likes you were aiming for.
 
People are upset at an imaginary scene of white folks enduring what others actually experienced at the hands of white folks. How very shocking I tell you.

White folk anally raped native women ritualistically?
 
You didn't act that way about folks figuratively killing trump...

Just sayin'...

Is there a thread I missed about " folks figuratively killing trump" since I joined in August, 2019? If so, link please. Otherwise you are once again just making up ****. Just sayin'
 
People are upset at an imaginary scene of white folks enduring what others actually experienced at the hands of white folks. How very shocking I tell you.

At some point, people need to realize that the white folks you speak of have been dead for about 3 or 4 generations, and its as ridiculous to blame living white people for what dead white people did, as it would be to put you in prison for a crime your great-great grandfather committed.
 
I'm trying to figure out whether that Indian is planning to **** Trudeau in the ass with his suspisciously conservative sized dick or fist him with that red hand thing.

And then there's the issue of why the Indian chief is wearing stripper boots.... ...
 
I'm trying to figure out whether that Indian is planning to **** Trudeau in the ass with his suspisciously conservative sized dick or fist him with that red hand thing.

The red hand is a traditional war paint symbol representing power.
 
He's not my PM.

I am relieved we are not the same nationality.

I'm not triggered by this.

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He's scarier than someone like Trump who wears his heart on his sleeve, and you know what he's thinking, even if its not very flattering most of the time.

Trudeau scares you?

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You must be quite a timid fellow.
 
Is there a thread I missed about " folks figuratively killing trump" since I joined in August, 2019? If so, link please. Otherwise you are once again just making up ****. Just sayin'

You can't be unaware of this controversy.

That comedian holding a fake severed trump head. Actors in central park doing Shakespeare with trump as caesar, stabbed to death.

Your lockstep with conservative media guarantees it.

So while I have no evidence, I don't need it to make an assumption here.
 
You can't be unaware of this controversy.

That comedian holding a fake severed trump head. Actors in central park doing Shakespeare with trump as caesar, stabbed to death.

Your lockstep with conservative media guarantees it.

So while I have no evidence, I don't need it to make an assumption here.

You claimed I acted some way about folks figuratively killing trump. Until you can evidence your false accusation, you are dismissed.
 
If this is the revenge they wish to enact on the ultra racially sensitive Canadian Prime Minister, I can't imagine what they'd want for the rest of the 'guilty' Canadian populace.



Monkman has had an ongoing relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, which was funded by a $60 million grant from the government.

Monkman refers to himself as an indigenous queer, who is multi-gender. He's actually half white, but he's not celebrating his white half, there's no place in the art world for that.

If Trudeau is your Prime Minister, how do you feel about this? It's now gone viral, and is quite shocking, even to an American who has seen everything.

Its political satire. It reflects the feelings in the aboriginal community that many feel Trudeau is a phony, pretentious ass who played up to them and never delivered. It is legit political satire and freedom of expression guaranteed in our Charter of Rights. As a Canadian I will survive. I think the two women holding him are hot.

Look it is well known in many Canadian gay communities Trudeau is gay as is his finance Minister. Many gays consider him two faced over his playing married man and father as well. That is the business of their community how they deal with that and that is part of what you see as well.

Trudeau is not the darling you make him out to be. He is a silver spoon elitist who came into power posing as a righteous progressive who soon turned into an apologist for a corporation in his riding and deliberately interfered with on going criminal proceedings against it and fired his female aboriginal Justice Minister from trying to stop him. That also in addition to a failed truth commission to investigate murders against aboriginal woman, allsin the picture.

Anyone outraged needs to get calm down. It's just satire.
 
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Someone asked if white Canadians anally raped native women. Yes they did but in fact they preferred boys and girls who could not fight back. The rape of aboriginals both literally and figuratively is depicted in the picture as us the aboriginal people laughing of Trudeau's claims he understood this happening to them.

For that person who doesn't get the rape image it's a direct response to what happened to children in forced schools when we took them away from their families and tried to erase their ethnicity.

It also is a play on what Trudeau's meaningless posturing yo aboriginals means to them.

If someone finds his buttocks offensive they might consider getting down off their ghteous perspective. He makes a point 9f sho we ing up to as ma y gay pride parades as he can playing up the gay vote and part of this is a gay man ry ridiculing his playing up to gsys zx he tried with women and aboriginals.

He's literally being given the finger. The laughter is not because he CV us a victim but because he posed as a submissive or bottom as gays say to aboriginals.
 
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In light of the appalling treatment which First Nations and especially indigenous women have suffered and are still suffering from both personal and institutionalised racism in Canada, the artist's vulgar outburst, while offensive is also understandable. Ask non-indigenous Canadians about the plight of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in Canada today and you will find a depressing number of us will laugh it off and say that it's all blown out of proportion. It is not. The designers of the Indian Act pictured on the picture's left, the prostrated and bear-butted RCMP trooper who enforced the Act, the queer "Miss Chief" and the laughing women are all images illustrating how deeply dysfunctional the Indian Act is and that has not changed. The implied rape of the pseudo-Trudeau is a response to promises broken to First Nations, Inuit and Metis both in the past and today by the present government in power. The vulgarity of the picture pales in comparison to the abhorrent and calculated treatment of Canada's indigenous peoples.

As to the controversy and the OP's confusion and offence at the image, tempest meet teapot.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.
 
The controversy here should be the continued representation of "first nation" whatever (I think that's what Canada calls them) as a separate race. Just keep them on the reservations and treat them like little kids. White Canadians would love to be put on reservations, but unfortunately for them that "special treatment" belongs to those humans of another race.

Anyone want to join me at Pine Ridge? I'm so jealous that I'm not genetically qualified to live there.

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Poor Trudeau. That painting is so insulting!
 
I am relieved we are not the same nationality.



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Trudeau scares you?

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You must be quite a timid fellow.

Trudeau's personality is scarier than Trump's, because he's like an actor displaying whatever emotion he feels is the right emotion to appear likeable in a given situation. Trudeau's spine is as firm as a soggy spaghetti noodle that sat in the pasta water for too long.
 
In light of the appalling treatment which First Nations and especially indigenous women have suffered and are still suffering from both personal and institutionalised racism in Canada, the artist's vulgar outburst, while offensive is also understandable. Ask non-indigenous Canadians about the plight of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in Canada today and you will find a depressing number of us will laugh it off and say that it's all blown out of proportion. It is not. The designers of the Indian Act pictured on the picture's left, the prostrated and bear-butted RCMP trooper who enforced the Act, the queer "Miss Chief" and the laughing women are all images illustrating how deeply dysfunctional the Indian Act is and that has not changed. The implied rape of the pseudo-Trudeau is a response to promises broken to First Nations, Inuit and Metis both in the past and today by the present government in power. The vulgarity of the picture pales in comparison to the abhorrent and calculated treatment of Canada's indigenous peoples.

As to the controversy and the OP's confusion and offence at the image, tempest meet teapot.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.

You're entitled to your opinion. I don't see the validity in carrying around baggage from the 19th century today, especially for this artist who appears to be the antithesis of a poverty stricken indigenous person. But he's using the suffering of his people to become upwardly mobile, something countless others have done in the last several decades.
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I just noticed that your signature contains a quote by a noted sexual deviant, and close friend of Jeffrey Epstein. 'As long as no one's watching, anything goes' is rather ironic coming from that asshole.
 
Trudeau's personality is scarier than Trump's, because he's like an actor displaying whatever emotion he feels is the right emotion to appear likeable in a given situation. Trudeau's spine is as firm as a soggy spaghetti noodle that sat in the pasta water for too long.

As I said.

You must be quite the timid fellow to find Trudeau “scary”.
 
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