(05-30-2024, 11:00 AM)WingerDinger Wrote:

(05-30-2024, 10:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Suppose someone applies to the local government for a permit to paint a temporary picture on the sidewalk.  Maybe the guy is an artist and he wants to paint a picture of the city, or a mountain, or anything.  He receives the permit and proceeds to do his painting on the sidewalk.  Now you come along, and you say, "I don't like this painting.  It offends me."  And you proceed to take out a can of spray paint and vandalize the sidewalk painting.  

Do you think you have a right to do that?

If it's purchased with my tax dollars, yes..

Where I wouldn't have a problem is if the funds for that painting was donated and not frivolously spent from the budget. I may not agree with the message, but at least I know that my tax dollars didn't purchase it and I can disagree with the message using my voice and not my Goodyears..