Everyone is so offended.

[popeyewhite]

dudleybloke said:

"Racist" art in Nandos.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-dri...

Despite it being a piece by a prominent black artist from a South African township it's triggered some spongs.

Would a painting of 4 white people in a toaster make the diddums feel better or would they moan about the lack of diversity?

I was going to comment but it's actually pretty depressing when you realise how thick some of our fellow humans are. Why the f*ck would anyone eat in Nandos?

[Cold]

popeyewhite said:

I was going to comment but it's actually pretty depressing when you realise how thick some of our fellow humans are. Why the f*ck would anyone eat in Nandos?

I know, right? I always get a take away.

[glazbagun]

768 said:

It's pretty offensive they've removed the art.

I'd have thought small card explaining the context probably a good idea though.

Anti-intellectualism seems rife in both the left and right at the moment, it would have been nice if Nando's had showed some spine.

[popeyewhite]

Cold said:

popeyewhite said:

I was going to comment but it's actually pretty depressing when you realise how thick some of our fellow humans are. Why the f*ck would anyone eat in Nandos?

I know, right? I always get a take away.

Nah has to be the Colonel's finest.

[Mothersruin]

glazbagun said:

768 said:

It's pretty offensive they've removed the art.

I'd have thought small card explaining the context probably a good idea though.

Anti-intellectualism seems rife in both the left and right at the moment, it would have been nice if Nando's had showed some spine.

I like the boneless platter...

[Vanden Saab]

Mothersruin said:

glazbagun said:

768 said:

It's pretty offensive they've removed the art.

I'd have thought small card explaining the context probably a good idea though.

Anti-intellectualism seems rife in both the left and right at the moment, it would have been nice if Nando's had showed some spine.

I like the boneless platter...

[gizlaroc]

Tryke3 said:

The biggest snowflakes are brexiteers and that is a fact, they just want to be angry about everything all the time

Says that man who on a car forum has replied to one car thread in the last 90 days. That was to tell someone that they should have bought a Skoda estate instead of their Porsche Cayenne.

Yeah, you're not an angry little man are you!? Haha

[JagLover]

glazbagun said:

768 said:

It's pretty offensive they've removed the art.

I'd have thought small card explaining the context probably a good idea though.

Anti-intellectualism seems rife in both the left and right at the moment, it would have been nice if Nando's had showed some spine.

To be fair a fast food restaurant is not where you go for challenging art.

[B210bandit]

glazbagun said:

768 said:

It's pretty offensive they've removed the art.

I'd have thought small card explaining the context probably a good idea though.

Anti-intellectualism seems rife in both the left and right at the moment, it would have been nice if Nando's had showed some spine.

Full stop needed in that sentence.

[R Mutt]

dudleybloke said:

"Racist" art in Nandos.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-dri...

Despite it being a piece by a prominent black artist from a South African township it's triggered some spongs.

Would a painting of 4 white people in a toaster make the diddums feel better or would they moan about the lack of diversity?

Assume Nando's across the UK attract the same demographic, I couldn't see how they'd knowingly offend them.

Edited by R Mutt on Monday 28th October 15:13

[Digger]

Clever marketing by Nandos to promote their new store?

[Mothersruin]

So it's basically people being offended on behalf of other people again, not knowing the full story.

Or does UK Blackness trump African Blackness nowadays?

Agreed - Nanos should have stuck to it's guns once the explanation was made clear.

Stuff needs facing up to, not hiding away or banning - all this petty bks creates white-noise (racist) that swamps the macro issues and they don't get addressed.

[dudleybloke]

Well the two slot electric pop-up toaster has been used to oppress black people for centuries.

(He should have painted soldiers instead as there's a joke in there.)

[andy_s]

It's like cultural Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

[AstonZagato]

I believe the Nando's founder has a huge collection of African art. I guess it would have been taken down in part to protect the painting.

[popeyewhite]

andy_s said:

It's like cultural Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Except it's paint on canvas, not a child deliberately being made to appear ill so the parent can garner attention!

[Type R Tom]

Jonathon Pie has his say on the Hollywood comment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19JaYA1Qf4

Hits the nail on the head once again.

[Ultra Sound Guy]

[andy_s]

popeyewhite said:

andy_s said:

It's like cultural Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Except it's paint on canvas, not a child deliberately being made to appear ill so the parent can garner attention!

Bigger picture...

[popeyewhite]

andy_s said:

popeyewhite said:

andy_s said:

It's like cultural Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Except it's paint on canvas, not a child deliberately being made to appear ill so the parent can garner attention!

Bigger picture...

Yeah, I know.... I just didn't think the simile worked.