You won. Well done.

Then the artist is weak-minded and caved to misguided criticism.

Goddamnit. Whatever the movement against trump looks like, it is NOT represented by fucking kathy fucking griffin.

I don’t understand why multiple outlets are pushing this as “news.”

I was gonna ask: why invite her in the first place? But then I realized: oh, we’re actually talking about a book festival.

That’s a good analogy which, I believe, also applies to this case. Notice how, above, it says of the protestors that the group “...includes members descended from the same band that was executed in 1862,” which implies that many of them have no direct link to the atrocity itself, nevermind that they didn’t suffer it…

“I’m curious as to how American audiences will react to it.”

I didn’t realize Heinberg was writing this movie...for the first time I have a twinge of interest in seeing it before I rush to judgement.

Will the number of ACTUAL trolls be eclipsed by the number of people bitching ABOUT trolls? Yes, thanks to you.

They’re just protesting the cultural appropriation of having an Israeli cast in a Greek role.

Sounds like some kind of Black Mirror clone...that’s fine by me.

The person you’re speaking to never said that. They simply asked if the response would be different if the artist was native. You made a crack along the lines of “how native is native,” to which the person responded with an observation about their own personal ancestry that you then mocked and disbelieved. The…

Thanks, that’s an interesting observation that I’m surprised wasn’t made more clear in this article.

I agree, he should have consulted with Sadam Hussein’s kin before making this artistic statement.

“The intention of white people is not as important as the impact on the marginalized group. In other words, just because white people don’t intend to harm or offend doesn’t mean they don’t.”

While true, none of that actually has anything to do with his art piece.

More like: imagine if something terrible happened to your great-grandparent and then someone comes along, who may or may not have any relation to the person that did something terrible to your great-grandparent, and references that terrible thing that happened as a way of educating people about it and why it was…

Nope.

“...attempting to use violence or threats to effect society...”

I think the pretentious douchery of your comments attracts a disproportionate number of trolls. You also missed the point of “said commenter” that you’re referring to, and you don’t understand the definition of an act of terrorism.