Re: Angelin Lucht’s July 28 letter, “Artwork is just fine”:
Angelin Lucht supports Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s decision to display a painting in the Sacramento Department of Justice building that shows a star-spangled map of America being flushed down a toilet with a caption reading “T’anks to Mr. Bush.”
According to Lucht, the artist is “a true patriot” and is simply protesting against what President Bush is doing to America. She defends this art as being protected free speech and believes that the real problem lies with neoconservatives with “extremist views” who want to censor public opinion.
Fair enough.
Constitutionally protected free speech gives each of us the right to express our views, even if they may seem offensive to some. But I have to wonder if Bill Lockyer would have allowed this painting to be displayed if the art instead depicted an image of the Quran being flushed down a toilet. Or does free speech only apply if the “art” is politically correct?
— Tony Sereno, Simi Valley
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