The fat is in the fire, free expression is in the grave

"The Fat Is In the Fire," an artistic statement about obesity in America, was taken down by Customs House Museum director Ned Crouch less than a day after it was installed. Artist William Gentry exhibited three deep-fried American flags and over forty smaller flags in the Clarksville, Tennessee museum. The three large flags were imprinted with phrases such as "Poor people are obese because they eat poorly."

"It's about what the community values," Crouch said. "I'm representing 99 percent of our membership--educators, doctors, lawyers, military families." Blah, blah, blah. It's about an interesting art installation that was removed by someone caught up in the current fascist mindset.

Crouch said the timing of the piece could cause "incendiary reactions." I thought that was part of what art was all about.As of right now, 62% of online voters at CNN say that deep-fried flags cannot be art.