More liberal arts idiocy.

Sorry, just GOTTA comment on this one.

BOULDER -- If it's any consolation, from a distance they look like socks hanging on a clothesline.



That's the assessment from Karen Ripley, director of cultural programs for the Boulder Public Library.



"Director of Cultural Programs..." I'll bet SHE'S a Republican.

She is stunned at the outcry over a piece of art that features 21 ceramic . . . ummm . . . men's appendages, which are displayed on a clothesline in the library. It's entitled "Hung out to dry."



"Men find this disturbing, but women find it amusing," Ripley said.



Stunned? She was stunned? Like the artist who did the dung-smeared Madonna? Are these people really that clueless? Had the exhibit been female breasts hanging like trophies, the library would have been burned to the ground by furious leftists, and the ashes plowed under.

"I think it's rather powerful myself," said Julia Wrapp, a city planner who was attending another function at the library Wednesday night...

City planner. Another Republican, I'll bet.

...Ripley said the library hadn't received a single complaint until what is known as the "flag flap."



Marcelee Gralapp, longtime library director, initially refused a staff request to display a large American flag from the glass ceiling at the library's south entrance. She has since relented, but the brouhaha resulted in public scrutiny.

Ripley said 52 people called the library Monday over the flag flap, and three of them mentioned the clothesline piece.



Well, well, well. Is anyone really surprised that they would find an American flag inappropriate, but detached dongs okay?

A sign outside the gallery alerts visitors that they may find the display offensive. It says: "This exhibit contains mature material that may be objectionable to some."

Your tax dollars at work. Did the residents get a vote on making the public library unsuitable for children?

...Community activist Ricky Weiser said she saw a young boy stare at the clothesline exhibit. Then she heard his mother say, "No dear, they're corn cobs."



Planning director Peter Pollock said it was hard for the planning department's anniversary party to compete with media attention over the clothesline piece.

"Fifty years of planning doesn't cut it when you have a string of penises," he said.



Good night, everybody!

(This is not Ripley's first adventure in rubbing unwilling noses in controversial artwork.)