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POLITICAL HATE GRAFFITI & DEATH WISHES IN WEST YARMOUTH [HN PHOTOS]
Sunday October 20, 2024
    ?I believe our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. I believe that whenever a human being, of even the highest intelligence and culture, delivers an opinion upon a matter apart from his particular and especial line of interest, training and experience, it will always be an opinion of so foolish and so valueless a sort that it can be depended upon to suggest our Heavenly Father that the human being is another disappointment and that he is no considerable improvement upon the monkey.? ~ Mark Twain   WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS ? [HN PHOTO NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] ? On Thursday, HN readers began reporting political hate graffiti containing death wishes written upon the west facing outer wall of a dilapidated commercial building at the corner of Winslow Gray Road and Route 28. Above is a partially distorted HN photograph of the aforementioned hate graffiti. I didn't want to fully display the unedited photo, but please allow me to fill in between the lines. The inappropriate hate graffiti quite clearly wishes death to at least two sitting U.S. Government officials, Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court, along with U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who represents Georgia's 14th district. The hate graffiti also clearly spells out ?DEATH TO TRUMP?? obviously referring to presidential candidate Donald Trump, who recently survived two assassination attempts, including one where his ear was punctured by a rifle round. HN is politically independent and generally remains neutral regarding most politicians, often finding very little perfection in any of them. And HN has long urged all civilized citizens to vote only for the government hacks they believe will hurt them the least. But please ? for the love of God ? do so without violence! Like most, HN is vehemently opposed to all forms of political violence? ? and was surprised to still find the same political hate graffiti at the corner of Winslow Gray Road and Rte. 28 when I made the above photo well over a day later. According to police sources, the Yarmouth PD is aware of the hate graffiti and political death wishes? but it remains uncertain whether the graffiti is being officially investigated or not. (HN will provide official YPD updates as they become available.) Question: Are Yarmouth officials looking into the graffiti? Like Mark Twain's humorous remark, I too imagine ?our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey?? ? but I now also imagine the Good Lord is perhaps equally disappointed in the growing number of unhinged, hateful, and increasingly violent a-holes out there, forcing their opinions unto others without boundaries, and much too often by use of physical force. To them I say, ?C'mon? grow up!? It has come to my attention that many would like to know whether other, possibly Federal law enforcement officials are now perhaps looking into the aforementioned political hate graffiti and death wishes. (As many locals think they should?) Or, like so many other double standards in today's twisted political environment, are those in charge of protecting ALL people now just simply ?monkeying around? with the concept of equality and the fair treatment of EVERYONE under the law? HN is also well aware that many Yarmouth town officials may not agree with Trump, Clarence Thomas, and Margerie Taylor Green? but nonetheless! and to which I say to all Yarmouth town officials, ?quit monkeying around and take action against ALL political hate speech and death wishes in your town before things descend ? God forbid ? into lawless anarchy!? P.S. ? Today's Hytown Vignette is a brought to you by the Rolling Stones?  [CLICK IT/CRANK IT! HEADPHONES ABSOLUTELY OBLIGATORY!]   UPDATE ? October 20, 2024 ? The following photo, sent in by a Hyannis News reader, shows that the hate graffiti has been recently painted over?  
Around the Cape
Saturday October 19, 2024
A Cape Cod stay is an opportunity to drive around and explore the peninsula. At the end of this visit, I spent a night in Provincetown (blog to come). On the way back, I stopped at the Highland Lighthouse, in North Truro, on the Atlantic coast. A plein air outdoor painting class was in progress and canvases and boards were taking shape. The artist instructor was showing how to block in areas before working on details.       As with most lighthouses along that rugged coast, always subject to the battering of incessant waves breaking down rock to form sand, and steadily creeping inland with the constant movement of the oceans and shorelines, the Highland Lighthouse was moved several times to secure a stable place on land. I met a older couple there who remembered coming to the Highland Beach with their young family when it was still located in its former spot. And a stop for groceries in Truro.   Highland Lighthouse       Truro General Store   Further south, the red and white Nauset Lighthouse was deluged with visitors from a bus tour. The adjoining structure had been under restoration when I saw it last, so I walked in close to see the completed building, then went back across the street for a photo without the crowd, pleased to see two artists painting from a similar point of view. Plein air painters were out that day! The Nauset light also was moved inland, and the current one tower replaced the Three Sisters Lighthouses; their original site was now under the sea.   Nauset Lighthouse       Nauset Beach           Cranberries aren't harvested until mid-October, but the town of Harwich has their festival in September. On the cape, many businesses close and tourists leave after October 15th, so I imagine they wanted to showcase their local artisans and musicians while they still have an audience. Besides, then they are probably too busy bringing in the harvest. In the community center building was an exhibit about the history of cranberry cultivation featuring local farmers.   Harwich Cranberry Festival       The Whydah was a slave ship, named for the African town most of the enslaved people were from. The vessel, built in London, was captured by pirates in 1717. Whydah sunk off the coast of Cape Cod in a storm later that same year, and is the only pirate ship ever recovered from the bottom of the sea. The ship itself is inside the Whydah Pirate Museum, the artifacts found by divers on display.   Most interesting are the stories of the pirates themselves. Samuel Bellamy, the captain of the Whydah, was a colorful character. When he and his crew captured the vessel, they kept it, putting off the captain and crew onto their pirate ship, without violence (although many captures were horribly violent). Many of the enslaved people aboard chose to join the pirates. The culture of the pirates was egalitarian; lootings were split between all. The Spanish gold coins were divided into eight pieces, hence the term ?pieces of eight.? The museum also teaches about the recovery team and their efforts, and the meticulous process of identifying and cleaning the artifacts.   Whydah Pirate Museum   Seeking another lighthouse on the southern coast near Hyannis, I gave up after driving in circles around restricted residential roads. Nearby Sea Gull Beach was a welcome alternate destination on that cloudy day. There was no mystery about the derivation of the site's name.   Sea Gull Beach                       Scallop and calamari ceviche with sweet potato, Tumi Peruvian Restaurant, Hyannis   The Parnassus bookstore in Yarmouth Port, a crowded, narrow-aisled shop of mostly old hardbacks and books of local interest was featured in a 2022 movie. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, based on a book by the same name by Gabrielle Zevin, takes place on an island and is about a bookstore and its crotchety owner. It was filmed in Hyannis, but the indoor store scenes were done at Parnassus. I browsed the few paperback shelves for something to read as I continued my journey. One shelf said ?Non-fiction and Fiction??why bother to separate? Another section, a category I've never seen anywhere else, was labeled ?Beat??perhaps harkening back to the family's original bookstore era started in the 1950s.   Parnassus bookstore   My last night on the Cape, I treated myself to the stately Old Yarmouth Inn, just down the road, with an elegant three-course dinner: pear and arugula salad, salmon with a dollop of cranberry over asparagus and potatoes, and peach cobbler.   Old Yarmouth Inn       Dennis Pond sunset   I took a couple of road trips during my time on the Cape. Wandering Cape Cod Again, Around the Cape, Provincetown Again, Into the Mystic.   Please do not download or reproduce images from this site. ©   Your comments are welcome!   Popular posts/stats/categories   Email me at: Ruth@RuthRosenfeld.com   Follow me on: Facebook Instagram Twitter Blog
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