{"id":1852,"date":"2012-07-26T19:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.temp.shooflysolutions.com\/madonna-defends-branding-fascist-le-pen-with-swastika\/"},"modified":"2012-07-26T19:15:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T19:15:28","slug":"madonna-defends-branding-fascist-le-pen-with-swastika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.idavox.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/26\/madonna-defends-branding-fascist-le-pen-with-swastika\/","title":{"rendered":"MADONNA DEFENDS BRANDING FASCIST LE PEN WITH SWASTIKA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LeMadonna has fought the Roman Catholic Church and won. You think she is worried about a fascist that doesn’t like being called a fascist? <\/h3>\n

NY Times<\/a><\/h3>\n

Madonna defended her decision to use a swastika in a video during her current tour, saying it is a fit image for her message about \u201cthe intolerance that we human beings have for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nazi symbol is superimposed on the forehead of the French National Front leader Marine Le Pen during a video that Madonna has been playing while she sings \u201cNobody Knows Me\u201d at her concerts during a world tour.  Last week, the far-right party said it would sue Madonna<\/a> after a concert in Paris and accused her of cynically insulting Ms. Le Pen to gain publicity.<\/p>\n

Ms. Le Pen, who placed third in France\u2019s presidential election in April, was one of several famous figures depicted in the video: others included Sarah Palin, President Hu Jintao of China and Pope Benedict XVI.  In February, Ms. Le Pen\u2019s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front, was found guilty of condoning war crimes after he said the Nazi occupation of France had \u201cnot been particularly inhumane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madonna has not changed the video since the National Front threatened to sue her, and it was shown at least three concerts in Britain last week.  Asked about the Nazi imagery by a Brazilian television journalist for a piece that was broadcast over the weekend<\/a>, the singer said the image was justified because the song concerns intolerance and explores the question of \u201chow much we judge people before knowing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic should be about ideas, right?\u201d she said.  \u201cIdeas inspire music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The use of the swastika is not the first controversial piece of theater Madonna has employed on her tour to promote \u201cMDNA,\u201d her current album.  On Saturday, she brandished a prop pistol onstage in Edinburgh despite a warning from police not to do so.  And on June 8, she exposed her breast<\/a> during a show in Istanbul while singing \u201cNo Fear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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