Yankee Hipster Go Home — The man who made the Obama “hope” posters that were so cool back in 2008 found his buzz harshed in Denmark Aug. 7.
Shepard Fairey and his colleague Romeo Trinidad were kicked and punched outside a Copenhagen nightclub after the unveiling of his exhibit commemorating the infamous “Ungdomshuset” (youth house) at Jagtvej 69, which had been the base for city’s leftwing community until it was demolished in 2007.
Fairey’s assailants accused him of being a member of the “Obama illuminati” and told him to “go back to America”.
Graffiti was later found on his artwork saying “no peace” and “go home, Yankee hipster.”
Fairey said that the hostility from the proletariat was due to a misunderstanding, and that he wished to make it clear to the masses of little people that he was not on the side of the authorities.
Yankee Hipster Go Home
When the Danes, with whom America has had a long-time love affair, start saying “Yankee go home,” it’s time to examine what we are exporting.