To think this so called art exhibition in Margate is nothing short of a hate crime

Had it been anti Muslim artwork it would have been gone pdq.
What does that say about the police and Thanet Council.

Oreo I think your assumption is correct, which is very sad and frightening for my Jewish friends and all Jews currently in the U.K..

Netenyahu and the state of Israel aside, there seems to be no protection as to what can be levied at the ordinary Jewish community who just want to exist in peace and without fear.

Rising star in the Green Party, Tope Olawoyin has suggested that the destruction of the ambulances in Golders Green was an "inside job" done by a fellow Jew. She doesn't substantiate her wild accusation, which reinforces my opinion, the so called protections against hate speech against the Jewish community just isn't there in the way it appears to be stringently enforced around slandering other demographics. The Green party, who ironically have a Jewish man as their leader, appears to harbour their very own anti semites as displayed by a WhatsApp message referring to Jewish people as "an abomination to this planet" and given the party appear to promote themselves as a vanguard against the far right, I'm wondering how such perceived slurs differ that much between far right racist rhetoric and an obvious anti semite discourse

TerriBull excellent post 👍

Oreo

Had it been anti Muslim artwork it would have been gone pdq.
What does that say about the police and Thanet Council.

What does your post say about you I wonder?

That I’m Jewish and worried about the amount of antisemitism in the UK I would think Sixandahalf

sixandahalf

Oreo

Had it been anti Muslim artwork it would have been gone pdq.
What does that say about the police and Thanet Council.

What does your post say about you I wonder?

I think it says Oreo is absolutely spot on.

What do you think it says about Oreo sixandahalf?

I don't think the perception, that one demographic is protected and the feeling from those in the Jewish community that they just aren't is unfounded. It doesn't bode well for an egalitarian society imo, on the contrary an unjust and dangerous one.

I actually perceive anti Jewish rhetoric is perceived as perfectly acceptable by "some" of left wing persuasion almost encouraged, in a way it would be considered condemnatory against other demographics.

What is almost amusing/hilarious is that Collings references Goya and The Disasters of War. At least Goya could draw. Collings drawings are so technically 21st century and so bad, it’s painful to look at them. So much for beauty in art.

I could see how one of MC's quasi six year old's ability works I've seen, could be compared to say how Guernica resonated as an anti war painting, that doesn't explain how he could justify the "Hey look I'm selling a fantastic painting while eating a baby" one That was the sort of abhorrent falsehood peddled against the Jews by then, hateful Christian ignorance and bigotry down the centuries and then cranked up in Nazi Germany.

We know the sensitivities that pertain around images of Allah and Mohammed, for what it's worth in my opinion, even flying in the face of free expression/speech, I thought the Charlie Hebdo cartoons were appalling, and in both their publication being allowed and the atrocity that ensued but that's a whole different issue although in comparison I think Jews are expected to suck up derogatory insults in a way we, understandably respect the sensitivities of what would be considered a comparative insult to the Muslim community.

I suppose we could write to Thanet council to ask why they haven’t closed down this exhibition which does outrage public decency?
The UK now seems to be at the same stage as Nazi Germany in the early 1930s!

"The UK now seems to be at the same stage as Nazi Germany in the early 1930s" Regrettably, also my conclusion

I have emailed
[email protected]

asking for their reasons for holding the MC exhibition.

Please don’t stay silent, please ask questions.

Ironically, it would be if the exhibition were forced to close.

Do you not see the parallels with Beckman whose work referenced the brutality (and popularity), of the Nazi regime. Hitler considered his work degenerative art and confiscated it.

That is what Collings is saying about Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. He is highlighting the brutality of war and genocide.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o

I’m sorry that you are using the worn trope that a small child could do better. They can’t.

www.vice.com/en/article/can-four-year-olds-really-do-a-better-job-than-famous-artists/

ferry23

sixandahalf

Oreo

Had it been anti Muslim artwork it would have been gone pdq.
What does that say about the police and Thanet Council.

What does your post say about you I wonder?

I think it says Oreo is absolutely spot on.

What do you think it says about Oreo sixandahalf?

I'm wondering likewise about you sixandahalf. Do you think this is acceptable?

If anti-Muslim cartoons and hate rhetoric are wrong and banned (and rightly so), why are anti-semitic drawings and other hate rhetoric against Jewish people permissible?

Why are those who condemn this being called into question?

Since when has an artist gained God status? MC is a Hamas supporter and is not to be believed, not to be given oxygen.
Israel is allowed to exist despite the ramblings of a very inadequate artist. MC is not helping Palestinians at all. Graphite

Where is your proof of that ronib?

Graphite

Where is your proof of that ronib?

How is stirring up more hatred helping anyone?

MC is known for his Hamas support on social media sites.

Surely the far-right, fascism, is known for its anti-semitism? We all know about the Battle of Cable Street when ordinary people stopped the march of Misley's BUF.

You said you joined the march in London on Saturday, Graphite, against the rise of far-right extremism. How do you equate that with your support of this "artist" and his vile anti-semitic drawings?

Netanyahu and his wars do not represent Jewish people around the world, nor indeed all Israelis.

theisleofthanetnews.com/2026/03/23/police-complaint-lodged-with-accusation-of-antisemitic-art-show-at-margate-gallery/

And if you read what Collings said you will see that he has made it plain that his art is a protest against war and genocide not against the Jewish faith.

One is allowed to criticise the belligerent actions of a state, particulary one which is doing its utmost at the moment to start another world war. We have had umpteen threads about Israel in that regard. He is just doing the same through his art.

He can claim what he wants, Graphite.
The images, with the Star of David, are anti-semitic.

To be clear, MC reshared a post on X

I don’t want peace with Israel. I want Israel gone. There is no peace with genocidal maniacs. No two state solution. It’s one state and it’s called Palestine. I am not a Hamas ‘apologist’ they have done nothing to apologise for.

Art school nutter.