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“Ideologically it’s an affront, aesthetically it’s an affront ... on a piano, it’s not just a chord, this is a tone cluster,” said Hamza Walker, of the reimagined statue.

"Such systematic persecution is not only an affront to the Church of God but also a public challenge to the international community," Zion Church said in a statement.

Not likely, and not because he is affronted by his lies and criminal behavior.

“From the outset, this suit was an affront to all artists and their creative expression and never should have seen the light of day,” the company said.

A week’s cancellation of late-night comedy due to White House outrage is an affront to free speech.