Re: ‘The Hanging Tree’ Photoshop Action Pack Sparks an Uproar and Major Backlash - http://petapixel.com/2015...
"Except they never claimed that. They were pretty upfront about the fact that they knew it was provocative, and they had a message – however loosely connected to the product that they were putting out – to convey with it. People brought their own baggage, manufactured outrage, and told other people about it? Where I'm from, that's called "unmitigated success." The real question in my mind is how many news agencies, web services, and other news outlets will be calling them for the right to use that exact image in their next Black History Month trailers and headers, because if there is anything that is a complete circus, it's the coverage and outright gnashing of teeth coupled with self-flagellation during Black History Month. I imagine that number will be fairly significant." - Alexander Williams