The Big Apple: “The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

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Entry from February 19, 2021

“The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut”

"The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut” is an anti-censorship saying that has been printed on an image. The saying was posted on Minds.com by Bill Ottman, the CEO of Minds.com, on June 8, 2020

Minds.com
Bill Ottman
June 8, 2020
The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut.

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Faizan ♞
@fjmkhan
“The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut.” ~Bill Ottman
@Minds
11:41 PM · Jun 16, 2020·Twitter Web App

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Riku Pasonen
@Raitziger
“The ugliness of ignorant ideas is BEAUTIFUL compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut.” Bill Ottman, CEO of Minds
8:56 AM · Jan 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

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The Free Thought Project 2.0
@TheFreeThought2
Brilliant quote by the founder of alt social media platform “Minds”
Check us out on Minds: https://minds.com/TheFreeThoughtProject.com
#BillOttman #Minds
#TheFreeThoughtProject
@minds
(“The ugliness of ignorant ideas is beautiful compared to the horror of everyone’s mouth sewn shut.—Bill Ottman, Founder of Minds.com” is shown on an image.—ed.)
2:31 PM · Feb 19, 2021·Twitter Web App

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