In the past few months I have posted some ‘graphic memes’ that have entered the political debate. I am doing that again tonight, but with a more focused emphasis. They aren’t funny, they aren’t particularly fun, for the most part. They’re just important.
More below.
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I am including them, therefore, in the hope that they will enter the active debate. In their conception (pardon the use of the term), those conceiving them wanted to compel them to be answered by our political adversaries.
Some months ago I had an exchange with a Trump supporter about the ‘Wall.’ After Democrats took control of the House, it suddenly became an ‘emergency.’ It had not been an emergency before then, when ‘they’ controlled both houses AND the executive branch. I asked her what changed to make it an emergency now, when they could have funded the wall without any Democratic votes before? She could not answer, and she RAN from the conversation. Because there was no answer.
I realize that many will run from the conversation, but some will stay. And their feet need to be held to the FIRE.
Please help.
And … finally …
Oh. I did not include what I felt was one of the most powerful shared memes, of a coat hanger bent into the shape of an elephant. Sadly, it is protected by copyright. It is easily found, however. It was made by Clay Bennett, in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
(The link just goes to one place where it may be found.)
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From kos’ Pete Buttigieg is latest Democrat to empower Fox News. Fox News returns favor by trashing him comes this description of FOX by AfricanLived that I really cannot dispute.
Sharing this comment by terrypinder, because I think we ALL said all of those words. I know I did. From Susan Collins on new abortion laws: 'I’m not sure exactly why we're seeing this happen', by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.
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