Posted on 08/10/2009 2:01:18 PM PDT by yoe
If there's one thing about liberals, it's that they're predictably predictable. In their eyes, it is more than acceptable to mock Sarah Palin and her family, using descriptions that range from rude to crude. When President Bush was in office, he was the focus of daily ridicule from left-wing journalists and bloggers.
However, no one better make fun of Barack Obama or the thought police will express "outrage" and brand you a racist. That's exactly what is happening now as a poster of Obama in "Joker" makeup is popping up on walls and city streets. My question to the lefties: Why so serious?
As (Fox News.com) is reporting, the poster of Obama as the Joker with the word "socialism" under it has drawn outrage from the likes of Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson. Hutchison called the poster "politically mean-spirited and dangerous."
Ok, I'm always a little unsure of what to think of the word "mean-spirited," especially when used by some far left spokesman. Photoshopping Sarah Palin's head onto a bikini body in order to portray her as some kind of bimbo would be mean-spirited, right? Yet, I didn't hear a peep out of the media. It seems that "mean-spirited" only applies to actions against liberals, and not actions by liberals.
The next word used by Hutchinson -- "dangerous" -- is by far the more interesting. How could a poster of Obama as the Joker be dangerous? It can't. But whenever the left uses such a phrase, watch out. It really means that somehow, the First Amendment rights of whomever is making the protest need to be limited or monitored. It's exactly the same type of tactic as the White House asking citizens to report on other citizens for "fishy" information on health care.
As (Newsbuster.org) shows, the poster has recently appeared in Los Angeles and Atlanta. (ABC News)notes that the poster is quickly making its way across the Internet, "rising to the top of Google's 'Today's Hot Trends' list."
If anything, the poster quickly sums up what so many Americans are thinking. First... that Obama has come in and made no bones about the fact that he wants to transform America into a big-spending, big-taxing, freedom-restricting, socialist nation. Second... that the joke's on us. So many Americans fell for the rhetoric, and now we are all paying the price.
But it's hard for the media to accept that there is criticism of Obama. Just look at this CNN report as people are "shocked" by the Obama-Joker poster:
Liberals certainly have a hard time when the shoe is on the other foot. They can make fun of Palin or McCain or Bush or Gingrich or Rush or whomever, but they cry foul when one of their own is the target. It's racist... it's mean-spirited... it's dangerous. Grow up! Obama's actions and policies are dangerous. A poster is just a poster.
The Obama-as-Joker poster is a great example of using the left’s tactics against them. Remember what Alinsky taught us: always use the values of the opposition against them. The left loves to use guerilla theater and outrageous art to mock their enemies. (By the way, that’s another Alinsky tactic: ridicule is impossible to defend against.)
The fact is the poster is suberb at telling the message of Obama and who he is. The joke’s always on you. The mask hides someone who is willing to do anything to anyone to get his way. Sometimes change isn’t so positive.
So....
I recommend that we put this poster everywhere. Let it be shown on every wall and every street corner. Do it in the middle of the night, and when some lib tears it down, put it back up. And remind anyone who says anything against it that they are not TOLERANT of DIVERSITY and FREE SPEECH.
This is a great first step towards exposing the socialists for who they are.
Much to their horror, Alinsky’s acolytes are finding that his tactics can be used just as effectively by their opponents.
ping!
Simon Jester lives!
You said they believe everyone is on their side. I think you are right. Watched the Woodstock show last night and it occurred to me that those people probably think that EVERYBODY thinks like they do because of early experiences like that. In reality, the majority of young people were nowhere near like that scene. They might have worn some of the “fashions” but they were not at all of that tribal mentality. So they still think that THEY are the big group, which is why they are so surprised that there are so many of everybody else.
Outrage, ah yes! But MANUFACTURED outrage, I’d bet...
my problem with those posters is that “socialism” isn’t a strong enough word.
This has made it to the news here in South Australia. They also showed the pics of Hillary and Bush - I think someone may be a closet Freeper. Only comment from the talking heads was the the picture was somewhat disturbing.
So the poster maker has really done a good job - congrats to him/her.
Mel
Possibly because it's a bit too close to the mark(?)
How about one that says, “The Joke’s On You”
“The joke’s always on you. The mask hides someone who is willing to do anything to anyone to get his way. Sometimes change isn’t so positive.”
It’s better than that. As Rush pointed out, the Joker is someone who tried to destroy massive wealth to destabilize and destroy the system. THAT is a brilliant stroke against 0bama, and the main reason it struck a nerve.
The other parallels: the Joker never tells the truth, he hides behind a mask, and he is clearly narcissistic.
Joker 4, 0bama 0 (who would have guessed)
“...Republicans are fed up with the Democrat, Socialist Joker of a community organizer in the White House pretending to be a President.”
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But none of the republican politicians have ever questioned the validity of Obama’s presidency — it is the man in the street who shows backbone by demanding an answer.
btt
Definitely high art.
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