Posted on 09/07/2022 7:15:29 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The most recent advertisements in Phoenix highways and newspapers employ satire as commentary on leftist policies. They’re commissioned by a nonprofit group called Citizens For Sanity (CFS), which has flooded similar messaging throughout the Valley and the nation.
“Waiting in the [emergency room] for 10 hours is a small price to pay for the gift of open borders,” reads their latest billboard.
Additionally, the latest CFS newspaper ad appeared in Ahwatukee Foothills News this week, claiming that Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) supports drug cartels.
“Drug cartels are trying to run an honest business,” read the ad. “Help them stay profitable by supporting Mark Kelly and keeping our borders wide open.”
Another ad, also targeting Kelly, appeared in the Arizona Daily Sun.
“Thank you Mark Kelly, for voting to protect pregnant men, to keep our borders open, and to safeguard violent criminals,” wrote CFS. “Woke values are Arizona values.”
According to the CFS website, their mission is to replace “wokeism” and other mindsets it describes as “anti-critical thinking” with common sense, logic, and reason. Their satirical language resembles that of classic 18th-century satirist Jonathan Swift (“Gulliver’s Travels,” “A Modest Proposal”). A more modern comparison may be drawn to The Babylon Bee, a satire news website.
Their other billboards in Phoenix poked fun at criminal justice reform.
“Don’t let the radical right put our neighborhood street gangs behind bars,” read one sign. “Support Joe Biden and progressive candidates.”
“Real progressives support violent criminals in their hour of need,” read another.
One of the key figures behind CFS is Ian Prior, who apprised Fox News of his role with CFS as a strategic consultant. Prior played a central role in the parent mobilization that led to the historic election of a Republican governor in deep-blue Virginia, Glenn Youngkin. He’s also the executive director of Fight For Schools and a senior advisor at America First Legal.
“We cannot stand by as radical woke biology-deniers use young children as guinea pigs for their ideological experiments. Using experimental drugs to stop puberty, injecting opposite-sex hormones, and surgically removing breasts and genitals of young children is insane,” stated Prior.
Prior also shared that CFS targets its messaging toward those most likely to be receptive, such as exposing gender ideology-related messages to the Latino communities rather than to “sheltered rich white coastal leftist elites.” That’s why some of their ads are in Spanish.
“Progressives support pregnant Latinx men,” reads one of their translated newspaper ads.
In addition to billboards, the group puts out video and radio advertisements. Those aren’t satirical: rather, they’re structured as campaign advertisements.
The group’s efforts nationwide caught the attention of mainstream media shortly after launching their first video about midway last month. Politico reported that the nonprofit relied on “prominent” and “veteran” Republican strategists.
Nobody ever criticizes Kelly for his gun control votes or doubling the IRS.
This used to be Protest Warrior territory.
http://www.protestwarrior.com/signs.php?thumb=1
Belly Girl territory.
Very impressive campaign.
I drive I-10, I-17, AZ-51, AZ-202, AZ-143 regularly. I have seen none of these billboards.
These are brilliant. Satire is a fierce political weapon.
This is the stuff that the Left can’t handle. It’s like garlic and a cross to a vampire.
Protest Warriors was a great bunch in San Diego, ‘Lt. Smash ‘ was The Leader.
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These commies must Be MOCKED!
The left absolutely cannot stand being mocked.
They are so humor challenged.
I think this ad campaign is great.
Go on the offensive for a change and make democrats defend their position instead of always letting them control the narrative and attack us, and we being the ones to try to defend ourselves against their lies and attacks.
It doesn’t help that these days that most freeway-side billboards around here are the electronic type that change the ad every 8 seconds or so.
"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."
Great sign.
Photo looks fake.
Here in Los Angeles, the electronic billboards I've seen mostly promote upcoming movies or Netflix and Hulu TV shows.
Examples of signs in various states found here:
One of the Phoenix signs shown on their website appears to be at or near the 51.
These are brilliant!!!
Hope they pop up all over America. What’s a billboard cost, per month? I might be open to sponsoring one against Charlie Ceinge in FL.
My favorite one:
“Protect Pregnant Men from Climate Change!
Vote Progressive!”
Love it!
They should do one on the “wisdom” of putting a convicted rapist in the women’s prison because he “identified” as female. That actually happened here in the People’s Republic of California.
Something along the lines of “All women are equal. But trans women are more equal.” Or “We get rid of male privilege...by calling men women.”
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