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A Question of Propaganda: What Does This Image Say to You? (VANITY)
My head that has no screws in it ^ | November 13, 2K2 | rdb3

Posted on 11/13/2002 4:14:30 PM PST by rdb3



TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: imagery; message; politics
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To: Mike Darancette
I see. Thanx for your opinion.
61 posted on 11/13/2002 8:21:08 PM PST by rdb3
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To: highpockets
Got it. Thanx for your opinion as well.
62 posted on 11/13/2002 8:22:09 PM PST by rdb3
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To: FreeReign
It reminds me of how I would feel if I was black and I had the racist Democrats assuming that I was inferior.

You're on the right track.

63 posted on 11/13/2002 8:23:26 PM PST by rdb3
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To: What Is Ain't
Is he a 5 per center?

Nope.

64 posted on 11/13/2002 8:24:17 PM PST by rdb3
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To: CharacterCounts
Is it significant that his angry look is to his left?

;-)

65 posted on 11/13/2002 8:25:39 PM PST by rdb3
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To: wimpycat
I can understand that interpretation.
66 posted on 11/13/2002 8:27:17 PM PST by rdb3
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To: rdb3
The main attitude conveyed is smug, snotty, pissed offed-ness lacking any sort of sense of moral superiority with regard to the one who had chained him.
67 posted on 11/13/2002 8:28:19 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Illbay
Somebody finally tweaked yer beak. Hi Bud. I've read your past posts and agreed and disagreed. This is my only reply to you as I recall. Take care.

Nam Vet

68 posted on 11/13/2002 8:30:39 PM PST by Nam Vet
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To: Alberta's Child
There's no iron cuff on the lower [read: LEFT] wrist.

That's significant.

69 posted on 11/13/2002 8:30:40 PM PST by rdb3
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To: aruanan
The main attitude conveyed is smug, snotty, pissed offed-ness lacking any sort of sense of moral superiority with regard to the one who had chained him.

You're at the doorstep and can smell what's cooking in the kitchen.

70 posted on 11/13/2002 8:31:38 PM PST by rdb3
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To: rdb3
Muscular, resembling the DC sniper, breaking the shackles, getting ready to strike, yes, very much like the Soviet propaganda posters, but they would have some explanatory slogan. A strange flag with a half moon at the top perhaps, on his palm.

You are, of course, looking at what the responses reveal. And they reveal a lot! Sure the Demo party references are jocular and can be disregarded. But what about the automatic references to slavery? What slavery? What's the evidence of slavery in the pic? It's all in the mind obsessed, guiltridden, as the American minds are, with "racism" and other clever inventions of the Left. That's one cat's view...

71 posted on 11/13/2002 8:32:28 PM PST by Revolting cat!
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To: xm177e2
It's just screaming out "No More Democrats!"

I didn't tell you to look at the properties of the .jpg, did I?

;-)

72 posted on 11/13/2002 8:33:33 PM PST by rdb3
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To: Revolting cat!
Not a bad interpretaion. Stay tuned.
73 posted on 11/13/2002 8:34:56 PM PST by rdb3
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To: Sir Gawain; Phantom Lord
No and no.
74 posted on 11/13/2002 8:35:49 PM PST by rdb3
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75 posted on 11/13/2002 8:41:39 PM PST by binger
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To: Billthedrill
IDPA? Whatever that is.
76 posted on 11/13/2002 8:42:09 PM PST by rdb3
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To: rdb3
Just want to say...I enjoy the controversy in the image...well done.
77 posted on 11/13/2002 8:44:01 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum
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To: rdb3

78 posted on 11/13/2002 8:44:21 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: rdb3
The black man has broken his chains but he still has a hand out in a begging gesture.
79 posted on 11/13/2002 8:45:02 PM PST by albee
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To: rdb3
My guess is this:

1. Liberals "set the black man free" a long time ago (hence the lack of an iron cuff on the left hand), but as a result of liberal policies over the last few decades the black man has been left angry and surly.

2. Conservatives were slower to "set the black man free." But because they were able to see the mistakes that had been made by liberals in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Era, a conservative outlook will ultimately empower the black race instead of keeping it in the chains of institutional racism.

The face is turned to the left, and is angry or bitter. The left arm is poised to strike, or is ready to fend off an attack of some sort.

The right arm is detached from the rest of the body, but it is raised in an uplifted position, ready to grasp the opportunity that America offers. (I'm assuming that's an American flag in the palm)

80 posted on 11/13/2002 8:46:45 PM PST by Alberta's Child
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