“When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.”--Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

It's all propaganda

First I see this. And for many reasons it makes me giggle.


BUCKLEY WAKE UP -- THEY HAVE GONE MAD. Just lookin' around the internet, seein' what the wingnuts are up to...

In the immortal words of Curly, "Ngggnn
yahh!" Seems the Obama European Tour has brought out the best in Dr. Melissa Clouthier, who defensively explains:
This is about artistic tone. The profile view. The serious expression. The shading. When I saw the Obama flier picture, my mind immediately called up this Hitler image and I was struck by how similar they are in feel the color choice differences aside. Unnerving really.
Even if we ignore Clouthier's batshit crazy implications, it's a weird comparison. The good Dr. could have played things legit and easily found Nazi propaganda that looks like the Obama poster. This, for example...


There's Soviet stuff too.


She could have dredged up anti-fascist illustrations cut along the same bias...


And even a few funny takes on the GOP



But no, she compares an Obama poster to a Hitler poster that looks nothing like the Obama poster.

And then I see this


And more than the Obama poster it reminds me of this...


And the opening scenes of this



And again, I've just got to laugh.

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