More Shock and Awe
Today while driving in the Loop I was taken aback, disgusted and angered as a large truck passed me covered in grotesque imagery. The truck - another Republican Party campaign tactic - was plastered with pictures of aborted fetuses juxtaposed against dimes and quarters to give scale to the images. It was difficult at first to figure out exactly what the representations were because everything was covered in blood. Once I realized what the images were I was certain they must be fake, because they were so graphic, so large and so openly displayed.
This tactic harkens back to so much manipulation and propaganda that is dumped on the American people that is just accepted. Why is Howard Stern fined 2.5 million and his station half a million dollars for lewd and inappropriate talk and dropped by the Clear Channel monopoly while CSI: Miami featured the forced expulsion of a severed human arm from a crocodile during prime time? Why the flap over Janet's "wardrobe malfunction" during an evening of two groups of men violently throttling each other? I personally find a nipple exposed for less than three seconds far less infuriating or disturbing than severed prehensile matter and other fetus parts covered in blood and in effigy stuck in traffic in front of me. Whoever is drawing the distinction between what is detestable and unacceptable and what is just giving us all a good "dose of reality" needs to be replaced. More and more frequently, violence is seen as acceptable and violent imagery is rewarded while sexual content or conversation is consistently derided and punished.
I guess my point is really that I can respect you even if I strongly disagree with your politics. I can never respect hypocrisy or double standards.
IMAGES OF A TRUCK BEING USED IN THIS CAMPAIGN
!CAUTION! LINKS BELOW ARE GRAPHIC, DISTURBING AND TASTELESS.
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This tactic harkens back to so much manipulation and propaganda that is dumped on the American people that is just accepted. Why is Howard Stern fined 2.5 million and his station half a million dollars for lewd and inappropriate talk and dropped by the Clear Channel monopoly while CSI: Miami featured the forced expulsion of a severed human arm from a crocodile during prime time? Why the flap over Janet's "wardrobe malfunction" during an evening of two groups of men violently throttling each other? I personally find a nipple exposed for less than three seconds far less infuriating or disturbing than severed prehensile matter and other fetus parts covered in blood and in effigy stuck in traffic in front of me. Whoever is drawing the distinction between what is detestable and unacceptable and what is just giving us all a good "dose of reality" needs to be replaced. More and more frequently, violence is seen as acceptable and violent imagery is rewarded while sexual content or conversation is consistently derided and punished.
I guess my point is really that I can respect you even if I strongly disagree with your politics. I can never respect hypocrisy or double standards.
posted by Fluffy78 at 4:19 PM
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