Political Comics, Memes, Jokes, etc.

[GMDino]

If you only listen to Republicans, MLK said exactly one (1) thing one (1) time. pic.twitter.com/ToLlrgiWu5

— The Recount (@therecount) January 18, 2022

as far as i can tell republicans believe that King emerged out of the ether to say this one line in august 1963 and then disappeared thereafter, never to speak again https://t.co/cemv8JQR8u

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 16, 2022

 

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[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

(01-19-2022, 09:06 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: In all sincerity, when Dr. King was assassinated he was the most hated person in this country. When you look at political cartoons of the era in mainstream media they portrayed his movement in much the same way BLM was portrayed. On top of that, with how the FBI waged a "war," Hoover's own word for it, against King, it's hard for many people to not see a society as a whole as responsible for his demise.

At least they were mostly right about him being Marxist-Leninist. He was a strong critic of capitalism and espoused many theories put forth by Marx. If only we weren't so scared of those ideas in this country.

If every single white person in America hated him it wouldn't change the point being made.  White people didn't kill MLK, a single white person did.  If we're cool with collective guilt now let me know.  I most definitely am not.

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(01-19-2022, 06:42 PM)GMDino Wrote:

You saying we shouldn't change Memorial Day to "All Dead People Matter" Day?

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[Dill]

(01-19-2022, 02:07 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: If every single white person in America hated him it wouldn't change the point being made.  White people didn't kill MLK, a single white person did.  If we're cool with collective guilt now let me know.  I most definitely am not.

Not sure that "all white people killed MLK" was the message of Dino's meme.

The opening address "Dear White People," is figural, an allusion to a movie and a tv series which aired black grievances, but also represented something of the complexity of race relations in the U.S. today, including denial that racism continues as a social problem. It cues us how to read the meme--figurally.

The "message" in the meme, as I understood it, referenced recent usages of MLK to shore up anti-anti-racist positions. Vilified as a "communist traitor" by conservatives in the '60s, since the '80s King, safely dead, has been recast by conservatives as a conservative. He was a "bad negro" back then, making whites uncomfortable. Now he is a "good negro" who only wanted people judged on the content of their character, a safely dead civil rights icon and martyr deployed to check those currently addressing the continuing problem of civil rights in the U.S. by pushing for voting law reforms. Multiple ironies here.

I'm betting the people who created the meme knew that only one white man fired the shot that killed king. And I don't see any goal served by making the easily refuted claim that some 2.5 billion whites were in Memphis that day, all with their finger on the same trigger. I was 16 years old then, and I wasn't there. Nor was anyone I know, mostly white people. 

Seems more likely the point was to remind those anti-anti-racists who would revise the historical King into a "good negro" that he was killed--i.e., not a "good negro" at all to a great many white people back then. 

So the meme was not about some "collective guilt" but continued denial that racism is a problem in the U.S.  

[Dill]

(01-18-2022, 10:40 AM)masonbengals fan Wrote: I believe they do or I wouldn't have got vaccinated. 

What was he/she doing in the link I posted ? What was their goal in those speeches ?

Was that good or bad ? Favorable ?

Actually, I found it hard to follow Scalise's fragmentary and undated video clips. 
Sounds like he was quoting Harris and Biden questioning Trump's credibility on vaccine issues.

If you think the vaccine works, and you got vaccinated, then it is hard to understand your support
for the leader of the anti-vaxx movement in the U.S.--and you distrust of the team pushing to get
the whole country vaccinated.

That sure isn't Biden and Harris, at least not outside the bubble.

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(01-20-2022, 09:08 PM)Dill Wrote: Not sure that "all white people killed MLK" was the message of Dino's meme.

The opening address "Dear White People," is figural, an allusion to a movie and a tv series which aired black grievances, but also represented something of the complexity of race relations in the U.S. today, including denial that racism continues as a social problem. It cues us how to read the meme--figurally.

The "message" in the meme, as I understood it, referenced recent usages of MLK to shore up anti-anti-racist positions. Vilified as a "communist traitor" by conservatives in the '60s, since the '80s King, safely dead, has been recast by conservatives as a conservative. He was a "bad negro" back then, making whites uncomfortable. Now he is a "good negro" who only wanted people judged on the content of their character, a safely dead civil rights icon and martyr deployed to check those currently addressing the continuing problem of civil rights in the U.S. by pushing for voting law reforms. Multiple ironies here.

I'm betting the people who created the meme knew that only one white man fired the shot that killed king. And I don't see any goal served by making the easily refuted claim that some 2.5 billion whites were in Memphis that day, all with their finger on the same trigger. I was 16 years old then, and I wasn't there. Nor was anyone I know, mostly white people. 

Seems more likely the point was to remind those anti-anti-racists who would revise the historical King into a "good negro" that he was killed--i.e., not a "good negro" at all to a great many white people back then. 

So the meme was not about some "collective guilt" but continued denial that racism is a problem in the U.S.  

For someone who's "not sure" you sure have a lot of definite positions.  Me, I'll stick with what was actually said in the picture instead of wading into supposition.  Maybe, just maybe, if you're trying to make a point don't assign collective guilt to an entire race based on the actions of one person?  But hey, that's just me.  You feel free to engage in that trope all you like, I'm sure no group you have an affinity for will suffer under such comparisons.