100% agree with everything you've said here. When it comes to images shared on facebook with an obvious political leaning... well, sometimes I wish that people would think about what they are seeing and question it, rather than taking the pairing of an image and some (seemingly related) text as truth.
Wow... I swear, some of these stories have to have been created as mad libs.
Here's one you'll appreciate. Just two years ago I had to call a friend out for re-blogging a story about how Dungeons & Dragons was being used to aid school children in math classes, only to have the educators then use it to push the children toward the occult and New Age spirituality.
I was in grade school the first time this same urban legend was used to try and scare me.
For all we know help was two steps away just outside the frame. Again, there is so much about this image that we don't know. All the more reason why it never should have been used this way and whoever did needs to feel ashamed.
Shared your info with my conservative friend. To my astonishment, he ceded the point. You have done your part today in stopping internet arguments. *trophy unlocked*
It's kind of funny how, in my experience, the people on facebook who are extremely conservative are the ones who preach the most hate with their posts.
Also worth noting is how they accuse liberals of being misinformed, blind, or outright liars yet they themselves are willing to believe just about anything.
hello, this is my photo. thanks for doing this post, i try to track how many people reinterpret this image around the internet even tho the info is right in the page and i have never posted it anywhere besides flickr and one other media website which is now defunct. if you ever run into anyone pushing this image as propaganda again, just me a line and i will go in and shut them down.
You are welcome. There was something so suspicious about all of this I just had to make a statement about it. As you probably saw, one of my friends was able to identify your original Flickr post. Once I gave the information you provided there to the person I saw re-posting it he was apologetic. I don't personally know the individual he originally got it from but I can provide you with their name if you like.
yeah, i have had that image spread around quite a bit over the years for various protests. it's funny how many people will denounce propaganda of their rivals but then engage in the same shenanigans themselves. and yeah, the way i found this post was i saw your url in my logs hehe!
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100% agree with everything you've said here. When it comes to images shared on facebook with an obvious political leaning... well, sometimes I wish that people would think about what they are seeing and question it, rather than taking the pairing of an image and some (seemingly related) text as truth.
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Here's one you'll appreciate. Just two years ago I had to call a friend out for re-blogging a story about how Dungeons & Dragons was being used to aid school children in math classes, only to have the educators then use it to push the children toward the occult and New Age spirituality.
I was in grade school the first time this same urban legend was used to try and scare me.
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