Barack Obama in Heath Ledger-style Joker make-up

Is this satire, political expression, or racism?

There is a t-shirt available. That was quick.  The poster above is appearing all over Los Angeles. 

20 comments:

  1. JTF, 3. August 2009, 15:35

    Another extremely intelligent post by number 9 as usual.

    I guess he’s gun shy of posting anything substantial since he’s been embarrassed so many times.

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     
  2. tgirsch, 3. August 2009, 16:11

    I just think it’s hilarious how many people seem to have no idea what “socialism” actually means.

     
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  4. glendean, 3. August 2009, 16:47

    nationalizing car companies, taking over banks, what does it mean Tgirsch?

     
  5. Jeffraham Prestonian, 3. August 2009, 16:55

    Yes; Ledger’s character was really into putting the means of production into the hands of the workers. I remember it well.
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  6. Jeffraham Prestonian, 3. August 2009, 19:24

    Fortunately, wingers don’t appeal to illogical emotion in their bullshit — it’s cold, Vulcan logic, all the time. Which explains this idiotic Photoshop job.
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  8. tgirsch, 4. August 2009, 13:14

    The government has been taking over banks for decades; if that’s “socialism,” you can’t pin it on Obama.

    And the government has partially nationalized exactly one car company, which it fully intends to reprivatize, and which it has kept mostly under private sector control even though it is a large shareholder.

     
  9. Jeffraham Prestonian, 4. August 2009, 14:00

    Heh — just read that trackback from that weasel guy:

    Sometimes an image is so resonant, so perfectly calibrated and executed that it becomes immediately “viral”. This is one. And being so, it’s got the left scared shitless.

    Yes; resonant, because as we know, the Joker character was a rampant socialist! Perfectly calibrated because the character of the Joker was all about Karl Marx!

    My ghod… it’s full of idiocy.
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  10. Number 9, 4. August 2009, 14:09

    The Joker represents anarchy. Socialism is anarchy.

    Seems simple enough.

    Everybody knows, you never go full socialist.

     
  11. Jeffraham Prestonian, 4. August 2009, 14:23

    The Joker represents anarchy. Socialism is anarchy.

    Gee, it almost makes you wonder why they needed two separate words for it, then.

    Idiot.
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  12. Number 9, 4. August 2009, 15:26

    Gee, it almost makes you wonder why they needed two separate words for it, then.

    You are one of the best examples for school vouchers. Our school system owes you an apology and a refund.

     
  13. tgirsch, 4. August 2009, 16:02

    Number 9:

    Now you’ve not only proven that you don’t know what “socialism” means, but that you also don’t know what “anarchy” means.

    Socialism is the complete government control of the means of production.
    Anarchy is the complete lack of government.

    Not only are the two not synonymous, as you contend — they are mutually exclusive!

     
  14. Number9, 4. August 2009, 17:05

    Not only are the two not synonymous, as you contend — they are mutually exclusive!

    Are you paying attention to what is happening in Washington right now?

     
  15. JTF, 4. August 2009, 17:27

    Please excuse number9. He is incapable of advanced reasoning. He just repeats what he is told. Fortunately, he represents a small minority.

     
  16. Jeffraham Prestonian, 4. August 2009, 18:45

    Are you paying attention to what is happening in Washington right now?

    Well, humor me: Is “what’s happening in Washington right now” an example of socialism, anarchism, or both, at once?
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  17. tgirsch, 4. August 2009, 23:27

    Are you paying attention to what is happening in Washington right now?

    Of course I am, but that has no bearing on your oft-demonstrated lack of understanding of the meaning of simple English words…

     
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  19. jsmith, 6. August 2009, 11:16

    Well, people do tend to laugh quite a bit when Obama tries to speak extemporaneously.

     
  20. Frank, 13. August 2009, 12:18

    There are several posted along Lebanon Pike. One is LARGE, a four-part poster with both Obama and Bush as Jokers. ‘infowars.com’ and ‘The JOKE is on YOU.’ are the texts. This is right in front of the Ryan’s Steakhouse at a red light, on a stop-light control box. Don’t have a picture… Maybe someone could take one!

     

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