Meme I don't understand

[sabotabby]

Can someone explain to me the thing where you take a politician's face and make it into the Joker? Comme ça:



Or:



I feel like this is an incomprehensible political statement. I mean, the Joker is clearly Chaotic Evil while most politicians are Lawful Evil (like Nixon said, if the president does it, it's not a crime) and also, the Joker is, well. Cool. Also, probably unconcerned with politics, and certainly not a socialist. Does this make the person holding the sign Batman? Are we all aware of Batman's class privilege and problematic politics?

It makes less sense than Guy Fawkes as an icon of 21st century rebelliousness. At least there's a paper trail there.

Comments

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

I also don't get it.

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

They should use Green Arrow instead; I think he actually considers himself a socialist. Of course, Obama would look equally absurd wearing a Robin Hood mask.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

I was just in a discussion where someone called Ron Paul a Fascist and I pointed out that extreme libertarianism is the opposite of fascism. He replied by saying that rightwing libertarians ARE fascists.

I think my next response was unkind. The words "read some fucking Orwell" were definitely used.

Ron Paul would make a good joker...

[fengi.livejournal.com]

With Obama, the macro arose because the movie was popular at the time BUT also a way to indulge racist/feminizing imagery (whiteface and lipstick) without being called on it. "Whatever do you mean, it's the Joker. Are you saying the Joker is racist?"

[akisawana.livejournal.com]

I would go with because the Joker was completely removed from any sort of logic and there was no form of dealing with him, his metaphorical forest had to be burned down. Also he stole a large pile of money and set it on fire, then set two groups of people against each other. So these politicans are absolutley unreasonable, with different wants than normal people, who cannot be predicted or trusted, who play groups of people off for chaos and votes, and who taint ideas by the very act of uttering them.

But I like the one about the whiteface/feminizing better. That doesn't require having actually seen the movie.

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

And of course you know who was all over that, right?

our favorite conspiramonger...


Also, Harper? Really? I mean, it's just so stupid, even when it comes from "my" side.