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

[sabotabby]

Oh, that's—startlingly complex. I wonder if that's actually it.

[the_axel]

There's a wikipedia article about the Obama image...

I'd guess the Harper image is just a good old fashioned Canadians jump on the American bandwagon.

[sabotabby]

Wow, does the far-right know that it was 'shopped by a Palestinian? That's fantastic.

[the_axel]

That would imply they had knowledge!