• SirSmoothAES@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 days ago

    No liberal or conservative would ever gather that from this meme. Calling liberals and conservatives monsters for a dynamic they’re not even aware of is hardly challenging their views, it’s guilt tripping them.

    • mathemachristian[he]@lemmy.mlOP
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      Well it’s not addressed at liberals or conservatives but people who identify as leftists but still believe in the electoralist/reformist path. Only a few people on lemmy identify as liberal and even fewer as conservative.

      Failing that, it’s just a meme. I don’t see any harm in posting it even if it doesn’t have the intended effect.

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        It’s not clear at all from the meme that electoral leftists are the target audience, because the meme literally calls out liberals and conservatives, but the intended message is correct enough I guess.

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      2 days ago

      Guilt and shame are effective ways is getting people to challenge their views

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        2 days ago

        Even then this meme strawmans both liberals and conservatives. If the goal is to make them confused and defensive then excellent job.

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          tbf i think it perfectly encapsulates conservative/fascist rhetoric.

          liberal thinking is indeed a bit more complex.

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          2 days ago

          Cool, we agree. The meme is intended to create an emotional reaction, a negative emotional reaction, associated with these labels.

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              2 days ago

              Yes, memes, the preferred format of educators everywhere for everything, being perverted into some form of emotional communication without depth. Oh, the huge manatees!

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                I’m just saying this meme doesn’t do what OP says it does. I never said memes are a substitute for education or theory.