this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2024
188 points (80.9% liked)

Political Memes

5413 readers
2724 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

“We will continue to actively engage in the hard work of direct diplomacy on the ground until we reach a Final Solution.”

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] highduc@lemmy.ml 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Part of the US' PR strategy is to use a person of color when voting for genocide. Makes it seem like "see even minorities agree on this one".

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I know there's merit to bash the US, but do you have any evidence whatsoever to make such a bold claim that this is official "US PR Strategy"?

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

It’s not like a whole US policy, just a common tactic.

Colin Powell claiming Iraq WMDs is a good direct comparison, Rompaswampy claiming Trump is legitimate, Candace Owens existing… grifters gonna grift.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] highduc@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

I didn't say it was official, if anything I think it's somewhat unofficial by its very nature, no?!
It's not like I have a classified document where this sorta thing would be mentioned 😀

It's just an observation, and it's something I learned (didn't come up with it myself), probably from a video essay on Youtube or something like that - tried to remember specifically from where but I couldn't tell you. But it's been a pattern, with Colin Powell being used for the war in Iraq for example.

edit: I think /u/crusa187 offered a better reply with more examples

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] S_204@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (7 children)

What a comically absurd statement to be upvoted.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Everyone knows Nikki Haley was appointed to the UN because of her foreign policy experience as governor of South Carolina.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

It's a common strategy and it's not just US that does it. I would assert that it's mostly conservatives that do it (so pretty much all US politicians)

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] febra@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

They have blood on their hands. Just as our politicians in Europe do.

load more comments
view more: next ›