• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I get it and am all for shitting on this guy. However, the comparison of crowd size seems disingenuous. The top picture if of the parade route (where people would not be gathering; by this I mean that actual surface area where the tanks, floats, and soldiers will be passing by), while the bottom picture is of the specific crowd size in the specific crowd area.

    I would prefer that the top picture be of a specific crowd area from a comparable angle at both events. You would see more at the parade people but would still be able to see that there were significantly more people protesting.

    In this paper, I will explore the manipulative use of imagery on both sides of the American political spectrum to affect the targeting of political donations from grassroot and astroturf movements to the vast, uncaring, corporate machine disguised as diametrically opposed political philosophies.

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    6 months ago

    Also keep in mind, that picture of the protest is one city. I don’t know which one, but it’s one of MANY cities with a similar turnout.

    Meanwhile, the little thing trump threw was in one centralized location, and STILL nobody came.

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    6 months ago

    Was the top pic taken during the parade, or before it started?
    I ask because if it was during then damnnnnn that’s gotta hurt his narcissistic ego so bad that it’ll burn his hair weave off!!
    Please, tell me it was during. Please please!!

  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Apparently 16 million of that is for road repair to fix the roads that aren’t rated for 70 ton tanks. What a stupid fucking waste of money.

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    6 months ago

    It offends me that this draft dodging, classified information mishandling, rapist, traitor, coward arranged for a military parade for himself.

    In the grand scheme of current events, it is a relatively minor transgression, but fucking damn it when are these fascists going to get the parades they deserve instead of the parades they want?

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      Ohhhhh, the parade they deserve. My oh my does that sound beautiful. Can we please have one of those forced parades through a village like they did to Cersei in Game of Thrones? I’ll travel to wherever it could happen. The entire Administration, please.

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    6 months ago

    Imagine how unpopular you have to be to spend $45 million on a birthday party and no one shows up.