People are surprised? Isn’t the main thing the republicans do is bend America over so corporations can have their way with it?
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Down with this kind of thing.
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Heh. I saw that I’d done that.
I think I was subconsciously inspired by this one:
*goes looking for Father Ted/Ted Cruz mashups
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It has a certain tone deafness about it that is kind of hard to let slide. I mean, yes, it’s a wrestling metaphor. But there are a few poor choices along the way to that particular metaphor before you get to the image of America as a woman on her back on the mat.
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Even with the wrestling metaphor, who wants a guy that thinks being beaten down is the best position for our country.
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Maybe it has a different meaning in Canada:
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Compromise: “up against a wall”.
On second thought, maybe not.
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Campaign badges maybe? Ted Cruz: aaah, go on!
Was this Cruz, or Dennis Hastert?
Not sure—those look like hexapuses, tops. Might be a new species!
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The Prussians didn’t have the budget for the two extra legs.
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within one order of magnitude. if it’s good enough for astrophysicists it should be fine for everyone else : D
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I think the “octopus” trope was used by other countries to talk about one they didn’t like… Or they were used to talk about the jews… or communists.
I do wonder if there is a book that discusses all the ways the nation has been imagined…I generally see these discussions within a larger history of a country, etc, but I’m not sure if there are books on this phenomenon in general…
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No, no… that’s where some of these candidates should be. When the revolution comes.
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Lest we forget
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That’s the Columbia I pledge allegiance to!
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not exactly a book, but strange maps has many maps discussing the view of countries - like the one with the Prussian octopus (with more examples cephalopod cartography!) or - more positive - the waving girl as personification of Finland.
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Or themselves:
ETA: the Jewish Communist/Radical/Atheist/Liberal/Social Democrat imperialist looks like a weird octopus/spider hybrid.
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Is it possible to personify a place that doesn’t exist?
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