Here’s more photos from that Twitter stream:
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I think I can understand why the photographer might have thought this photo was good, even magnificent. Imagine that the three-quarter pose is noble and self-assured. Imagine the squinty eyes are the steely gaze of a patriot gazing into the future, planning how to protect his endangered nation. Imagine that’s not a smirk. It’s the expression of a man determined to prevail no matter what his enemies throw at him. His hair is tossed by the wind of Freedom; the orange glow is the morning sun rising on a new, greater America. Imagine this, then ignore everything else. When people worship an idol, they simply can’t see anything but their ideal. This is a Kim Jong Un photograph, and just like North Koreans see a magnificent hero rather than Fat Elvis on horseback, Trump worshipers will never see an orange-hued, fat old crook.
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Kim Il-Sung would have been a better example
The growth was benign but inoperable, but he was understandably a bit sensitive about it (wouldn’t we all be?).
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I’m surprised he hasn’t yet secretly had someone offed for their entire hairy scalp and had it transplanted.
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You got something on the back of your neck there… hold still, don’t move, I’ll get it…
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Well ain’t that the goddamned truth in a nutshell.
Also from The Guardian, this:
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Kim Jong Un styles himself to look like his grandfather as a young man.
The imagery of Kim Jong Un riding horses and making pilgrimages to Mount Paektu ties into the mythology of Kim Il Sung’s exploits as a guerrilla leader who supposedly defeated the Japanese colonial regime.
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Apropos of nothing special
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I was going to post a three part image about how everyone cried at the end of Ole Oranger, but it’s probably over the edge of community standards. So visualize it.
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“Finish the job, son.”
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The empty chair that won the debate with Clint Eastwood make a better president.
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