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Muslims Don't Like the Flag
Background Information
Found on my Facebook, this meme says, "Liberals are saying the American flag is offensive to Muslims. Share if you don't give a damn." It seems to tell Conservatives that resenting Muslims isn’t bigotry because liberals “agree“ that Muslims can’t really be patriotic Americans. That’s a lie, and conservative bigotry is exactly what this meme is promoting.
Technique Used
Attack Opponents
This is propaganda because
This is justifying hate by aligning it with patriotism.
Name blame on both sides.
It’s the Left, it’s the right
It’s meant to divide and have people point blame to being not “woke” enough or being too “radical” but the whole point in creating propaganda is to create tension, create chaos and create blame, so it’s easy to see someone who disagrees as less human.
It’s easy to attack someone when you see them as the enemy, it’s much harder to attack when you know that person who’s opinion may differ is a father, a brother, a friend, in love or in pain.
My initial reaction to my friend who posted this was “Wow, yeah!” But then when I thought about it and after reading a bunch of comments here, I don’t think it’s a “wow yeah” but a “oh no”.
The meme isn’t patriotic or justified or bullshit.
It’s a tool to be used for more divisions.
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