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Republicans
Background Information
Arthur Gackley created joke versions of children's books and they have gained a lot of publicity. This particular image was featured in a Huffington Post article with a few others in 2016.
Technique Used
Activate Emotion
This is propaganda because
It is essentially drawing a comparison between dinosaurs and Republicans which activates an emotion depending on the viewer's political ideologies. The image is funny because the word "republicans" isn't what the viewer is expecting when they see a picture of dinosaurs, yet something about it makes us laugh. There are many memes and forms of propaganda about Republicans and how the extreme right is perceived by Democrats, and vice versa.
Source
Huffington Post
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