One problem with using the Confederate flag and Jim Crow/lynching imagery: you’re actually showing the history of the DEMOCRATIC party, (Southern Democrats, but still Democrats). And yes, I am indeed aware that it’s only been recently that the Republicans became the party on the right, and the Democrats the party on the left (it used to be a lot more complicated)
BUT, it’s still going to make you look pretty ignorant of history, and it’s not the message you say you want to get across.
So why not make a poster SAYING just that, and have the link underneath? (Although Root tends to be a wee sensationalist, I’d see if I couldn’t find a better cite, one that lists stats)
And always avoid calling your opponents Nazis, unless they actually are. It’s way too much of a cliche.
Well, of course you have. And why, might you ask? The answer is simple: the left acts in such a manner and then accuses the right of acting in that manner. And since this board tilts FAR to the left…
Here’s a thought: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is more willing to work with President Trump than the Democratic Party is. Ponder that for a while.
Lead by example. If you want the political discourse to change for the better, then change YOUR tone. Attack is not the right approach in my humble opinion. These posters just lower the tone and attack your opponent with high emotional hyperbole. NOT a step forward.
If you really want to change the arena, find out how to reach the people not voting, on either side. I’m pretty sure that’s where the answer lies. Everybody is all, “What do we need to do to get Dems/Reps to vote for our guy?” When everybody should be asking, how do we get an overwhelming majority to actually come out and vote.
Consider how much more inclined they’d all be to listen to your concerns and speak a language you can parse IF no one gets to form a government without at least 65% of the voters going to the polls! Suddenly the power is back in the voters hand, instead of voters being ignored over corporate concerns. Just a thought.
OP, I get that you want to shock and startle conservative voters. I’m just saying they won’t buy what you’re selling.
Not trying to be corny, but if you want to win them over, you should strive for quality and a good visual experience. Guidelines for effective PPT presentations apply, like this one.
Make your posters intriguing, not insulting. You may think they deserve the vitriol, but your approach is only going to make them more angry. At least put some humor and/or intrigue into it.
Well, the presentation tips were nice of you to share. It’s like you’re really fighting my ignorance
I see what you mean with your examples from a design pov. I still think my 2nd poster says more and is more interesting than either of those. Still, I have several more ideas, and I thought I’d try to apply my topical understanding of these tips to the next project. Voila!
And again, I don’t think I’m engaging in vitriol. It is uncomfortable to talk about these things. Compressing more than a year of time into one image via symbology can be startling, which might be what you’re experiencing as vitriol. Ask yourself- would it be easy to attach swastikas and confederate flags and so on to most historical administrations or major political figures? I’d say not a lot in my lifetime. But- here we are! I mean, don’t you think that’s where we are?
I don’t dig President Trump or the GOP. These posters accurately summarize why that is very well. But the posters don’t tell me anything new, they don’t support their own positions, and more importantly, don’t support an alternative. In short, they are simply flung poo and serve only to create an acrimonious atmosphere which I find a turn-off.
In all seriousness, that’s one of the strangest things I’ve read in weeks. Your posters exude vitriol. That’s the main problem with them. If you don’t see that, no wonder you don’t understand why people are responding the way they are.
Really, if we would just be nicer, everything would be so much better! Lets schedule a friendly get-together with the tighty righties. Drum circles, group hugs… I’ll bring the brownies.
It is like photographing dead soldiers in Vietnam. The pictures are going to upset people, but the photographer isn’t being vitriolic by believing that people need to see what is happening. He photographs what is there.
Here we have a group that rode a tide of, “Mexicans are rapists” to victory. This is no time to pretend, or be coy, or dog whistle. Our politics contain a great deal of hatred and corruption- representing that honestly is not vitriol IMHO. I disagree that this thread should have been moved to the Pit, but I will leave it to others to fight the mods.
