Feb 23 2008
Creepy As Hell
I suppose it’s a generational thing, but those of us from the duck-and-cover era had certain things drilled so deeply into us that despite the fall of the USSR, still elicit violently negative gut reactions. National ID cards. The government encouraging children to turn their parents in to the authorities. You know, things that were presented as diffferences between them and us. So when I saw this poster at StandUpForMcCain, I also found it creepy.
Here’s another:
Anybody else from the same generation will immediately recognize the style of these posters. It’s known as Soviet Realism. Here’s Karpov’s portrait of Lenin:
That’s a portrait. Here’s a poster:
Now, I’m not suggesting that these kool-aid drinkers are in any way, at least consciously, invoking the USSR. They’re too young, and too stupid. Or perhaps not stupid enough. I am saying, however, that posters and buttons like these will spark the same gut reaction in others as they do me, and that’s probably not productive for the Obamamessiah’s campaign.
Conscious Stalinism or not, these idiots can’t even see the contradictions in their own propoganda. Here is, apparently, the site the poster came from (I’ve included a screen capture below, if you don’t want to get Marxist cooties), entitled,
OBAMA — Obey Giant
Obey? What do they think we’re electing, a parent?
But the header demonstrates that somebody’s not thinking, or that they are, and are redefining words to fit what they really mean:
So we have a site named OBEY, which has been “manufacturing quality dissent since 1989.”
Obey. Dissent. Which of these two opposites do you suppose really fits their agenda?
You know, all of this Sex, Drugs, and Barack ‘n Roll idiocy is scary enough, with the fainting and snot worship, and over nothing at all but silly, insubstantial, feel-good fluff. I don’t think the hammer and sickle is going to attract people to the campaign. But knock yourselves out, if that’s what you’re into. You’ll only get McCain more votes.
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10 Responses to “Creepy As Hell”
It’s not a generational thing. I was in a room with a bunch of 20-somethings watching a rally with these types of posters and we were highly disturbed. We thought, “That’s the kind of shit you see in third world countries at fake rallies put on by dictators.” It’s freaking scary.
your remarks are spot on, i’ve been reading about the “adoring crowds” at obama rallies and they remind me of the hysterical elvis fans and later the beatles fans of the ’60s, shrieking, fainting and literally having orgasms as their “idol” perfomed. this is not politics, it is worship, and while i despise hillary clinton as a calculating power hunting sociopath this obama frenzy seriously worries me. i am not enchanted with mccain but i will be voting for him, warts and all, as the least bad of our present choices.
“gunner”
Gleeg.
Why do I get this odd feeling that Obama is the Antichrist?
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I associate “Obey” with those old Andre the Giant stickers. They used to be all over Baltimore and environs. I believe it’s supposed to be an ironic usage. Sort of like Pravda.
This type of propaganda is not new in American history. Few are old enough to remember the 1930s and the Roosevelt administration. I blogged about it yesterday and provided links to a Lileks piece. It was America’s version of the “Cult of Personality.” It makes you realize why the country elected a crippled demagogue to four terms.
Check out the videos in Lileks. It’s scary. It not only can happen here, it did happen here.
It’s a great example of Jonah Goldberg’s “Liberal Fascism.”
Sorry, I should have included my website.
Administrator, please correct.
Slightly off-topic, here’s something that weirded me out just a bit.
Check out the picture at the top of this ABC News article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4356093&page=1
Just in case it goes away, here’s the image:
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/rt_mccain_obama_080227_ms.jpg
Perhaps I’m not fully awake yet… but at first glance, that sure looked to me like Obama aiming a gun at McCain’s head.
Coincidence, I’m sure. After all, the press doesn’t deliberately pose provocative photos… does it?
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=3052185
respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline
Ugh…I get a ‘Nikolae Carpathia’ feeling every time I see Obama giving speeches to a crowd.
The slitted eyes, the smug half-smile, the open arms gestures. Its as if he is saying, “Come to me, my children, and I will protect you”.
Again…ugh…the personality cult is really giving me the heeby-jeebies.
Good old fashioned socialist-realism imagery and Orwellian language-bending. Yeah, I’m old enough to remember . . .