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I read an article titled Let’s Be Civil today and my hope for common sense in the world today shot up a few notches. The author, Mark Simpson of the UK’s Guardian dares disagree with the vast and very vocal majority of gay advocates and allies. The comments on his article are predictable, essentially, how dare he.
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I am a mormon. I am employed by the LDS church. I do not live in California and therefore did not vote on Proposition 8 nor did contribute to the campaign. That said, I had family members and friends that did work on the Yes for 8 campaign and had I lived in California during this past election cycle, make no mistake, I would have voted YES on Prop 8. Some people say my religious affiliation and political opinions amount to me being a bigot. Other people go farther and claim I am a brainwashed robot acting at the behest of the leaders of my cultish, bigoted religion. However, my favorite people are those that lay it right out there, pure and simple, like the person in the picture above with the sign that says “Mormon Scum.” Mormon Scum. It has sort of a nice ring to it.
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This is something I have been meaning to post for a while now but have been reluctant to do so given the ugliness that Election 2008 has brought out of the American people. At this point, I am sure that come November 4th, Senator Barack Obama will become President-elect Obama and while I am not really happy about this, I can honestly say that I hope his presidency does not live up to the pessimistic predictions I have for it in my head.
That said, I wanted to put up some side-by-side comparisons of Obama’s campaign artwork and some classic communist propaganda posters. Obama can laugh off the notion that his policies amount to socialism and I do not care to argue that here. I am posting this to critique something that I do know a little about which is art, style, and particularly design. In my mind, there is no question that Obama is using a style similar to the communists of yesteryear, a style I have dubbed “Obamaganda.” The real question that absolutely fascinates me is why Obama, being a left-of-center politician running for the highest political position in a nation that has had such a major anti-socialist/communist past would be comfortable using this Obamaganda style.