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minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldshieldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up89·edit-21 month agoWe need to ensure that we maintain the notion that an administration saying things like “suck it up” is never accepted as normal. The memes are funny, yes- but the more this becomes a joke, the more we begin to allow for it because that’s “just what they do.” That may be just what they do, but accepting it as commonplace doesn’t have to be just what we do. Use THIS to speak your voice and don’t accept this administration’s attempts distract us by dumbing our politics down to memes.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoIt can be both. Let’s flood them with memes.
We need to ensure that we maintain the notion that an administration saying things like “suck it up” is never accepted as normal.
The memes are funny, yes- but the more this becomes a joke, the more we begin to allow for it because that’s “just what they do.”
That may be just what they do, but accepting it as commonplace doesn’t have to be just what we do.
Use THIS to speak your voice and don’t accept this administration’s attempts distract us by dumbing our politics down to memes.
It can be both. Let’s flood them with memes.