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applegrove

(118,778 posts) Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:42 PM Aug 2017

Where the anti-45″ anti-Trump symbol in your feeds came from

ALESSANDRA MALDONADO at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/17/anti-45-symbol/

(see symbol at link)

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Symbols have always been integral to political movements. Social media has perhaps made them more so (take the the clenched fist most closely associated with the Resistance, for instance).

Currently, you might have noticed a relatively new symbol in your social-media feeds, borne up by the reaction to President Donald Trump’s handling of last weekend’s deadly Charlottesville, Virginia white-supremacist rally: the number “45” rendered as swastika behind the international symbol for “no.”

Mike Mitchell, the creator of the image often forwarded by those advocating for the impeachment of Trump, designed the image in February after determining he wanted to stain the number Trump holds so dear. “I knew I wanted to take on 45, a number he was clearly proud of as he put it on his dumb red USA hat,” Mitchell told Co.Design. “I definitely wanted to try and tarnish it.”

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Where the anti-45″ anti-Trump symbol in your feeds came from (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP

Thank you. lapucelle Aug 2017 #1

Here it is: annabanana Aug 2017 #2

Vandalism! Destroying history! Nevernose Aug 2017 #3

I heard that in South Africa 45 is a "bad word" and has negative connotations. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

I liked it so much Egnever Aug 2017 #5

I hope Mike Mitchell makes a ton of money off of this gratuitous Aug 2017 #6

I don't know. Certainly agree with the message, but graphically it is confusing. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #7

Personally I think... xajj4791 Aug 2017 #8

lapucelle

(18,321 posts)

1. Thank you.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:44 PM

Aug 2017

Great story and good to know!

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

2. Here it is:

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:49 PM

Aug 2017

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)

3. Vandalism! Destroying history!

Reply to annabanana (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:54 PM

Aug 2017

If we keep seeing pictures like that, people will forget all about World War II! Surely we must be respectful of such important history?

/s

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)

4. I heard that in South Africa 45 is a "bad word" and has negative connotations.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:56 PM

Aug 2017

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

5. I liked it so much

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:59 PM

Aug 2017

I made it my Avatar

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

6. I hope Mike Mitchell makes a ton of money off of this

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 07:03 PM

Aug 2017

Because he deserves it.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)

7. I don't know. Certainly agree with the message, but graphically it is confusing.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 07:06 PM

Aug 2017

When I saw it on Twitter, I thought it was a poorly executed attempt at a "No Swastika" (meaning no Nazis) symbol, with sloppy placement of the red cross-out line.

But, maybe others catch on to its meaning more easily. Any anti-Nazi symbol that is recognized as such is fine by me.

xajj4791

(84 posts)

8. Personally I think...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:06 PM

Aug 2017

45 should always refer to Vinyl Albums.

We need to take the nickname back!!

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