On top of everything else that happened yesterday, my tablet started screwing up. It still works, but not for the primary thing I need it to work for. SIGH. Oh well. Other arrangements have been made.
I came across this article about postcards done to promote the anti-suffragette movement. It's a little disturbing now violent some of these are, but really not that shocking. You'll notice the propaganda is the same they always use when they want to hold people down. They make them look ugly. They make them look mean and irrational.
Any time people are trying to make social changes, these same messages will appear. We'll see the worst of the group going against the status quo. We'll see the status quo as trying to promote themselves as the TRUE champions of society, the peacekeepers, and the rational ones who will make things right for everyone. While they're doing this, they also make themselves look like the victims. They'll never admit to that. They'll say the group trying to promote change is 'playing victim' all the while, playing it themselves.
It's always the same tactics.
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