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bemused_leftistEricgregory made a good comment on a post where I made fun of a Democratic committee person's defense of their bullseyes (used on a map and list otherwise similar to Palin's).
The Democrat Rudomner's defense was "that the Democratic map was not threatening since it used an image that is also associated with Target, the national retail chain."
Ericgregory said, rightly imo:
"[...] the brightly colored bullseye connotes a sporting, unreal sort of targeting and is used in plenty of non-gunny contexts like darts and beanbag games, while the crosshairs are the same ones you would use in a first-person-shooter videogame [....]"
Eric's defense of the bullseye is very good -- much better than Rudomner's. Which suggests that Rudominer never thought about harmless sports targets, or he would have used it himself.
Which suggests that the DNC artist was really thinking the same thing as Palin's artist -- guns.
To me (a liberal tree-hugger) something that looks like a gunsight is much more scary than the bullseye. But something that scares a city liberal does not necessarily inflame or incite a gun-using farmer. Gun imagery or metaphors may anger us, but not them; they're having fun pushing our buttons.
Imo what does anger Palin's rural supporters, and might get us shot ... is real life, non metaphorical insults to them and unfair treatment of Palin.
The Democrat Rudomner's defense was "that the Democratic map was not threatening since it used an image that is also associated with Target, the national retail chain."
Ericgregory said, rightly imo:
"[...] the brightly colored bullseye connotes a sporting, unreal sort of targeting and is used in plenty of non-gunny contexts like darts and beanbag games, while the crosshairs are the same ones you would use in a first-person-shooter videogame [....]"
Eric's defense of the bullseye is very good -- much better than Rudomner's. Which suggests that Rudominer never thought about harmless sports targets, or he would have used it himself.
Which suggests that the DNC artist was really thinking the same thing as Palin's artist -- guns.
To me (a liberal tree-hugger) something that looks like a gunsight is much more scary than the bullseye. But something that scares a city liberal does not necessarily inflame or incite a gun-using farmer. Gun imagery or metaphors may anger us, but not them; they're having fun pushing our buttons.
Imo what does anger Palin's rural supporters, and might get us shot ... is real life, non metaphorical insults to them and unfair treatment of Palin.
