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Also this image is in the header

Am I tweaking?

For those who couldn’t see what I was referring to about the dates: I know this one is a stretch, but alongside the lightning bolts that TPUSA doesn’t use literally anywhere else or have any campaign/slogan relevance, it’s suspect. Definitely minor in comparison but worth noting given the much more blatant surrounding context

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

don’t forget the 88 and HH

Like I know it’s by design that it has plausible deniability and that this is a stretch, but that kinda is the purpose of dog whistles so I felt the need to also mention those.

The lightning bolts are obviously the main focus though

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

bruh what. the date is not a dog whistle, that's such a reach lmao

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Bigger stretch than Goatse

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

The date part being a stretch I get, but I felt the need to include it since the image has two SS stylized lightning bolts, then the 88 an HH and SS at the ends of tickets. It’s all a stretch but that’s the purpose of dog whistles. I’m not super in favor of that part being one, it’s just also there so it could possibly be one

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you are perhaps a lil too hyped up. that's kinda silly.

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Nah don’t worry I’m not going crazy over that part, just feels worth noting since it’s alongside the part that is a much more obvious dog whistle.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Idk I think this is reaching for it a bit. I think it's just shitty design or they just reused the same graphic as they'll use in IRL posters where it's pretty normal to have information repeat.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

This is a massive stretch

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

1000007926

They have 2 events on the 18th so they have 2 entries.

They have 2 events on 22nd, 24th, 30th, and October 27th, so they have 2 entries for each.

That's not an 88 or an HH or even just repeating the date--it's two different things on the same day on the same campus on a date that happens to have an 8 in it followed by the standard English ordinal abbreviation.


The ⚡⚡ be way more sus though.