Is this poster racist?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by TheGame

I see the somewhat similar colors, but I don't see how it can be used as a reference to how "his campaign used a LOT of old school propoganda techniques". To me they're just two different pictures, that share no greater meaning with each other.

You are correct, they don't share a meaning, they share a feeling. It's about imagery, not message. It is meant to inspire confidence and strength, not ideology.

Do you really think people who ran the Obama campaign actually looked back at what made hitler so popular and stole his ideas directly?

Not Hitler, but propaganda is general. It just so happens fascist and communist propaganda is considered the most effective. Leni Reifenstahl (Hitler's filmmaker/propagandist) was part of my film classes in college because of her effectiveness and revolutionary techniques.

And Typhoid, the photo has nothing to do with the propaganda, it's what the artist did with the photo is what makes it an example/satire of propaganda.

EDIT: Anyway, my whole point was that if I were to create a propaganda piece to make Obama LOOK like a socialist, it wouldn't be by painting him up with an anarchist, but would be more like the style the campaign actually used because they resemble Lenin propaganda posters of the time. Somehow that point has turned into a complete mess because of people wanting to see more in my comments than I clearly intended. I am not Glenn Beck, but for some reason you people think I do nothing but carry his and Rush Limbaugh's water all day long. I'd appreciate it if people would argue my points, and not what you assume they are due to my party affiliation.