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In reply to the discussion: TIME magazine reveals its Person of the Year 2011 [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)58. I do stand with the Arab Spring protesters, but not with Time Magazine
Look at how they shaded the woman's eyes on the cover they are clearly meant to look threatening. The media has a long history of using racist images to promote fear and it appears to me that is what they are doing here, she has a sinister look in her eyes and I do not believe Time did not do this intentionally. l can stand with the Arab uprising without accepting the corporate media portrayal of it.
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I think what Bjorn Against is railing against is the once again subtle diss in the middle of
tavalon
Dec 2011
#79
I was never a big fan of using Guy Fawkes masks, but it is not the same thing
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#60
And the Greeks. And the Russians. Now everyone thinks occupy is a bunch of frat boys in "Rush Week"
Bucky
Dec 2011
#33
When I first saw that post I thought the same thing, but as I think about it more...
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#55
This kind of facepalm generator makes me want a reconstructive surgeon on speed-dial.. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2011
#57
This just in: The temperature in hell has just hit a balmy 32 degrees Farenheit.
rocktivity
Dec 2011
#14
I'm so happy that it "felt right" for those folks at Time. Where the hell have they been?
mahannah
Dec 2011
#42