Going Postal With This Meme
Courtesy of Occupy Democrats, where it currently has over 23,000 likes and 28,000 shares. This meme has a spattering of half-truths, but is mostly false or misleading. We’ll take each point separately to pick it…
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Climate Change and the “97% of Scientists”
Courtesy of Barack Obama, where it has been echoed throughout the administration, including this John Kerry speech in Indonesia: 97 percent of climate scientists have confirmed that climate change is happening and that human activity…
George Washington and Guns
Courtesy of Steve Reichert’s Facebook page, where it currently has over 85,000 likes and 780,000 shares! The implication of this quote is pretty obvious to the gun control debate, as who could be against the…
Treat Guns Like Cars You Say?
Courtesy of Americans Against the Republican Party. Over 19,000 likes and 35,000 shares! Numerous similar memes are also circulating advocating that guns should be regulated like cars (another example is given below). On the surface,…
World War 2, Now in Color!
These 3 pictures are circulating the net, it appears, courtesy of Ahmet Aykac, whose FB page describes as a professor who studied at Columbia. He seems to have a fairly small following, and this wouldn’t…
Are Gun Merchants Participating in Murder?
Courtesy of Being Liberal. This snarky meme is pretty childish (pun intended), but since it got over 50,000 likes apparently some find it witty. Whether you’re for or against gay marriage, the answer to the…
Yes, Look Closely Indeed!
This meme is courtesy of the Viper Records Facebook page page, although it has circulated more broadly and it’s not clear where it first originated. At first glace it seems that not only is the food…