or any other outlet that is presenting itself as a legitimate source of information, none of those obligations exist.
If this meme isn’t presenting that the quote is real, then why the fuck does it exist? I mean “to be easily created and disseminated propaganda”, obviously, but why should it exist? Sourcing your shit isn’t “catering to the inept”; it’s catering to the people who care about the truth. If sourcing is “catering to the inept”, then why is it done in those contexts you mentioned? When does it stop “catering to the inept”? The answer, obviously, is it doesn’t, because it never was.
If you want to think that an expectation of basic sourcing should be limited to e.g. academic contexts, journalism, etc., to the point that the notion of expecting that from anything else offends you, then whatever I say isn’t going to convince you out of your own laziness and stupidity. You’re part of the problem.
Because it’s a meme and its creator wanted it to for shits and giggles. My assumption was that it was made up to be funny and bash on Obama for being a warmongering oil baron.
Because it’s a meme and its creator wanted it to for shits and giggles.
You’re literally in a political propaganda community created, solely modded, and near-exclusively posted to by the OP. Memes like this are digital propaganda leaflets designed to be easily digested and distributed, and this one’s entire point rests on the legitimacy of the quote. So no, I don’t give it a pass for “lol meme ecksdee”.
It shouldn’t be controversial to hold people making propaganda to any kind of standard in a world where “just memes lol” carried Donald Trump to power twice.
If this meme isn’t presenting that the quote is real, then why the fuck does it exist? I mean “to be easily created and disseminated propaganda”, obviously, but why should it exist? Sourcing your shit isn’t “catering to the inept”; it’s catering to the people who care about the truth. If sourcing is “catering to the inept”, then why is it done in those contexts you mentioned? When does it stop “catering to the inept”? The answer, obviously, is it doesn’t, because it never was.
If you want to think that an expectation of basic sourcing should be limited to e.g. academic contexts, journalism, etc., to the point that the notion of expecting that from anything else offends you, then whatever I say isn’t going to convince you out of your own laziness and stupidity. You’re part of the problem.
Because it’s a meme and its creator wanted it to for shits and giggles. My assumption was that it was made up to be funny and bash on Obama for being a warmongering oil baron.
Things don’t need a reason to exist.
You’re literally in a political propaganda community created, solely modded, and near-exclusively posted to by the OP. Memes like this are digital propaganda leaflets designed to be easily digested and distributed, and this one’s entire point rests on the legitimacy of the quote. So no, I don’t give it a pass for “lol meme ecksdee”.
It shouldn’t be controversial to hold people making propaganda to any kind of standard in a world where “just memes lol” carried Donald Trump to power twice.