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Black and white photo of a gray-haired, bearded man in a collared shirt and tie, looking toward the camera with a worried expression. Text reads: "I THINK I'M BEGINNING TO GET IT. IF IT'S A POLICY THAT BENEFITS THE RICH, THEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PAID FOR, SHOULD LAST FOREVER AND IS GOOD FOR AMERICA. BUT IF IT BENEFITS THE POOR, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, WE SHOULD END IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IT WILL DESTROY OUR… Hand-drawn comic titled "CLIMATE CHANGE: A TIMELINE" with the credit "@SEMI_RAD". A long horizontal bar is split into colored sections. The wide light blue section is labeled ""CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T REAL"". The larger orange section is labeled "OK, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, WE'RE JUST NOT CONVINCED IT'S CAUSED BY HUMANS". A small dark red-brown section is labeled "OOPS". The tiny yellow end section is labeled "FUCK". Italic text quote on a white background: "In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. ... Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived… Quote card over a photo of a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building under a gray sky. Text: "To be clear, they don't get to rule on our humanity. They're ruling on their own." KATE SOSIN. A rainbow flag flies above a crowd; a blue sign reads "WE THE PEOPLE MEANS EVERYONE." Three-panel Star Trek meme. Top: a Federation starship faces a Borg vessel; text reads "We are the Borg. Surrender your vessel and prepare to be assimilated. Resistance is futile." Middle: Captain Picard in a red uniform says "We will do no such thing. Raise shields and prepare to open fire." Bottom: two crew members face a Borg cube on the viewscreen; text reads "Oh so just because you disagree with us it's okay… Two-panel black-and-white doodle of a person holding papers at a desk, like a news anchor. Left panel: "Next up we will discuss the topic with someone whose job is to be a well researched and respected expert in the area". Right panel: "And in the interest of balance we will also talk to an idiot". Signed "@twisteddoodles". Text on a pale yellow background: "When I was in 7th grade, our teacher put on a video and told us to take notes. Ten minutes in, she threw the lights on and shouted at Steven Webb Sladki, telling him he wasn't taking notes and he should have been. But the thing was, Steve was taking notes. I saw it. We all saw it. The teacher asked if anyone wanted to stand up for Steve. A few of us choked out some words of… A huge dark tidal wave towers over a seaside city of apartment buildings. A white arrow from a box reading "CLIMATE CHANGE" points at the wave. Speech bubbles from the buildings say "Healthcare!", "Immigration!", "Guns!", "Free school!", "Justice!" and "Legal weed!" A flowchart on a faint grid. Top box: "Someone has done a thing". An arrow leads to a diamond: "Are they on our side?". Left arrow to a box "Yes", then to a box "It's fine". Right arrow to a box "No", then to a box "BASTARD". Screenshot of a Facebook post by Susan Galasso Seleen, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:21 AM. It lists: Social Justice Warrior: Wades into the front lines of online and IRL confrontations. Social Justice Barbarian: Punches Nazis. Social Justice Paladin: Activist and crusader. Social Justice Bard: Writes blog posts, protest songs, slam poetry. Social Justice Druid: Knows you can't afford your medication and has something that… Top: three whole eggs on a wooden surface, one dark reddish-brown, one light tan, one white. Bottom: a single fried egg on a black background with three orange yolks. Caption in white capital letters: "RACISM EXPLAINED FOR DUMMIES". A white poem card with a handwritten edit. The word "scream" is crossed out and the word "Vote" is written above it in thin hand-drawn letters. The poem reads: "so that one day a hundred years from now another sister will not have to dry her tears wondering where in history she lost her voice." Credit: "—jasmin kaur". Three-panel newspaper comic. A soldier lies face down in shallow green swamp water. Panel 1: "Jesus, can we impeach President Bush now? Al Qaeda must be psyched at his response to Katrina—the guy's looking like he couldn't handle the aftermath of a goddamn snowball fight." Panel 2: "Forty-five percent of Americans still trust Bush "to make the right decisions during a domestic crisis." I think I'll float over and… Photo of the gray lunar surface with a lunar module leg at upper left and a small reflector instrument tilted in the foreground. Caption text: "For me, the most ironic token of that moment in history is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the Moon. It reads: 'We came in peace for all mankind.' As the United States was dropping 7.5 megatons of conventional explosives on small… Peanuts comic panel: Lucy sits holding a football and says in a speech bubble, "If you cut taxes on the rich, they'll invest that money and create jobs for everyone!" Charlie Brown stands nearby, looking at her. Caption: "Apologies + appreciation to Schulz". Tumblr screenshot. Top panel: a painting of Jesus beside a man in a suit pointing at it. Caption: "I would like to read to you what The Jesus said about homosexuality..." Second panel: the man holds a Bible. Caption: "I'd like to, but he never said anything about it." Below, a Tumblr reblog chain from mediapathic and nextyearsgirl follows. Its long text argues that Old Testament laws were for the Hebrews to atone… Six-panel Doonesbury comic by GB Trudeau. A man in glasses on a bed asks a translator: "Tell me, honey--since you're the only translator in China who can still understand the Chairman, how faithfully do you actually carry out his wishes?" She replies: "Well, sir, he changes his mind a lot, and although his word is absolute law, I have to account for that. For instance, last Monday, he told me to have the Great Wall… Newspaper clipping headed "Letter of the Week" with the title "What is wrong with you?" Jonna Ramey of Salt Lake City, a 67-year-old white woman, says her WWII-serving parents fought fascism, tells white supremacists to put down their Tiki torches and get involved in real work, and says all Americans stand against hatred and bigotry. Two side-by-side photos under the heading "NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE". Left: a man in a dark suit places a blue-ribboned medal on a short-haired woman in a red jacket, captioned "TALK SHOW HOST". Right: a man places a medal on a gray-haired older man in a dark jacket, captioned "VIETNAM WAR HERO". Below, typewriter-style text reads: "You know what? I do see the difference! The guy on the left is awarding Ellen with the… Screenshot of a Tumblr post by user 21stgoddamncentury. Text: "If your job can be taken by a hypothetical unskilled, non-English-speaking illegal immigrant or outsourced worker, I'm going to give you some bad advice." "I'm going to give you the same bad advice you gave millennials: stop whining, you're not entitled to anything and nobody owes you a job." "I'm going to give you the same bad advice you gave minimum… White text on a dark navy background reads: "The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance." Below it, in a smaller script font: "— Robert A. Heinlein —". Scan of a textbook page. Caption: "Basic high school civics lessons we knew in 1948. From Magruder's classic American Government textbook. page 1." A two-column chart, "Without Government" and "With Government". Direct Protection: no protection of life, family, property or country vs. police, laws, courts; Army, Navy, and Air Force. Sanitation and Health: polluted water, filth and waste everywhere, tubercular milk,… A 3x3 alignment chart on black. Lawful Good: "Punch Nazis only if they're actively violent or a credible threat, and the government cannot or will not protect you". Neutral Good: "Punch Nazis only if they're actively violent or a credible threat". Chaotic Good: "Punch Nazis, always". Lawful Neutral: "Punching nazis is illegal and therefore bad". True Neutral: "I'm not gonna do it cuz its illegal, but I chuckled".…