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   S James Ellis

   sri, 11/09/2016 - 03:08

   S James Ellis

   Personally, I'm loving this exercise and that it's causing me to really analyze my bias in a wider range of topics than I'm used to.
   
   Having said that, I'll concede that this is harmful propaganda (by whom and for which specific movement, who knows), but considering the subject of the propaganda.... I'll let it slide.

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   Lauren

   čet, 11/10/2016 - 22:28

   Lauren

   This is harmful propaganda. While political cartoons are famous for exaggerating the character of politicians, this is an actual image of a human being at the end of the day. Manipulation in photoshop is already a distortion of truth, and the message of the chainsaw symbolizes and plays up on the public's fear of Donald Trump.
   
   The expression on his face manipulates emotion and probably dislike. There is no public benefit to this image.

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   Emily

   uto, 05/09/2017 - 21:51

   Emily

   I find it harmful and worrying that people are attempting to scare other with the image of the person running our country wielding a dangerous weapon whether or not you are for or against the president. For those who are not aware that it is manipulated by photoshop and could be worried for this image as it has no benefit to the public.

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   CTA

   pet, 11/10/2017 - 09:21

   CTA

   I would not necessarily say this is a harmful image, because I am not really getting any message from it other than Trump holding a chainsaw. It calls to mind the image of Putin, where he is in an edited photograph riding a bear. I feel this image could go both ways honestly. I can see how Trump supporters may see this as trump, "getting things done", and I can see how Trump haters might interpret this negatively.

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   Inque

   uto, 04/24/2018 - 23:46

   Inque

   Although some people may take this picture as fun, amusing or represnting Trump as "Putin-like cool figure", the idea behind it's creation is very likely harmful (negative connotation): western cultures are all familiar with the concept of "Texas chainsaw massacre". If we include the facial expression and posture, this particular image would be tending to the anti-Trump propaganda material. However, because the picture offers no new information, it is relying on simply boosting Trump opposition than actually making an argumentation-based coherent message.

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