I get the vibe “lefty memes” is a misnomer, and an actual progressive like me won’t be accepted here, so I’ve never tried posting anything in here yet - but everywhere else I’ve posted this so far has hated it, so I’m trying here now.
I made this meme because I noticed parallels in how Republicans and Democrats coordinate to block access to guns and vaccines, violating my rights and putting me and my loved ones in senseless danger.
I’m not quite ready to give up on finding a community where people like this meme. I know it’s actually one of my most well-crafted ones yet, no matter what some people say.
Image text (Morpheus meme format, repurposed to represent US uniparty politics, not blindly misused without understanding it as some commenters keep saying)
Red pill:
Let people who pretend to know nothing about vaccines decide who can get what vaccines
Blue pill:
Let people who pretend to know nothing about guns decide who can get what guns
Red pill:
Let the weapon industry dictate gun policy
Blue pill:
Let big pharma dictate vaccine policy
Seems like you’re conflating red pill (lie) versus blue pill (truth) with red pill (Republican ideals) versus blue pill (Democrat ideals). Is this close to what the idea is trying for? If so, that’s probably the real reason people don’t like what you’ve made, because it doesn’t really fit the format of the original and thus doesn’t really make much sense.
I wish you were right.
I can’t think of a way to repurpose the meme with a more fitting format, but if you could, I believe you’d get similar responses. I think it’s basically just Democrats hating being called out for violating my rights because they support gun control and, on the other hand, they prefer blaming Republicans for blocking me from accessing vaccines.
Not about the meme’s format, but the message itself, sadly.
This is where I’m coming from too, it just doesn’t really make sense to me as a meme? Maybe that other meme format with the sweating captain trying to decide which button to push
That’s actually a great suggestion, thank you muchly. I might try that
I think those seem like two separate and unrelated issues. Separate each of them into their own argument and they would probably make a little more sense, and fit the format better.
Example 1 (vaccine argument): red pill (lie) = people who are telling you they know everything about vaccines and they should be the ones who decide who gets what blue pill (truth) = big pharma is the real perpetrator, influencing policy makers and controlling who gets the vaccines (etc.)
Example 2 (gun control argument): red pill (lie) = people who know nothing about guns are trying to decide who can have them blue pill (truth) = the weapon industry is actually the ones dictating gun policy
Adjust the wording to fit whatever it is you are trying to say, and separate the issues into truth versus lie instead of red (republican) versus blue (democrat).
But that wouldn’t show how the parties mirror each other from the view of a neutral third party just trying to survive.
The point is to make Republicans think about how they look the same as Democrats when they join in on blocking me from getting guns, and vice versa for Democrats because they join in on blocking me from getting vaccines. They both complain about the other side lying and replacing experts with fools in important positions, but they both go along with it when the money says, leaving people like me far from restoring our rights.
The message would be totally lost if they were separated
All I get from this, is you shouldn’t have guns, and probably vaccines.
Ok so called “leftist,” now you’ve finished your transformation into an anti vaxxer?
I’m so tired of Democrats just being Republicans in disguise