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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 11:48 AM Aug 2019

Horrible, Stark and Accurate (Warning - may be a trigger if you are a victim of sexual violence)


[link:https://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/59479|]

I thought long and hard about posting this. But the image is so fucking powerful... horrible and yet a really graphic image of what Trump and his ilk are doing right now... and they are loving every second of the violence and hate they are guilty of.
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Horrible, Stark and Accurate (Warning - may be a trigger if you are a victim of sexual violence) (Original Post) Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP
Not powerful, just disgusting SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #1
Took my breathe away wave_maker Aug 2019 #2
Gross and terribly drawn. yellerpup Aug 2019 #3
The dead trees look like hands of other victims pandr32 Aug 2019 #4
Really didn't need to be posted. We know Trump is wrecking the country. Using sexual assault imagery WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #5
Thanks for posting. It is indeed a very powerful metaphor about what the occupant of the WH iluvtennis Aug 2019 #6
This is a rendition of trump's most desired angstlessk Aug 2019 #7

yellerpup

(12,253 posts)
3. Gross and terribly drawn.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 12:06 PM
Aug 2019

Lady Liberty has one breast and three arms and her legs are all wrong...ugly and worthless.

pandr32

(11,583 posts)
4. The dead trees look like hands of other victims
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 12:31 PM
Aug 2019

...coming out of the ground. Perfect because our environment is being raped, too.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,340 posts)
5. Really didn't need to be posted. We know Trump is wrecking the country. Using sexual assault imagery
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 12:43 PM
Aug 2019

plays into a lot of ugly tropes about victims, and is traumatizing to view, besides.

iluvtennis

(19,858 posts)
6. Thanks for posting. It is indeed a very powerful metaphor about what the occupant of the WH
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 02:47 PM
Aug 2019

is doing to tear down the institutions and norms of the country.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
7. This is a rendition of trump's most desired
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 09:34 PM
Aug 2019

act.

I was raped at 11 years, and this does not offend me..what does offend me is what trump is doing to our country.

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