Prophetic Cartoon

[Sarah]

If you didn't think the cartoon was propaganda then it was successful! . Propaganda, indoctrination, orientation, re educatuon, all words that can have positive or negative meanings depending on how they are used. I thought the cartoon was cute and clever, as were many similar ones made during and after WWII. TV advertising works the same way. You see it many, many times or it tugs on your heart strings and then they reel ya in.That's just the way it works. I just acknowledge it for what it is.

I don't think that cartoon quite fits the bill of being propaganda.  Propaganda, by definition, is something that invokes an emotional response, rather than a mental response, to further a political agenda.  That cartoon, at least for me, does not invoke an emotional response, but just brings attention to the facts of what could happen if we were to sign away our freedoms and become a socialist nation.  And how do we know these things could be true?  By looking at the results of other socialist nations around us.

[Diane Amberg]

Wow, I hadn't thought about that show in years! But that's right, I remember Daddy talking about all that at the dinner table.

[flintauqua]

I remember this particular cartoon from way back then. It didn't have anything to do with Hitler, but was the beginning of McCarthyism. Remember the tv show 'I was a communist for the FBI'? This was in the 50s when there was a communist behind every bush. Not a good time in American history IMHO, although I was young I do remember the fear tactics that were used.

That show must not have been very effective.  According to several on this forum there's now a Communist behind every desk in every level of government.

[Judy Harder]

at show must not have been very effective.  According to several on this forum there's now a Communist behind every desk in every level of government.


now that was funny! I assume with tongue in cheek?? 

[srkruzich]

I remember this particular cartoon from way back then. It didn't have anything to do with Hitler, but was the beginning of McCarthyism. Remember the tv show 'I was a communist for the FBI'? This was in the 50s when there was a communist behind every bush. Not a good time in American history IMHO, although I was young I do remember the fear tactics that were used.

That show must not have been very effective.  According to several on this forum there's now a Communist behind every desk in every level of government.

Actually no, just wolves in sheeps wool. Haven't you noticed the theft of a lot of wool this year??

[Judy Harder]

Not really. I am allergic to wool so really don't pay much attention.
Still like the cartoon.