I am fascinated by the Northern League. I do not say with irony, I really am, deep down. In front of the league I feel like a child in front of a lion, a biologist who discovers a rare species, as a poet before his muse. Fascinated and afraid.
This morning I went out cycling for a round of flyers (political activism). Around the corner I run into the usual series of election posters that colors the city ahead of elections, "Mayor Tom of all", "Caio for the country", "Vote for Harry," ... and Sitting Bull. No, I do not mean to make a name at random (in that case I would use Mevio). No, it was he, Sitting Bull. Or perhaps it was Geronimo? It matters little, call it Mad Indian and nothing else. Here it is, in the midst of familiar faces - and less - of aspiring mayors, Mad Indian, complete with feathers on its head and that air of pensive, almost sad that the Indian has lost the war. And he has reason to be melancholy: it is confined by time on a billboard in the League, alongside a slogan that wants to be convincing, but the only thing that has convinced me that ignorance has no limits. The slogan reads: "They suffered immigration. Now they live in reserves! Think about it. "
Think? Well I thought about it, and all members of the League say ignorant, cheap, stupid and ignorant again.
I hope that some sympathetic League see this sign (and other similar series is, like the figurine) and is smart enough to shake his head. And you come home to reflect on political persuasion that is embracing. Because this sign is not the gaffes of a single author, it would be too easy to think so. This slogan has been studied theoretically, designed, reviewed and corrected before being printed. It is a symbol of a thought, your thought, dear League. You will graduate, entrepreneur, professor, what you want but embraces a thought dull and limited. Are you proud?
RB,
not be proud of the League.
This morning I went out cycling for a round of flyers (political activism). Around the corner I run into the usual series of election posters that colors the city ahead of elections, "Mayor Tom of all", "Caio for the country", "Vote for Harry," ... and Sitting Bull. No, I do not mean to make a name at random (in that case I would use Mevio). No, it was he, Sitting Bull. Or perhaps it was Geronimo? It matters little, call it Mad Indian and nothing else. Here it is, in the midst of familiar faces - and less - of aspiring mayors, Mad Indian, complete with feathers on its head and that air of pensive, almost sad that the Indian has lost the war. And he has reason to be melancholy: it is confined by time on a billboard in the League, alongside a slogan that wants to be convincing, but the only thing that has convinced me that ignorance has no limits. The slogan reads: "They suffered immigration. Now they live in reserves! Think about it. "
Think? Well I thought about it, and all members of the League say ignorant, cheap, stupid and ignorant again.
I hope that some sympathetic League see this sign (and other similar series is, like the figurine) and is smart enough to shake his head. And you come home to reflect on political persuasion that is embracing. Because this sign is not the gaffes of a single author, it would be too easy to think so. This slogan has been studied theoretically, designed, reviewed and corrected before being printed. It is a symbol of a thought, your thought, dear League. You will graduate, entrepreneur, professor, what you want but embraces a thought dull and limited. Are you proud?
RB,
not be proud of the League.
