Amelia

If you haven't yet heard about Amelia, you might be surprised when you see her. She's a purple-haired, choker-wearing young woman who doesn't immediately strike me as someone who would be right-wing coded. Normally, if I saw someone with purple or blue hair, I might think they were left-wing coded; young women are notably more left-wing than other people; and a choker as a necklace tends to at least shade at lifestyles that are less than conservative-aligned. Nevertheless, when you encounter this cartoon you'll find that she is stridently right-wing. 

This is apparently what soccer lovers call an 'own goal' by the UK government. 

You can play the game she stars in here, if you like. It's ridiculous propaganda that deserves the outcome they are getting. 

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One of Ours, All of Yours

A corollary to the recent talk by the Secretary: what does this slogan mean?

Some of you may be aware of accusations that the phrase had Nazi origins; others may also know that this claim was widely rejected even by the mainstream media on research and reflection. All that is taken as read, but: what was it intended to mean? 

The link above it doesn't help much: it leads to Homeland Security's "Worst of the Worst" page about criminal aliens, but it doesn't add any information or context for what is under discussion here. 

It's a potentially powerful slogan if it means something, but in order to know what or whether it does we'd need to be clued in on some important matters. Who constitutes "ours"? Americans? DHS personnel? Some other group? Is it a warning to cartels not to target Homeland Security personnel? Is it a warning to protesters not to do so? Or does it intend some entirely different meaning? 

Likewise, who constitutes "yours"? The aliens at the link don't seem to belong to any body that might be considered an organized group. Is it a threat targeting cartels? American protest groups? What is she talking about? 

I'm not leveling any accusations except regarding the complete opacity of the attempted communication. You might think that, given how quickly opponents will rush to misconstrue Trump administration communications, some thought might be given to clarity of expression. Their opponents are going to construe the Betsy Ross flag as neo-Confederate, after all; but that one is clear and easily understood. Nobody is going to take that accusation seriously. 

This, it's much harder to guess what they even meant to say. It's clearly a threat, but who is being threatened, and on whose behalf? I have no idea, only guesses about what might be intended.