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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/07/28/colorado-billboard-replaces-letter-gop-communism-symbols/857564002/?crop=583,433,x32,y0&width=534&height=401&fit=bounds
Soviet-era communism symbols could be on full display in one Colorado city until the November elections thanks to one frustrated resident.
An image using the hammer and sickle is being used to replace the 'O' in GOP on billboards in Grand Junction, Colo. The scheme is the work of resident Anne Landman, who said she's upset with the Trump administration's actions on Russia, immigration, and tariffs.
"I mean, Im tearing my hair out over this stuff!" Landman told the USA TODAY via email. "How much are we as citizens supposed to take?
Cha
(297,515 posts)Thank You again, Colorado!
Auggie
(31,184 posts)but I have to ask how many people will understand or identify the symbol.
From several years ago:
https://www.newsweek.com/how-ignorant-are-americans-66053
avebury
(10,952 posts)this all over the country.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Voltaire2
(13,120 posts)Russia is currently a fascist state. A swastika would be more appropriate.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)He has resented the Yeltsins and Gorbachev's relinquishment of power since he was a KGB during the USSR>
So, NO, the symbolism is spot on.
Voltaire2
(13,120 posts)a world power, a goal that is compatible with both fascism and the Stalinist brand of communism. However Putin is not trying to restore communism. Instead he has built a classic fascist party and is ruling as the leader of a fascist, but not yet totalitarian, state. He is a Franco or Mussolini style fascist.
amerikat
(4,909 posts)Claude Taylor is the guy that started the nationwide billboard campaign.
https://maddogpac.com/pages/about
I follow him on twitter.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)They will NOT have my state.