![]() ![]() The next day, the post was removed, but what occurred in the twenty-four hours between the ad being posted and Facebook’s decision to remove the ad is an experiment in dog whistle meme politics designed to cause outrage. On June 17, Donald Trump’s reelection campaign posted a series of ads that displayed an image of an upside-down triangle gratuitously added to a highly partisan post. For the most part, political memes are easy to read, but for some, layers of nuance and intent have to be examined as the reference sometimes contains additional disguised rhetoric. Political memes, like political cartoons, require the audience to have some knowledge of the information in order to unpack the layers embedded in the image messaging. Over the last several years, memes have become widely used political tools. background (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone with an article about President Trump shown in the.
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