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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 07:42 AM Apr 2015

To the Haters it's going right---to the supporters it's moving forward.

Look, fact of the matter is---no matter which way the arrow pointed, haters gonna be haters.

Left: Ha Ha---look---Hillary is saying she goes left-yeah right!
Up: Look, Hillary is pointing to the one percenters on Wall Street!
Down: Yeah, that's where Hillary will take the Middle Class!

Yo haters---cut the shit with the arrow--- manufactured outrage is best left for the intellectually dishonest gang at Fox News.

nuff said!

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To the Haters it's going right---to the supporters it's moving forward. (Original Post) trumad Apr 2015 OP
Sometimes, one merely comments without being a "hater." ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #1
Agree.. trumad Apr 2015 #2
Not really. The comment I made in Skinner's thread was sincerely how I felt about it. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #5
I think the OP was referring to the people... one_voice Apr 2015 #126
Respectfully, that isn't what the OP said though. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #133
sad roguevalley Apr 2015 #82
trumad, I'm not judging you for being a hater. You're human and have your feelings. I just hope DesertDiamond Apr 2015 #101
It's the irrational dialog that I hate. trumad Apr 2015 #124
That twin towers stuff is LiberalElite Apr 2015 #182
lump? trumad Apr 2015 #183
it is funny though how you can predict treestar Apr 2015 #113
In all honesty, with the exception of a few very boisterous posters, I've never ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #116
...^ that 840high Apr 2015 #134
Nice. peacebird Apr 2015 #3
No shit. joshcryer Apr 2015 #4
Sometimes, all you can do, Trumad, is CONSIDER THE SOURCE. MADem Apr 2015 #6
War Is Peace billhicks76 Apr 2015 #39
Pretty full bed, huh. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #103
The Creative Speculation forum is that-a-way... MADem Apr 2015 #122
Know what I hate? The term "Hater." WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #7
We are all haters if we refuse to get on the Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #17
And her husband is good buds with the Bushes Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #47
Nailed it. nt City Lights Apr 2015 #68
No you're just a skinkin Pat's fan. trumad Apr 2015 #41
he barbecues bare footed? awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #53
It's a shortcut treestar Apr 2015 #115
DU is all black-and-white now. Nobody is capable of grey thinking anymore. arcane1 Apr 2015 #136
I don't dislike her LOGO I find it honest, I like honesty Dragonfli Apr 2015 #150
You're culturally restricted. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #147
I think I said pretty much the exact same thing, in this post: Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #8
Sorry Walt---didn't see your excellent post. trumad Apr 2015 #42
The arrow is RED Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #9
Yes, The arrow is Red. And the H is blue. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #10
The Democratic Party has been moving to the right Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #15
The TIA people were fucking with you on purpose, I suspect. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #19
this is on the order of the crazy libertarians treestar Apr 2015 #118
Um, no Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #125
Well it seems equivalent to me treestar Apr 2015 #161
Huh, what? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #129
here is some of that lunacy treestar Apr 2015 #162
Red arrow pointing right LOL dear god NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #201
Notice hoe Obamas logo is the most inclusive and the best one there? Autumn Apr 2015 #66
Wanna guess what color the Democrats were in the 1980 race? brooklynite Apr 2015 #13
Red has been the color of GOP extremism since the 2000 election Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #20
Or, choice #3...nobody cares brooklynite Apr 2015 #22
Yep, the HRC campaign Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #28
You know that the entire liberal wing is as offended as you are? brooklynite Apr 2015 #37
I define liberal Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #43
If you are Hillary and YOU are the H, then for you, the arrow points left. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #23
Is she talking to herself Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #33
No, it's just been a shorthand used on the map to designate conservative and liberal states. pnwmom Apr 2015 #180
The logo is red, white and blue. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #18
The RED arrow Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #26
Yes, in the direction that most people without an agenda would recognize as "forward." NuclearDem Apr 2015 #27
Yeah, HRC Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #30
Whatever her policies, you're dead wrong about the meaning of the logo. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #35
You cannot be wrong about your own perceptions. zeemike Apr 2015 #63
The logo looks like a jet going through the twin towers. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #71
Is that your perception of it? zeemike Apr 2015 #75
Right is the new forward? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #95
Yes. We read left to right. In Israel it may be different I guess. whatthehey Apr 2015 #106
Boustrophedonic rights for all! muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #123
I see no correlation whatsoever between reading AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #128
Look at the top of your web browser. <-- back forward --> emulatorloo Apr 2015 #153
Well then Hillary better go on TV quick and explain it AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #188
may be tough for you to play the video clip emulatorloo Apr 2015 #190
So she is using the logic of a VCR? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #191
Have you not seen a video clip on the web yet? emulatorloo Apr 2015 #193
So now she is channeling youtube? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #194
I'm responding to your "VCR" snark emulatorloo Apr 2015 #195
My and many others first thought upon seeing it AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #199
This is what's called a timeline: NuclearDem Apr 2015 #141
And this is an arrow pointing forward AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #142
Three dimensionally, yes. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #144
It's pointing up. n/t pnwmom Apr 2015 #187
The Communist Red arrow points straight at Hillary. pnwmom Apr 2015 #186
Red is the color of Communism! JaneyVee Apr 2015 #55
Since the stolen election of 2000 Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #65
I freakin' hate the whole color tribalism Blue_Adept Apr 2015 #81
Well, here's the thing... Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #130
You want us to believe the logo alone is swaying your vote? Seriously- bettyellen Apr 2015 #164
Certainly not Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #170
Ah, so it's really really significant to people who already hate her, lol. bettyellen Apr 2015 #171
Refusing to vote for someone Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #172
Offended at a stupid red white and blue logo as if it's truly significant- bettyellen Apr 2015 #173
Again, she has been paid millions by Wall Street Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #174
Yes. tavernier Apr 2015 #108
Red is also the color of communism treestar Apr 2015 #117
Seriously? Since when is red the color of conservatism? Guess you've forgotten about Red China. pnwmom Apr 2015 #179
everyone knows what the stakes are asiliveandbreathe Apr 2015 #11
People who are opposed to a politician, LWolf Apr 2015 #12
+1 Obviously. tridim Apr 2015 #25
Your rationality has no place here! This is Hyperbole Underground! arcane1 Apr 2015 #138
lol LWolf Apr 2015 #175
Then wikileaks is "going right", too Cha Apr 2015 #14
its where many of the Griefers come from! VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #16
The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary... SidDithers Apr 2015 #21
And those that love Hillary hate anyone who does not. zeemike Apr 2015 #67
... SidDithers Apr 2015 #72
... zeemike Apr 2015 #79
meh. her logo could be puppies curing childhood cancer and people who dislike her would hate it. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #24
Has she cured childhood cancer? Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #77
The logo is mystifying Cosmocat Apr 2015 #85
Keep telling yourself that AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #97
*snort* PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #100
I agree - we should focus on HRC's wall street worship before we get hung up on design. el_bryanto Apr 2015 #29
Your post says only one thing: you hate leveymg Apr 2015 #31
I think you are projecting what I think,,, trumad Apr 2015 #52
This isn't a game of ping-pong leveymg Apr 2015 #73
it is Eurocentric to see right as moving forward Enrique Apr 2015 #32
oh really - are number-lines and time-lines Eurocentric exclusively? DrDan Apr 2015 #38
Attention artists & those sensitive to visual symbols and subliminal PR messages! Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #34
why did you capitalize "Haters" and not "supporters"? What kind of subliminal message are you DrDan Apr 2015 #36
I don't know... trumad Apr 2015 #50
you meant the mindless adorers, right? Hey, gonna call people haters? cali Apr 2015 #40
Come on Cali.... trumad Apr 2015 #49
I don't recall ever calling people "haters". EVER. cali Apr 2015 #54
You literally just called them mindless adorers. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #56
She typed that in invisible ink. You weren't supposed to see that until you rubbed lemon juice Number23 Apr 2015 #181
Cali---Cali---Cali--- trumad Apr 2015 #60
Yawn Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #44
Hey that's my word! trumad Apr 2015 #45
Hatin' on Hillary or President Obama is someone who never acknowledges any accomplishments Cha Apr 2015 #46
I swear, when it comes to the Clintons... NYC Liberal Apr 2015 #48
Sickening isn't it? workinclasszero Apr 2015 #58
In western culture, a right-facing arrow means moving forward. riqster Apr 2015 #51
Good one, riqster.. Cha Apr 2015 #57
Correct... trumad Apr 2015 #61
Well it does now that you constructed it. zeemike Apr 2015 #70
It also can be found elsewhere in our history. riqster Apr 2015 #87
It is not an outlier in our culture. zeemike Apr 2015 #90
The complaint is that an arrow pointing rightwards = moving to conservativism. riqster Apr 2015 #110
Can you put a meaning to these graphics? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #96
Apparently semiotics only refers to political direction whatthehey Apr 2015 #109
Dammit. All those decades in recording studios pushing those two buttons. riqster Apr 2015 #114
fast forward is doubleplus fascist, I guess (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #119
Fast Forward, Forward and Reverse. riqster Apr 2015 #111
What is your source for this AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #131
Not too hard to answer: riqster Apr 2015 #140
I don't agree with Hillary on a number of issues. Adrahil Apr 2015 #59
when i first saw the damn logo i thought move right-if that makes me a hater guess that is fine with dembotoz Apr 2015 #62
With all the serious issues facing America why worry about a brand? gordianot Apr 2015 #64
Are you trying to start something? Caretha Apr 2015 #69
Start? (nt) jeff47 Apr 2015 #78
It's called "childish name-calling for the sole purpose of stifling different opinions" arcane1 Apr 2015 #139
my my, accusations that are "Fox-worthy" stupidicus Apr 2015 #74
So when I point out Hillary's support for GMO's... SHRED Apr 2015 #76
Correct! peace13 Apr 2015 #89
DU rec for pissing off all the right people... SidDithers Apr 2015 #80
just because one pisses on another stupidicus Apr 2015 #105
I find the logo to be quite representative of the campaign. Jester Messiah Apr 2015 #83
This is going to be a long season.... onecaliberal Apr 2015 #84
I think it looks like a big red penis. Not that I object to that sort of thing, mind you. nt msanthrope Apr 2015 #86
Sounds like Junior High lunch room to me. Ford_Prefect Apr 2015 #88
Well put Trumad. Thank you. (nt) Paladin Apr 2015 #91
It does point to the right AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #92
You don't gotta hate to be a movie critic.. ProudProg2u Apr 2015 #93
DU is definitely having a moment. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #94
Hillary aint no Progressive Cryptoad Apr 2015 #98
trumad, may I invite you to a respectful dialogue, in which we may or may not end up agreeing? DesertDiamond Apr 2015 #99
Actually in science when an arrow, or vector points from left to right it usually means a forward still_one Apr 2015 #102
Ever onward, I don't care for R which also means reverse. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #104
The arrow is pointing to the figure's left rock Apr 2015 #107
agreed treestar Apr 2015 #112
and to some its simply another reason madokie Apr 2015 #120
This kerfuffle over Hillary's logo is one of the funnier things I've seen here. Sheldon Cooper Apr 2015 #121
I just hate poor graphic design. Throd Apr 2015 #127
Glad to know I'm not the only Poli. Comm. nerd. Chan790 Apr 2015 #159
Chuckling. I wonder where those of us who could not give a rip nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #132
Those of you in California can print out huge copies of her logo and turn into signs. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #148
Trust me, we will nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #149
I'm serious about the drought in California. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #151
I know about the drought nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #155
I miss E.Ferrari, too. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #158
We will try nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #160
My opposition to HRC is reasoned. mmonk Apr 2015 #135
What if I merely think it's uninspired graphic design? Chan790 Apr 2015 #137
Kick & recommended. William769 Apr 2015 #143
I second the nuff. Scurrilous Apr 2015 #145
The depth of my not giving a shit is endless. AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #146
It's no big deal. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #154
*snort* AtomicKitten Apr 2015 #157
Actually, if the H represents Hillary randr Apr 2015 #152
I don't dislike her LOGO I find it honest, I like honesty Dragonfli Apr 2015 #156
I agree with your point ... NanceGreggs Apr 2015 #163
well someone posted an Op yesterday.. trumad Apr 2015 #165
Well, I was prepared for the usual "silly season" here ... NanceGreggs Apr 2015 #167
and I actually learned from one DUer... trumad Apr 2015 #168
... NanceGreggs Apr 2015 #189
It's a blue H with a red arrow, on top, pointing to the right!!! Rex Apr 2015 #198
How about those of us that are basicaly indifferent to this nonsense? 99Forever Apr 2015 #166
LOL! Rex Apr 2015 #169
On a numbrer line it is postive change. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #176
Still looks backward to me daredtowork Apr 2015 #177
yes! Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #178
Big minds talk issues. Little minds talk personality eridani Apr 2015 #184
Yep---and irrational D-Word who spout right wing bullshit. trumad Apr 2015 #196
Rightwingers hate TPP, Keystone XL and the Iraq war? Since when? n/t eridani Apr 2015 #197
Really? realFedUp Apr 2015 #185
So if the arrow points to the right AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #192
Fascinating. More insults directed at the base from the "defenders" of corporate Democrats. woo me with science Apr 2015 #200
+1000 MissDeeds Apr 2015 #202
Yawn.. trumad Apr 2015 #204
Lack of oxygen ? orpupilofnature57 Apr 2015 #206
+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 Apr 2015 #205
Oh good, more of your "secret plots" and conspiracy theories. emulatorloo Apr 2015 #208
Who needs to discredit who ? wheres the arrow point on Whistle Blowers ? orpupilofnature57 Apr 2015 #203
That's a perfectly sound either/or, black and white, binary way of looking at it. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2015 #207
Isn't the bigger issue the general lameness of it? I hope not much of a check was written for the TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #209

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
5. Not really. The comment I made in Skinner's thread was sincerely how I felt about it.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 07:47 AM
Apr 2015

No visceral emotion involved.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
126. I think the OP was referring to the people...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:53 AM
Apr 2015

that find fault with *everything* about HC and can be nasty about it. Based on what I've seen you are definitely not one of those people. What you wrote was just an honest assessment of the logo, how you felt about Hillary wasn't involved. There's the difference. imo.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
133. Respectfully, that isn't what the OP said though.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:13 PM
Apr 2015

I am troubled by the red arrow pointing to the right. When the words are added (Hillary for President), it looks much better.

As much as I like trumad as a person, I see these kinds of posts as attempts to frame a conversation or lump all in as "with us or against us." That's not fair, and it's a pretty low thing to do.

When I see things like "haters" (regardless of the intent), it displays a closed mind. That's a bad thing...across the board. That's the point I'm trying to make to trumad and the others who are doing this.

There are 5 or 6 Big Mouths on both sides of this logo/Hillary thing, and I am quite certain they don't speak for most of us.

It's like another post someone wrote today, talking about the "literally 100s" of new posters who signed up and are hating on Hillary/talking about paid operatives.

I've been here quite a bit since Sunday (when the platform is up ), and I've seen maybe 3. That's what I don't like.

DesertDiamond

(1,616 posts)
101. trumad, I'm not judging you for being a hater. You're human and have your feelings. I just hope
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:48 AM
Apr 2015

you can get to the point where you can have a respectful dialogue with those who disagree with you, without resorting to rage-driven name-calling.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
124. It's the irrational dialog that I hate.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:21 AM
Apr 2015

I learned today from one Op that the H symbolized the twin towers---and shame on Hillary for that.

Ya see---that's the shit I hate.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
182. That twin towers stuff is
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:27 PM
Apr 2015

delusional conspiracy theorist baloney, so don't lump everyone not so enamored of your candidate in with that. Thank you.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
183. lump?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:26 PM
Apr 2015

I'm not lumping shit. It was an Op on DU...I was simply pointing out how irrational it was.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
113. it is funny though how you can predict
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:03 AM
Apr 2015

which posters will dislike the video announcement, or the arrow. No way to pretend they were going to be objective.

And the same posters will be defending it. I'm one, as I will defend the only Democrat running.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
116. In all honesty, with the exception of a few very boisterous posters, I've never
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:05 AM
Apr 2015

been able to do that.

There's maybe 5 people here that I could say I know who they support full force and what their beliefs are on a any given political thing, but that's really it.

I think we blow things out of proportion as a group because of the boisterousness.

joshcryer

(62,277 posts)
4. No shit.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 07:47 AM
Apr 2015

The funny thing is that there was a mild twitter outrage over it and it's over. The logo is here to stay. No big pickup by the MSM because it's literally a non-issue.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. Sometimes, all you can do, Trumad, is CONSIDER THE SOURCE.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 07:48 AM
Apr 2015

Let them have their childish fun, and create a permanent record of their pique so that we'll know them in the decade ahead--once primary season is over, they'll be in the cooler. They can migrate to that other board to carp and spew during election season.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
39. War Is Peace
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:34 AM
Apr 2015

Freedom Is Slavery...Ignorance Is Strength. No amount of hopeful pontificating will change fact that the Bushes and Clintons are so in bed with each other that it's scandalous.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
122. The Creative Speculation forum is that-a-way...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:20 AM
Apr 2015


You apparently mistake essential professional civility for being "so in bed with each other."

In fact, when heart patient Bill went with elderly GHW to Indonesia or someplace on a humanitarian mission, the heart patient slept on the floor of the aircraft....Bush had the bed all to himself.

Time for that Taylor Swift tune, I guess.
 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
17. We are all haters if we refuse to get on the
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:13 AM
Apr 2015

HRC campaign and support Wall Street's pick and Henry Kissinger's best bud.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
115. It's a shortcut
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:04 AM
Apr 2015

but when one's position is consistent, it's worth using rather than writing a novel. There are people clearly anti-Hillary even in face of no other declared candidate. If we type out anti-Hillary is that OK?


 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
136. DU is all black-and-white now. Nobody is capable of grey thinking anymore.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:29 PM
Apr 2015

Therefore, if Clinton is not one's ideal candidate, then they are irrational people who want a republican to win.

Makes perfect sense!


It's going to be a long 18 months.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
150. I don't dislike her LOGO I find it honest, I like honesty
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:27 PM
Apr 2015

My only criticism in the "LOGO thread" was that if people thought a right arrow meant to go forward then perhaps they were among those that hired drivers when they commuted (and would cause many accidents if they drove themselves and followed arrows so incorrectly)


Regarding her much discussed video, I posted in one thread that it was very well done, quite professional, but that I didn't trust her sincerity regarding my class (lower), A point I further explained in a different thread about the video where I pointed out that only well to do and middle class people that were not struggling were featured, as if in Hillary's world, the working poor and anyone that looked like they might be found in neighborhoods such as mine simply didn't exist, even tho in the real world we are in fact the majority.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6494814

I still wonder how we are so many and yet completely invisible to politicians like Ms. Clinton (she is the rule rather than the exception among her peers regarding the invisibility of most Americans on this point)

I do not see my comments or criticisms as "hating" nor do I believe I am a "hater" (the type of phrase generally used by teenagers in areas like mine 'haters gonna' hate' eg) and such references and phrases sound juvenile to me coming from upper middle class or wealthy adult supporters of hers here on this site.

The way they use the phrase reminds me of how I had an uncle in his late fifties that liked to show off words like 'groovy' and 'hip' when taking to us youngsters at the time not realizing it just made him sound silly.

My observations still stand, Hillary talks about the middle class and appears to acknowledge their existence in her coming out video, but I found it odd that at a time when poverty is increasing rapidly and the lower class has not made up such a large percentage of the population since the gilded age she should ignore their very existence in her video.

I find the lack of representation most glaring and disturbing and feel it is a valid observation to make since I am among those that appear to be invisible apparently to her, I think people that do not appear to even be acknowledged by her have a right to criticize that we are are non entities as far as she and her campaign is concerned, we are Americans as well even if poor and the choice of representatives does effect us and so we should have a right to make such observations without being called "haters" by adults trying to sound 'hip' and 'fresh'.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
147. You're culturally restricted.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:02 PM
Apr 2015

I don't think you understand the genesis of that term.
It didn't come from white people, it sure as the hell didn't originate at DU, and it doesn't really matter.

Lighten up, Francis.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
9. The arrow is RED
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:06 AM
Apr 2015

the color of conservatism. And pointing right.

So either HRC is telling us her plans, or she has the stupidest people on her team, herself included, for failing to see the obvious symbolism.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
10. Yes, The arrow is Red. And the H is blue.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:07 AM
Apr 2015

The Backdrop is, of course, White.

I simply can't fathom why a United States Presidential Candidate would choose that, particular, color scheme!








 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
15. The Democratic Party has been moving to the right
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:12 AM
Apr 2015

since they allowed Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall. A red arrow pointing right sends a clear message.

Now, if it is your contention that this isn't so, then the HRC camp are the stupidest people since the folks who came up with the "Total Information Awareness" logo:

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
19. The TIA people were fucking with you on purpose, I suspect.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:16 AM
Apr 2015

Come on, you think Intelligence people don't have a sense of humor, or read Robert Anton Wilson?

Beyond that, I've been saying pretty much the same thing as Trumad, oddly enough. Whatever noise that would be generated by people complaining about a right-pointing arrow, would have been absolutely dwarfed by the neverending GOP media freakout-thunderstorm, which would have come with one pointing LEFT.

Would it have been better for her campaign to be forced to talk about nothing except "the socialist logo" for the next 18 months?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
118. this is on the order of the crazy libertarians
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:08 AM
Apr 2015

who tell you there is symbolism in the gold fringe on the flag and it means we are really under a dictatorship!

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
125. Um, no
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:48 AM
Apr 2015

This is indicative of either a deliberate slight or incompetence on the part of the HRC campaign. Anyone paying remote attention for the last 15 years could have told her the logo was problematic.

Thanks for comparing you me to the barking mad fringe though.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
66. Notice hoe Obamas logo is the most inclusive and the best one there?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:23 AM
Apr 2015
I like the H but the arrows kind of dumb. But who cares.

brooklynite

(94,792 posts)
13. Wanna guess what color the Democrats were in the 1980 race?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:10 AM
Apr 2015

Blue and Red are arbitrary conventions developed by the media.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
20. Red has been the color of GOP extremism since the 2000 election
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:17 AM
Apr 2015

For the last 15 years the political symbolism has been red versus blue.

Again, if this isn't a deliberate slap in the face of the liberal wing, it is gross incompetence. So your choices are malice or stupidity.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
28. Yep, the HRC campaign
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:22 AM
Apr 2015

doesn't care. With that I agree. They obviously have all the votes they need and can afford to alienate the liberal wing.

brooklynite

(94,792 posts)
37. You know that the entire liberal wing is as offended as you are?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:31 AM
Apr 2015

Last polling I saw gave her 69% support among liberal identified Democrats. Perhaps they've changed their minds now that they've seen her logo...

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
43. I define liberal
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:38 AM
Apr 2015

as anyone who doesn't idolize Henry Kissinger. When you write fawning praise of America's own version of Adolph Eichmann, your liberal cred comes into question.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
23. If you are Hillary and YOU are the H, then for you, the arrow points left.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:19 AM
Apr 2015

From the H's own perspective, the H is going to move left if it follows the arrow.


See? Isn't that better, now?

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
33. Is she talking to herself
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:27 AM
Apr 2015

or sending a message to the people who vote?

Again, some political consultant got paid six or seven figures to come up with that moronic logo.

pnwmom

(109,009 posts)
180. No, it's just been a shorthand used on the map to designate conservative and liberal states.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:20 PM
Apr 2015

But it never made sense because in the not-so-distant past, Communists were called "Reds."

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
26. The RED arrow
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:20 AM
Apr 2015

points right.

An insult or incompetence.

Anybody outside the DC bubble could have told HRC that this was NOT a good idea and the symbolism would cause PRECISELY the questions now being asked. The fact that it was adopted tell me what I need to know about the campaign.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
30. Yeah, HRC
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:25 AM
Apr 2015

a creature of Wall Street and a gushing admirer of Kissinger will be moving forward with the Wall Street financial agenda and the Kissinger foreign policy of eternal war.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
35. Whatever her policies, you're dead wrong about the meaning of the logo.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:28 AM
Apr 2015

I truly love that some people are deciding to plant their flag on this hill.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
63. You cannot be wrong about your own perceptions.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:19 AM
Apr 2015

The intent of it and the perception are two different things.
People are telling you what they see and you are saying they are seeing wrong?

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
71. The logo looks like a jet going through the twin towers.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:47 AM
Apr 2015

Therefore, Hillary was responsible for 9/11.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
75. Is that your perception of it?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:55 AM
Apr 2015

Or something you dreamed up to ridicule those who see a right red arrow in political context as having meaning?

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
128. I see no correlation whatsoever between reading
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:03 PM
Apr 2015

...and an arrow pointing rightward.

I do see a correlation between an arrow pointing to the right and moving rightward.

emulatorloo

(44,211 posts)
153. Look at the top of your web browser. <-- back forward -->
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:38 PM
Apr 2015

<-- Show the previous screen/page

Show the next screen/page -->

That convention has been around quite a while

I don't think one can read as much into the logo as some here want to do.


emulatorloo

(44,211 posts)
190. may be tough for you to play the video clip
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:38 AM
Apr 2015

because you will be hitting the < rewind button rather than the > forward one

At any rate I think people who aren't on DU don't give a shit about the logo.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
194. So now she is channeling youtube?
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:14 PM
Apr 2015

lol

Yesterday someone said that it is actually pointing left, from Hillary's perspective.

The arrow points to the right. There is no denying it.

emulatorloo

(44,211 posts)
195. I'm responding to your "VCR" snark
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:24 PM
Apr 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017258615
http://mediamatters.org/video#watch/203269/page/1

Etc

Look at those arrows, they point right there is no denying it. And none of them are playing on VCR's

No more interest in discussing DU's near psychotic obsession with finding 'secret meanings' in logos.

If I want that, I'll go directly to a conspiracy theorist site
 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
199. My and many others first thought upon seeing it
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:55 PM
Apr 2015

Was, "Moving to the right"

It's a screw up and they need to abandon it.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
141. This is what's called a timeline:
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 01:11 PM
Apr 2015


See as the graph goes to the right, the time goes further into the future (or closer to the present).

Our language is based on reading and writing left-to-right. Whether you know it or not, you perceive moving spatially to the right as advancing.

pnwmom

(109,009 posts)
186. The Communist Red arrow points straight at Hillary.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:45 PM
Apr 2015

People will see whatever they want to see.

This is beyond ridiculous.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
65. Since the stolen election of 2000
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:20 AM
Apr 2015

Red has been the color of the GOP and its extremist agenda. To pretend otherwise is disingenuous.

But again, my vote (and those like me) are unneeded and unwanted, so none of this matters.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
130. Well, here's the thing...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:08 PM
Apr 2015

If she meant to be "inclusive" the logo was very poorly thought out, and a massive waste of the six/seven figures she paid to the designer and focus group that came up with it.

To people such as myself (and there are a few of us here at DU) this us a major middle finger every time we see it.

And again, that is perfectly okay as long as she doesn't want, or need, our votes and as long as the majority here feels the same way so that they are comfortable heaping abuse and ridicule on people who have serious problems with her as the candidate.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
164. You want us to believe the logo alone is swaying your vote? Seriously-
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:37 PM
Apr 2015

This is getting embarrassing. Lol.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
170. Certainly not
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 07:55 PM
Apr 2015

As I have stated in other posts it is her collusion with Wall Street and fawning admiration of Henry Kissinger that are the deal killer for me. Her logo design is just the latest in arrogance or stupidity, take your pick.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
172. Refusing to vote for someone
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:04 PM
Apr 2015

on ethical and moral grounds is not the same as "hating them". Finding her campaign efforts poorly thought out to the point of offensiveness isn't "hating" either.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
173. Offended at a stupid red white and blue logo as if it's truly significant-
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:07 PM
Apr 2015

Is bullshit. It's almost as lame as hair and cankles talk.
You usually don't bother making hay out of whole cloth. Disappointing for sure.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
174. Again, she has been paid millions by Wall Street
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:29 PM
Apr 2015

and counts America's worst war criminal as her "friend".

The logo is just icing displaying her arrogance or ineptitude.

tavernier

(12,410 posts)
108. Yes.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:57 AM
Apr 2015

Very clever to use red, white and blue in an American election. Obviously there is a covert reason. Possibly she revealed it in those deleted emails.

pnwmom

(109,009 posts)
179. Seriously? Since when is red the color of conservatism? Guess you've forgotten about Red China.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:19 PM
Apr 2015

Even US communists used to be called "Reds."

Maybe you're too young to remember the 1981 movie called "Reds."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reds_%28film%29

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
11. everyone knows what the stakes are
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:09 AM
Apr 2015

Informed voters - Democratic voters - you know what the stakes are...

for me, staying above the fray is an everyday battle, but - I will not let them win..I find their rhetoric viscious and vile, hateful and of no meaningful substance....the in your face batshit crazy is disgusting...but they do seem to capture a headline...

In a small way, voter registration and phone calls to remind DEM voters to be up to date and vote - I will continue to support the local AZ DEM candidates (the few that we have), and the best Democratic POTUS nominee...

My vote 2016 - YES, Hillary Rodham CLINTON

Let's not forget the SCOTUS - or ACA -

I keep asking myself (retired '98, here in AZ from Massachusetts 20 years) what the hell has McCain done for AZ - I have never understood why AZ keeps voting for the nut..or arpaio - he has cost taxpayers mucho dinaro...the AZ legislature..batshit crazy...but, they get a headline...

ttfn

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
12. People who are opposed to a politician,
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:10 AM
Apr 2015

or the symbolism in a politician's corporate logo, are not "haters." They are people opposed to the politician and/or the politician's corporate logo.

Opposition is not hate.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
25. +1 Obviously.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:19 AM
Apr 2015

The OP is divisive and way off base.

To the non-hater, non-supporter and on-and-off professional graphic designer, it simply looks like a poorly designed logo with zero aesthetic.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
21. The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:17 AM
Apr 2015

And they'll both find any excuse to bash her.

Sid

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
67. And those that love Hillary hate anyone who does not.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:32 AM
Apr 2015

And publicly labeled them as haters to shame them into shutting up.
And create a new definition for the fringe left...those who oppose HRC and the TPP and corporate dominance.

Nice work Sid.

Cosmocat

(14,575 posts)
85. The logo is mystifying
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:13 AM
Apr 2015

I am mostly ambivlent about Hill. I am not swooning, but I think she is OK and don't like the nit picking or negatively from democrats at what is likely our candidate in the presidential.

And, yeah, people right and left are going to find anything to nit pick her on.

But, that does not discount how stunningly stupid this logo is.

A red arrow pointing right?

Jesus.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
29. I agree - we should focus on HRC's wall street worship before we get hung up on design.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:23 AM
Apr 2015

I mean it seems very unlikely that Hilary Clinton will make the slightest effort to regulate and reign in Wall Street, and it's also likely that their greed and arrogance will lead to another 2008 style melt down - that's one place the focus should be, rather than on this logo.

Obviously there are other important issues where HRC is weak as well; I selected Wall Street because it's on the top of my mind. But any one of HRC's political deficiencies is more worthy of discussion than a simple logo.

Bryant

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
31. Your post says only one thing: you hate
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:27 AM
Apr 2015

and are projecting that upon your self-perceived political enemies. You've narrowed the world into black and white. Is that the way you want us to think about you?

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
73. This isn't a game of ping-pong
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:53 AM
Apr 2015

When you project hatred, it doesn't just bounce back at you. People take you less seriously. Is that what you want?

Pooka Fey

(3,496 posts)
34. Attention artists & those sensitive to visual symbols and subliminal PR messages!
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:28 AM
Apr 2015

Stop whining. Symbols mean nothing, even though we pay tens of thousands of dollars to professional PR firms to develop them and we use them in all media communications. Pay no attention to the message which is streaming directly into your subconscious mind!

Hillary Clinton To Nation: ‘Do Not Fuck This Up For Me’

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026494057

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
36. why did you capitalize "Haters" and not "supporters"? What kind of subliminal message are you
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:30 AM
Apr 2015

sending us?

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
40. you meant the mindless adorers, right? Hey, gonna call people haters?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:34 AM
Apr 2015

what do you think happens when you engage in that?

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
49. Come on Cali....
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:51 AM
Apr 2015

You have an arsenal of flame throwers that you have used here on DU over the years...

Please don't lecture me on decorum.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
54. I don't recall ever calling people "haters". EVER.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:55 AM
Apr 2015

yeah, I snark, but no, I don't refer to people as haters. And I've never insulted Hillary supporters.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
181. She typed that in invisible ink. You weren't supposed to see that until you rubbed lemon juice
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:25 PM
Apr 2015

on your screen.

Cha

(297,805 posts)
46. Hatin' on Hillary or President Obama is someone who never acknowledges any accomplishments
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:45 AM
Apr 2015

and rages on them with talking points taken straight from the rightwingers' playbook.

Or makes up their own rightwing talking points and the wingers steal from them.

And, then they deny deny deny.. "who me? "

NYC Liberal

(20,138 posts)
48. I swear, when it comes to the Clintons...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:46 AM
Apr 2015

there's as much vitriol and bullshit here as there is on Fox.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
58. Sickening isn't it?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:01 AM
Apr 2015

I can't wait until Hillary is the official nominee of the democratic party.

That should flush down the toilet all the stealth republicans on this board and they can go back to freakrepublic/redstate/stormfront where they belong!

riqster

(13,986 posts)
51. In western culture, a right-facing arrow means moving forward.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 08:52 AM
Apr 2015

Because it's how we write sentences- left to right.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
70. Well it does now that you constructed it.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:43 AM
Apr 2015

But logos are not writing they are pictures like hieroglyphics to convey messages.
You don't write a string of logos into a sentence right to left.

But I am sure the rationalization of it will stand.

riqster

(13,986 posts)
87. It also can be found elsewhere in our history.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:15 AM
Apr 2015

We do it with math, for example.

Other examples abound. The word for right-handedness is "dexter", like in "dexterity". The corresponding word for left-handedness is "sinister". And so on.

The US predilection for L/R political designation is an outlier.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
90. It is not an outlier in our culture.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:32 AM
Apr 2015

But I don't know what math and dexterity has to do with it...it seems like a canard to this discussion.

riqster

(13,986 posts)
110. The complaint is that an arrow pointing rightwards = moving to conservativism.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:00 AM
Apr 2015

I am providing alternative interpretations.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
109. Apparently semiotics only refers to political direction
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:59 AM
Apr 2015

so clearly fast forwarding a file or media is a fascist act..

riqster

(13,986 posts)
114. Dammit. All those decades in recording studios pushing those two buttons.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:03 AM
Apr 2015

I'm a lost cause by now, I expect.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
131. What is your source for this
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:09 PM
Apr 2015

And don't bother trying to convince us it's 'common knowledge', because it isn't.

riqster

(13,986 posts)
140. Not too hard to answer:
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:51 PM
Apr 2015

Here are a few sources to get you started. Much of the detail is in textbooks, so if you want details, find some and enjoy reading.

http://shkrobius.livejournal.com/292987.html

http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/Lasa2000/Rosas-Zechmeister.PDF

See also some other entries on this subthread.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
59. I don't agree with Hillary on a number of issues.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:05 AM
Apr 2015

But I firmly believe she is the right candidate at the right time.

Sent in my first contribution of this election cycle.

dembotoz

(16,864 posts)
62. when i first saw the damn logo i thought move right-if that makes me a hater guess that is fine with
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:18 AM
Apr 2015

me

next time i see a graphic i guess i will have to wait until someone tells me what i am supposed to see

gordianot

(15,247 posts)
64. With all the serious issues facing America why worry about a brand?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:19 AM
Apr 2015

To answer my own question: No matter your political belief you have been conditioned to expect branding which also is used to generate profit.

ignore brands.

 

Caretha

(2,737 posts)
69. Are you trying to start something?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:38 AM
Apr 2015

"Yo haters?"

What kind of fucking crap is that?


Stop with the shit already.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
139. It's called "childish name-calling for the sole purpose of stifling different opinions"
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:40 PM
Apr 2015

Why does the OP want to stifle discussion on a discussion board? Unknown.

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
74. my my, accusations that are "Fox-worthy"
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:55 AM
Apr 2015

and used for the same nefarious purpose, presented as a noble effort.

That's almost Clintonian.

well done

Do all critiques of your role model signify/indicate soul-destroying hate on the part of the critic, or do the lesser ones get the mere "dislike" designation?

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
89. Correct!
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:28 AM
Apr 2015

It"s getting pretty thick in here. This will be my last comment on the Hillary thing. We all have to suck it until she does something new that is so incredibly 1% that the rest of these folks will allow us to observe and comment on. It's her turn don't we know and we can sit our hating selves down until......well I'm not sure when.

Hillary, Billary, Kock,
We can't express our thoughts.
We march in step or wind up___.
Hillary, Billary, Kock!

The point these folks are missing is that many many Dems have not supported Hill for a very long time. Hence the two glorious elections that President Obama won. There is not a right of passage here. Bring her on and let's see how she stands with the rest of the candidates. Our right to comment or contribute has been denied until further notice.

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
105. just because one pisses on another
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:52 AM
Apr 2015

doesn't necessarily mean that the pisser is "pissed off", kinda like the way those that critique the thirdway heroes don't necessarily hate them. For example, does the parent need to be "pissed off" to scold the child? No more so than they need to hate them to do so, I'd say.

Why do you suppose it is that so many struggle with such simple concepts?

We probably shouldn't dive into anything more complex than that, like the hypocrisy of Clinton-lover hating on others with phony charges of hating. Takes one to know one, eh?

That's almost rightwingnut-like, ain't it?

 

Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)
83. I find the logo to be quite representative of the campaign.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:11 AM
Apr 2015

The crap result of a token effort made because "why bother?" She's "inevitable" so the logo doesn't matter worth spit. You've got no choice, it's either Hillary or the Repubs, so take what you're given and shut up.

onecaliberal

(32,931 posts)
84. This is going to be a long season....
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:12 AM
Apr 2015

I'm not going to get caught up in the back and forth. I'm going to do what I always do. Register local folks and get them to the polls. There are lots of local seats we need to take back.
I damn sure will vote for the dem nominee whomever that is. There is just way too much at stake for protest voting.

Ford_Prefect

(7,925 posts)
88. Sounds like Junior High lunch room to me.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:15 AM
Apr 2015

Same old lame name-calling without a clue about the content of meaningful, informed discussion.

Same mean-spirited spiteful calling of anyone in doubt a Hater.

Grow up and get real about the issues dude!

Trumad if you cannot discuss them without name calling, you appear to be afraid of the debate.

Which rather begs the question of your position.

Hillary has issues and history and political baggage just as anyone who has held office. If we cannot discuss those issues, and that history, and that baggage then she cannot qualify to run.

BTW: You don't get to determine the terms of the debate everyone else may use. That's why they call it free speech.

 

ProudProg2u

(133 posts)
93. You don't gotta hate to be a movie critic..
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:35 AM
Apr 2015

And I've seen this movie way to many times. The end is very predictable. A dog only gets kicked so many times before it finally leaves.

Warren/Sanders
Sanders/Warren......2016...!!!

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
98. Hillary aint no Progressive
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:43 AM
Apr 2015

yet she is a 1000 times more Progressive than anything the GOP has to offer!

DesertDiamond

(1,616 posts)
99. trumad, may I invite you to a respectful dialogue, in which we may or may not end up agreeing?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:44 AM
Apr 2015

Or would you rather just stoop to name-calling? How about just acknowledging that we have reasons for disagreeing with you? No, it's not real, we have "manufactured" brains that are capable of checking on how Hillary has voted and who she hangs out with, and deciding for ourselves.

trumad, your candidate is running and she may or may not end up being the candidate in 2016, but one thing I know. Your ugly words have precluded any kind of uniting dialogue.

still_one

(92,454 posts)
102. Actually in science when an arrow, or vector points from left to right it usually means a forward
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:48 AM
Apr 2015

direction. It can also indicate the passage of time, which is a measure of one event to anther

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
121. This kerfuffle over Hillary's logo is one of the funnier things I've seen here.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 11:19 AM
Apr 2015

Such earnest outrage! Such agita! Over an H and an arrow. Only on Democratic Underground.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
159. Glad to know I'm not the only Poli. Comm. nerd.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:43 PM
Apr 2015

I don't even like Hillary, will be volunteering for a primary opponent, and I will design them a new logo for nothing if they ask me because I honestly feel embarrassed for them that they paid for that. It's like something out of my Freshman year design portfolio, back when I thought bland was visually-synonymous with compelling before I learned about things like symbolism and subtlety and how these things can transform what seems initially simple into elegant.

I can literally picture a meeting of senior campaign staff where nobody wants to admit that they think it's an abomination because they think everybody else likes it and they don't want to admit they think it's terrible...something akin to The Emperor's New Clothes.

I honestly wonder if some designer recycled a rejected design for the Hartford Transit Authority or something. It looks (and reads) like a transit logo.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
132. Chuckling. I wonder where those of us who could not give a rip
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:09 PM
Apr 2015

fit in this highly partisan world view?

Now back to work with me...

You just made me laugh hard. Thanks, you owe me a keyboard.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
148. Those of you in California can print out huge copies of her logo and turn into signs.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:11 PM
Apr 2015

Using 3-D printers.
Pointing out where water may be found!

Enjoy your summer.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
149. Trust me, we will
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:18 PM
Apr 2015

cough, gasp, smokey.



Not that I will bother posting on any of that particular season here either.

There is very little I post here anymore. With good reason.

but the 3D printing sounds like a good idea... not just for water.

It is just that seriously I am laughing hard at this point... this is actually very funny to me.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
151. I'm serious about the drought in California.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:34 PM
Apr 2015

The Sierra Nevada mountain range had a total of 3 feet of snow this past winter, a 70-year record low.
I'm very worried about the effects of this drought on all of the people who live in California.

There is very little I post here anymore. With good reason.

Yeah, I know.
But, I don't know why.
I thought you contributed to this forum quite a bit.
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
155. I know about the drought
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:39 PM
Apr 2015

we have been covering the drought in earnest. I actually bothered posting links to a few of the articles we wrote on that at reportingsandiego.com

As to why... there are very good, solid reasons not to.

But back to this kerfunkle over a logo... I will not say whether it is good or bad logo design. Just that the fact that people are arguing about the logo is telling. I am not the only one to make that observation among political observers.

I could not give a shit about the logo, but the vapid discussion over it is hilarious.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
158. I miss E.Ferrari, too.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:43 PM
Apr 2015

But, it is probably best to just move on at this point in time.
Have a nice summer.

mmonk

(52,589 posts)
135. My opposition to HRC is reasoned.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:28 PM
Apr 2015

Any attempt to say otherwise is incorrect and insulting. Thank you.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
137. What if I merely think it's uninspired graphic design?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 12:31 PM
Apr 2015

I mean, regardless what I think of Hillary (I detest her), I saw and see a lot of logos for a Clinton campaign created by people separate from the campaign in advance of the announcement that were better.

It's an ugly logo and not really a great one for conveying the message you'd want in the primary campaign--it's dull, the message of it is muddled for this context, and it's not terribly visually-inspiring...they should scrap it early and replace it with something that wouldn't be better suited for the City of Houston Transit Authority...that was my first thought when I saw it, "that would be an awesome logo for a transit authority for a city whose name begins with H; man, is it awful for a political campaign."

Of the ones seen elsewhere...I think this is the best. The head shot may be too much (I'd keep it though as long as it prints well) but carrying forth the modified flag stripe motif or perhaps a sunrise would convey a positive visual message without being muddled. Perhaps bring the blue inside the circle in some way? The use of the lighter red as the circle-frame itself isn't great (I might cut the line-width by half, change it to blue and run a second red circle-frame on the outside matching the flag) but "looking to the horizon (or sunrise)" Sec. Clinton is compelling. Looking to the left conveys an important subtle message; "I recognize that I need to make inroads to that segment of my party. I have to convince them that I listen to their ideas and will be a good candidate for their values."



(I'm such a nerd for this shit.)

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
146. The depth of my not giving a shit is endless.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 04:41 PM
Apr 2015

However, I will say your analysis while a neat and tidy dismissal of critics doesn't reflect truth or reality. Other than commenting on the banality of the launch, I doubt anybody seriously gives a crap about the logo.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
154. It's no big deal.
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:38 PM
Apr 2015

Later on she will print out t-shirts with her logo on it with the words "I'm with stupid" below the logo, and then wear them on those occasions she poses with Bill for photo ops.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
156. I don't dislike her LOGO I find it honest, I like honesty
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:41 PM
Apr 2015

My only criticism in the "LOGO thread" was that if people thought a right arrow meant to go forward then perhaps they were among those that hired drivers when they commuted (and would cause many accidents if they drove themselves and followed arrows so incorrectly)


Regarding her much discussed video, I posted in one thread that it was very well done, quite professional, but that I didn't trust her sincerity regarding my class (lower), A point I further explained in a different thread about the video where I pointed out that only well to do and middle class people that were not struggling were featured, as if in Hillary's world, the working poor and anyone that looked like they might be found in neighborhoods such as mine simply didn't exist, even tho in the real world we are in fact the majority.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6494814

I still wonder how we are so many and yet completely invisible to politicians like Ms. Clinton (she is the rule rather than the exception among her peers regarding the invisibility of most Americans on this point)

I do not see my comments or criticisms as "hating" nor do I believe I am a "hater" (the type of phrase generally used by teenagers in areas like mine 'haters gonna' hate' eg) and such references and phrases sound juvenile to me coming from upper middle class or wealthy adult supporters of hers here on this site.

The way they use the phrase reminds me of how I had an uncle in his late fifties that liked to show off words like 'groovy' and 'hip' when taking to us youngsters at the time not realizing it just made him sound silly.

My observations still stand, Hillary talks about the middle class and appears to acknowledge their existence in her coming out video, but I found it odd that at a time when poverty is increasing rapidly and the lower class has not made up such a large percentage of the population since the gilded age she should ignore their very existence in her video.

I find the lack of representation most glaring and disturbing and feel it is a valid observation to make since I am among those that appear to be invisible apparently to her, I think people that do not appear to even be acknowledged by her have a right to criticize that we are are non entities as far as she and her campaign is concerned, we are Americans as well even if poor and the choice of representatives does effect us and so we should have a right to make such observations without being called "haters" by adults trying to sound 'hip' and 'fresh'.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
163. I agree with your point ...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:21 PM
Apr 2015

... that people are going to see what they want to see, positive or negative as the case may be.

What is more the issue, IMHO, is the fact that this crapola IS an issue deemed worthy of discussion on a political message board.

As I've said elsewhere on the topic, the logo has become the perfect Rorschach test, and has served to draw a clear line between those who want to discuss political issues and those who are more interested in psychoanalyzing campaign logos.



 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
165. well someone posted an Op yesterday..
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:44 PM
Apr 2015

Spouting that someone should be fired for it. That someone had 18 posts and joined a day or two ago.

Believe me... this will happen here more than ever during this election.

NanceGreggs

(27,820 posts)
167. Well, I was prepared for the usual "silly season" here ...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:48 PM
Apr 2015

... I just didn't think it would get this silly.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
168. and I actually learned from one DUer...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:58 PM
Apr 2015

That Hillary is shamelessly using the H to portray the twin towers.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
198. It's a blue H with a red arrow, on top, pointing to the right!!!
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:08 PM
Apr 2015

ARGGHL BARRGGGLEEE!!! I can't think of many things more stupid than getting irate about a logo! IT'S A FREAKING LOGO!

WHO. CARES.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
166. How about those of us that are basicaly indifferent to this nonsense?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 06:47 PM
Apr 2015

Got a neato name like "hater" for us too?

Don't want to feel left out, don'cha know?

daredtowork

(3,732 posts)
177. Still looks backward to me
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 09:13 PM
Apr 2015

Some people gave pointed out the arrow direction would be "forward" on timelines. But then why does it look like a "back thataway" street sign? I tested the other way in photoshop: okay that looks hokey, too. She shoud have gone with a dynamic swoosh - perhaps of a whole flag or flag-patterned fuel exhaust from an UPWARD traveling rocket. As well as stars the fuel could include all the tools that represent industry, business, and innovative (educational, creative...) sectors of America...

eridani

(51,907 posts)
184. Big minds talk issues. Little minds talk personality
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 10:31 PM
Apr 2015

I hate TPP, Keytone XL, bankster impunity and endless war in the ME. How about you?

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
200. Fascinating. More insults directed at the base from the "defenders" of corporate Democrats.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:26 PM
Apr 2015

From the DCCC "Accept Doom" email campaign of the midterms, to the relentless stream of deliberately baiting and insulting messaging like this, I don't think we have *ever* seen such a transparent and relentless campaign by corporate politicians and their mouthpieces to depress Democratic enthusiasm for the party and suppress Democratic turnout.

Corporate politicians want a Republican in next time. It is becoming increasingly clear that the plan of corporatists in both parties is for Hillary to lose. This is why:





IMO we're being set up for a Republican win by both sides.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6229978

...
Corporatists on both sides are working hard to set the stage to elect a Republican next time, because eight years of corporate Democratic rule have opened too many eyes to the fact that the predatory corporate agenda continues no matter which party is elected. That awareness is dangerous for the PTB.

They NEED to alienate the base and get a Republican in office for awhile so that corporate Democrats can pretend to be against corporate/warmongering/police state policies again. They hope that the country will forget all this silly talk about oligarchy and go back to believing that the only thing wrong in Washington is that a Republican is in office and we need to rally to get the Third Way Democrats back in again.

They are TRYING to demoralize and alienate the base. We saw it in the DCCC "Accept Doom" email campaign. We see it in the gratuitous attacks on traditional Democrats every single day by supposed Hillary supporters. Corporatists in both parties are doing everything possible to enable a Republican win....The truth is that we live in a post-partisan, united oligarchy now, not a democracy...


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[font size=3]We misunderstand our corporate politicians in 2015 when we assume that their goal is always to win. That was the old system, democracy. In the new system, oligarchy, the goal is to use the two parties you own in whatever way will best protect and advance the corporate agenda. [/font size]
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Red vs. Blue = Oligarchy Theater for the masses.

Mass spying on Americans? Both parties support it.
Handing the internet to corporations? Both parties support it.
Austerity for the masses? Both parties support it.
Cutting social safety nets? Both parties support it.
Corporatists in the cabinet? Both parties support it.
Tolling our interstate highways? Both parties support it.
Corporate education policy? Both parties support it.
Bank bailouts? Both parties support it.
Ignoring the trillions stashed overseas? Both parties support it.
Trans-Pacific Job/Wage Killing Secret Agreement? Both parties support it.
TISA corporate overlord agreement? Both parties support it.
Drilling and fracking? Both parties support it.
Wars on medical marijuana instead of corrupt banks? Both parties support it.
Deregulation of the food industry? Both parties support it.
GMO's? Both parties support it.
Privatization of the TVA? Both parties support it.
Immunity for telecoms? Both parties support it.
"Looking forward" and letting war criminals off the hook? Both parties support it.
Deciding torturers are patriots? Both parties support it.
Militarized police and assaults on protesters? Both parties support it.
Indefinite detention? Both parties support it.
Drone wars and kill lists? Both parties support it.
Targeting of journalists and whistleblowers? Both parties support it.
Private prisons replacing public prisons? Both parties support it.
Unions? Both parties view them with contempt.
Trillion dollar increase in nuclear weapons. Both parties support it.
New war in Iraq. Both parties support it.
New war in Syria. Both parties support it.
Carpet bombing of captive population in Gaza. Both parties support it.
Selling off swaths of the Gulf of Mexico for drilling? Both parties support it.
Drilling along the Atlantic Coast? Both parties support it.







 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
205. + 1000 !!!
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:47 PM
Apr 2015

They've been All-star wrestling on our dime , working in concert all the time, or since 2006 when the last chance to Identify what was going was " Not on the table " .

 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
203. Who needs to discredit who ? wheres the arrow point on Whistle Blowers ?
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:42 PM
Apr 2015

And the 1% and the middle class point in different directions, and so does Hillary, that's not Hate , or are facts a form of hate ?

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
207. That's a perfectly sound either/or, black and white, binary way of looking at it.
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:57 PM
Apr 2015

Wit us or agin us no tweens!

TheKentuckian

(25,029 posts)
209. Isn't the bigger issue the general lameness of it? I hope not much of a check was written for the
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:21 PM
Apr 2015

"design".

It also is not too far out of the way of "forward" on to the right.

It might not be a charitable or friendly look at it but it sure is an easy one to see like it or lump it.

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