HLMenckenFanM to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoBe like Edward Snowdenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up11.57Karrow-down195
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minus-square@AllonzeeLV@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink81•11 months ago“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.” ― Anatole France
minus-squaretakedalinkfedilink11•11 months agoTo be fair, it is a bit out of context: https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something
minus-square@FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•edit-211 months ago dhs Well that makes more sense than the Obama admin coming up with it Bout to say, I could have sworn I was hearing that well before Obama was president. That’s a Bush admin slogan, isn’t it?
minus-square@ArgentRaven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•edit-211 months agoI think they had that phrase on WWII propaganda posters as well. More to do with potential espionage of enemy countries, though. Edit: totally wrong, it was coined on Sept 12, 2001 by New York advertising executive Allen Kay.
minus-square@FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•11 months agoOh ok so I had the source wrong, that’s quite an effective ad exec. It definitely was a major background color to the early 2000s atmosphere.
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“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.” ― Anatole France
To be fair, it is a bit out of context: https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something
Well that makes more sense than the Obama admin coming up with it
Bout to say, I could have sworn I was hearing that well before Obama was president. That’s a Bush admin slogan, isn’t it?
I think they had that phrase on WWII propaganda posters as well. More to do with potential espionage of enemy countries, though.
Edit: totally wrong, it was coined on Sept 12, 2001 by New York advertising executive Allen Kay.
Oh ok so I had the source wrong, that’s quite an effective ad exec.
It definitely was a major background color to the early 2000s atmosphere.