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October 13, 2022
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“THIS IS CAPITALISM. this is lowercaseism”

Sometimes "capitalism" just means capital letters. "lowercaseism: antonym of capitalism....the practice of not using any capital letters" was posted on Twitter by Jim Gleeson on…

November 8, 2022
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“This is it, Charlie Brown, if you vote one more time, there will be real change!”

"This is it, Charlie Brown, if you vote one more time, there will be real change!" (a Peanuts comic strip) is printed on many images. Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick it.…

October 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This is the government our founders warned us about”

"This is the government the/our founders warned us about" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Both versions of the saying probably originated on images. "Political…

October 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This is the government the founders warned us about”

"This is the government the/our founders warned us about" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Both versions of the saying probably originated on images. "Political…

October 21, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This is what democracy looks like”

"This is what democracy looks like" was a chant at the protests of the World Trade Center Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington in December 1999. The protests have been called the…

October 27, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This mask is as useless as our governor” (face mask saying)

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks, but many people disagreed with requiring all people (both sick and healthy) to wear masks. "This mask is as…

October 27, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This mask is as useless as our politicians” (face mask saying)

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks, but many people disagreed with requiring all people (both sick and healthy) to wear masks. "This mask is as…

October 23, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This mask is as useless as the government” (face mask saying)

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many requirements to wear face masks, but many people disagreed with requiring all people (both sick and healthy) to wear masks. "This mask is as…

April 4, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This Quarantine is getting old. So old, in fact, that is it starting to become a Quaranadult”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in many quarantines. There is no "teen" in the word "quarantine," but some have used "quaranadult" (quarantine + adult). A…

July 19, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it”

"This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it" is a saying that has been printed in many images. American news reporter and author Elmer Davis…

June 6, 2020
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“This system got y’all thinking ‘legal’ means ‘right.’ Reminder: Slavery was ‘legal’”

Many laws are bad, written by rich and powerful interests. "The system got y'all thinking 'legal' means 'right.' Reminder: Slavery was 'legal'" is a…

November 12, 2016
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave”

Elmer Davis (1890-1958), an author and New York (NY) Times political reporter and editorial writer, wrote in the book But We Were Born Free. (1954): "This will remain the land of the free only…

October 6, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This winter, keep warm by burning all the previous advice we gave you that turned out to be BS”

Much of the advice that governments gave on COVID-19 turned out to be incorrect. The following comic illustration was posted on Twitter by Bob Moran on August 31, 2022: "THIS WINTER,KEEP WARM…

November 1, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This year for Halloween I’m dressing up as freedom. This seems to be what people are afraid of”

"This year for Halloween I'm dressing up as freedom. This seems to be what people are afraid of most" is a saying that has been printed on an image, along with a picture of comedian…

June 13, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“This year I won’t be going to the Maldives because of covid19” (joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic cancelled international travel plans for many people. "This year I won't be going to the Maldives because of covid19. Normally I don't go to the…

January 8, 2021
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“Those burning books today will be burning bodies tomorrow”

"History shows that those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow!" was posted on Twitter by HighImpactFlix on April 21, 2020. "Those who burn books today, will burn…

December 23, 2014
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still”

Samuel Butler (1613-1680) wrote in his English mock heroic narrative poem Hudibras (1678): "He that complies against his willIs of his own opinion still." "Men convinced against…

August 6, 2020
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“Those who aim torpedoes are always ready to press charges”

"Press charges" usually means to press "legal" charges. The expression usually has nothing to do with detonating explosives, but there are jokes. "Those who aim torpedoes…

November 13, 2013
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it”

Entry in progress -- B.P. ,a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner">Wikipedia: Lysander SpoonerLysander Spooner(January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American…

January 8, 2021
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“Those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow”

"History shows that those who burn books today, will be burning bodies tomorrow!" was posted on Twitter by HighImpactFlix on April 21, 2020. "Those who burn books today, will burn…

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