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10. I think that's the point.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sat May 30, 2026, 06:42 PM

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The pictures resonate with boomers because they remind us of childhood, learning to read, playing with our friends, having fun and feeling carefree. I don't know if these types of illustrations resonate with younger people. (I'm guessing that the RNC's focus groups say yes.)

The racism is vile.

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Presidential vision - not a colored in sight [View all] dalton99a Yesterday OP

Those pictures look like illustrations in schoolbooks from the '50s. Ocelot II Yesterday #1

That's pretty much where his thinking is stuck and never advanced. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #2

They're AI versions of those illustrations, all part of the propaganda. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #4

I think that's the point. yardwork Yesterday #10

I'm a boomer and I'm not getting any resonating from them at all. Ocelot II Yesterday #11

They're stupid and offensive to us because we see through it. yardwork Yesterday #13

Did these pics come out of a wish book for him and Epstein? Liberal In Texas Yesterday #3

OMGAWD.....ALL THE HOUSES ARE WHITE TOO!!!!! a kennedy Yesterday #5

Blacks for Trump.... Eric Trump win white Norrrm Yesterday #6

Little boys playing in the street, little girls running across a fairground, no adults watching. highplainsdem Yesterday #7

Little *white* boys and girls. Not a minority person in sight. Stephen Miller's paradise. Ocelot II Yesterday #9

And a pedophile's. highplainsdem Yesterday #12

Now you know what they meant B.See Yesterday #8

Looks like 1950s illustrations from first grade readers. "Look Jane. See Dick play ball." sinkingfeeling Yesterday #14