This is it… this is the height of what memes and memetic culture can do and the purpose they can serve, and why it’s so important to have this freedom of expression and exchange. Protest, reference, the instant connection of ideas, heavy weighted messages conveyed by the simplest of means. This image speaks volumes about the state of internet politics right now, and it does so by omitting the most important and recognizable part of itself.
Also, look at the quality here and the effort the artist put into making Truth’s erasure so disturbingly seamless.
Okay I just reblogged this once for the meme, but I need to reblog this again because of how amazing the symbolism here is. At first this seems like a simple tumblr meme joking on a piece of artwork that tumblr has memed and tumblr’s policies regarding nudity, but there’s so much more to it
Not only is this an absolutely beautiful edit job that should be respected of itself, the message, the erasure of the figure literally representing Truth from the painting, in order to render it “safe” for the modern internet, is so simply profound when you realize it
