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  • 2018-04-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This a Photograph of 'Liberals' Protesting Against Donald Trump? (en)
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  • A meme purportedly showing a group of people protesting against President Trump because he is not mentally stable was posted to the Facebook page Overpass America in April 2018: This image is frequently shared with text that includes denigrating comments about freaks (who are equated with liberals) and suggestions that the pictured protest was staged somewhere in the United States. One Twitter user compared the image to a typical protest in Portland, Oregon: This is a typical #PDX #Oregon #Portland #Portlandia protest in my home city; we are protesting because #Trump is not mentally stable #Trump2020 deal with it snowflakes #tcot #LNYHBT #tlot #vets #NRA #TeaParty In fact, this photograph does not depict a group of liberals, a protest against Donald Trump, nor an event that occurred in the United States. This image was taken in June 2010 by Flickr user wozischra and captured a gay pride parade taking place in Berlin, Germany. In other words, this photograph has nothing at all to do with American politics and originated several years before Donald Trump became president of the United States. The earliest posting of this meme that we could uncover dates from January 2018. At that time, the book Fire and Fury had raised new concerns over President Trump's mental fitness, stating that multiple members of the Trump administration were concerned that the chief executive's mental powers were slipping. This meme was possibly created in response to that claim. (en)
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