▲ 1490 ▼ Be like Edward Snowden (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] acutfjg@feddit.nl 44 points 3 years ago (2 children) Do as I say, not as I do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 81 points 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] takeda@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) To be fair, it is a bit out of context: https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 81 points 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] takeda@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) To be fair, it is a bit out of context: https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
