The Department of Homeland Security is increasingly using memes drawn from right-wing online culture to promote immigration enforcement and recruit thousands of new personnel, according to new reporting.

The approach includes imagery and language inspired by The Lord of the Rings, Halo, medieval knight and The Patriot, content more commonly associated with gaming and far-right meme communities than official government messaging.

  • jontree255@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Right wingers have no media literacy. Appropriating one of the most blatantly anti-authoritarian stories of all time thinking that they’re the good guys.