The September issue has arrived, starring #JenniferLawrence on four different covers! See them all: https://t.co/VgLkPzFdkY pic.twitter.com/gQq1Za6Dq8
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) August 9, 2017
This week, Vogue released the cover for their September issue featuring Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence actually got four covers by five different artists, but the one drawing attention is this shot by Annie Leibovitz, with the statue of liberty in the background. At any other point in time, one of the most famous actresses of the day posing in front of an American landmark would have been heralded as a patriotic photo. But because we’re living in the upside-down, right-wing trolls like this Breitbart editor have now decided the Statue of Liberty is anti-American leftist propaganda.
https://twitter.com/carney/status/895689228146946050
Thanks to Trump’s senior policy advisor Stephen Miller’s white nationalist talking points, the Statue of Liberty is now seen as an “attack” on the right. First of all, does someone want to tell John Carney how magazines work?
we shot this in June buddy.
— Zara Rahim (@ZaraRahim) August 10, 2017
Those decisions are made MONTHS ahead of time. Bikini shoots are often done in the dead of winter. No one’s sub…photoing anyone here.
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 10, 2017
And even if this were a pointed response to Miller’s assertion that the poem on the statue was meaningless because it was “added later” and therefore the new immigration reform he and Trump put together is totally in line with American ideals–even if that were what’s happening, how are people suddenly onboard with viewing the literal symbol of American idealism as a weapon of the left?
If you take a picture of the Statue of Liberty as an attack on your beliefs, maybe that says more about your beliefs than about Vogue.
— Kevin Todd (@kvntodd1) August 10, 2017
If the photo of an iconic symbol of freedom feels like an affront to your sensibilities, maybe the problem isn’t the photo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— shauna (@goldengateblond) August 10, 2017
Hilarious. Triggered by the Statue of Liberty.
Makes sense tho.— Robert Stribley (@stribs) August 10, 2017
Oh man i thought you were joking. Yikes.
Here’s another attack on the right. pic.twitter.com/Oc5Tetgjdh
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 10, 2017
so clearly only liberals love the Statue of Liberty. Why do you hate America?
— Red State Resistor (@RedStateResistr) August 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/895706119749894144
Predictably, Carney’s response to everyone laughing at him for losing his shit over a picture of the Statue of Liberty was to say that we were all “triggered.” Yes, that’s right. Us. Not the man who can’t look at a magazine cover.
If I’d known how awesomely folks would be triggered by Statue of Liberty stuff, I’d have put this on twitter days ago. pic.twitter.com/qrR61PqDaq
— John Carney (@carney) August 10, 2017
Best of all, Carney has a solution to this damn leftist fashion industry problem. Brietbart Fashion!
Seriously, I think we could do really well with @BreitbartNews Fashion. Lots of women who would like their fashion without leftism.
— John Carney (@carney) August 10, 2017
Can you imagine the garbage dump mediocrity? What would that even look like? The internet has a few ideas.
Cargo shorts for everyone!
yes, Breitbart Fashion could go toe-to-toe with GQ pic.twitter.com/ONSbPCrVl8
— Adam Beilman (@AdamBeilman) August 10, 2017
Everything made in China!
Here’s a good starting point for you! pic.twitter.com/RUXxf3vk0F
— 👻✊Seth-sy MFer👻✊ (@SethFromThe716) August 10, 2017
And, obviously, the end goal:
Breitbart “News” Fall Fashion Collection pic.twitter.com/xOCNPJjAuX
— Malleus Maleficarum (@evilklown17) August 10, 2017
If you need a little strength and intelligence to cleanse your brain of that right-wing idiocy, this same issue of Vogue also features an in-depth profile of Chelsea Manning.
guess this is what freedom looks like 😊👙💋🏊♀️🚣♀️⛴️🌅🏖️🏙️ @voguemagazine https://t.co/g7YYNkcd9l 😎🌈💕 https://t.co/nyAUje52bE pic.twitter.com/n4ixFkIdVn
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) August 10, 2017
Go ahead and spend a few minutes with that to wash the Breitbart from your memory. You deserve it.
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