armoredman
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From last range trip.
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Thank you sir, a total accident. I am but a humble student...Excellent light in the range photo -- very nice detail and colors.
Symbolism my friend, as well as Orwell stated that the symbol of freedom was the rifle in the labourers' cot. Same thing.Guys,
This is supposed to be (pardon the term) a propaganda poster. It is supposed to be persuasive to people towards a certain view. Whether the view is correct or not or defensible or not is besides the point. It has to make sense, not be self-contradictory, deliver a plain and simple message.
This poster does none of those things. As Standing Wolf says, Freedom is not a rifle. It may be guarantee of freedom, it may be a symbol of freedom, it may be a tool of freedom, but it isnt freedom.
When I can afford another rifle I'll use it. Right now I have Soviet, Yugoslavian, and Czechsolvakian - holy cow, I must be a commie!Using a Soviet-made weapon to promote freedom is self contradictory. The Soviets were the epitome of totalitarianism and government absolutism.
Never did.Suggesting a quote from Chairman Mao does not promote freedom nor is it persuasive to anyone.
It sounds like leftist propaganda from the 1960s and the Symbionese Liberation Army. It is not an image or thought we ought to be pushing.
Using a Soviet-made weapon to promote freedom is self contradictory.
A gun is a thing, an object, its orgins are not relevant, the fact that its in the hands of a free citizen of this republic, makes it a tool of freedom, no matter what that particular rifle or even the model of rifle had been used for previously by another power