Tea Party Group Unironically Utilizes BioShock Infinite Propaganda - Polidicks

Paul Tassi, Contributor 12/16/2013 @ 10:54AM [img]http://b-i.forbesimg.com/insertcoin/files/2013/12/liberty.jpg[/img] [quote]As we head into this holiday season, video game news grows relatively quiet and crazy stories start popping out their heads instead. For a bit of a break from the console wars, we turn to the National Liberty Federation, a conservative “Tea Party” styled group which has recently dipped its toes in the video game realm, albeit by accident. They recently posted the above image to their Facebook page (found via Kotaku), which is a patriotic portrait of George Washington keeping the Irish, Chinese, Arabs and Africans at bay, demonstrating the statement on the picture: “For God and Country – It Is Our Holy Duty To Guard Against The Foreign Hordes” Normally, this would just be some good old fashioned racism/isolationism, but as any gamer reading this post will probably know, the image is actually taken from Irrational Games’ BioShock Infinite. The game, out earlier this year, brought players to the fictional city of Columbia, a floating metropolis where the founding fathers are worshiped as gods, and America has become a sort of fetishistic religion. The image is a mural found in the game, and has been used as part of its promotional materials, which is how the National Liberty Foundation likely found it.[/quote] [url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/12/16/tea-party-group-unironically-utilizes-bioshock-infinite-propaganda/[/url] [url]http://kotaku.com/tea-party-facebook-group-posts-bioshock-image-satirizin-1483821325[/url]

well i guess there is no fucking way a tea-partier could produce that sort of artwork himself. So ofcourse they would have to rip it off something else.

This is fucking hilarious.

They should sue them for copyright infringement

Poe's Law in action...

Stellar work lads.

do they like not realize BSI was putting everything bad about america into the game to show how shitty america was?

I LOVE IT.

This has got to be a prank of some kind.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;43211741]This has got to be a prank of some kind.[/QUOTE] Hanlon's razor, man.

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;43211308]They should sue them for copyright infringement[/QUOTE] Why? It's hilarious and suing someone for posting a thing on Facebook sends a pretty poor message, if it's even feasible. They're not claiming it as their own or trying to profit from it.

[URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1321763&p=43204907&viewfull=1#post43204907"]Hey, this sounds familiar.[/URL] :v:

I love their reply to realizing what they did: [quote]To all the publications and visitors to our site who wrote about our post of December 14th, regarding the "BioShock Infinite" Propaganda. We have a zero tolerance policy on racism and have removed the post, as it has done its job. We are not the "Red Cross" and firmly believe that the Constitution and the future of America is at stake. The reality is our voice is rarely heard in the media let alone in DC. Thus we are and will remain unapologetically Constitutionalists. We want to let you know you brought us the best site advertisement we've had all year... We were litterally flooded with new people not only laughing at us, which we expected, but also congratulating us on seeing things differently and having the guts to post it... We invite all the media to visit us whenever you need a good story and hopefully all the hordes of people will follow you as well... It's time they heard the other side of DC politics and if our plan works, we should be gaining many new readers now that they know we're here. One more thing MSNBC, we are the National Liberty Federation, not the National Liberation Foundation... Get it right next time!!! In Liberty, The Team at NLF [img]https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/p480x480/1470383_669765206409702_223397440_n.jpg[/img][/quote]

This is a satire group though?

[QUOTE=J!NX;43211533]do they like not realize BSI was putting everything bad about america into the game to show how shitty america was?[/QUOTE] So that's why the game was so bad. Good job I guess.