Yet, it was no meme page or troll account posting that image: It was posted on Biden’s own X page early on Monday. Coming against the backdrop of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza that has killed more than 28,000 people and that the US has backed, the image prompted particular criticism of Biden by some social media users.
Many suggested that Biden’s post was distasteful and insensitive as it came amid Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.
While calling for an end to civilian deaths in Gaza, the Biden administration continues to sell and supply weapons to Israel.
“But I don’t think Biden is thinking of the global audience here,” he said. “He is mostly thinking about his US audience.”
“The meme in itself is a political communication tool,” he told Al Jazeera. “It is being weaponised by different parties in order to attract attention and distract from other issues.”
Biden is not the only politician who has used memes to relay political messaging. Social media teams and followers of politicians including former US President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have banked on memes and internet trends to further political messages.
The Qatari hatred is so damn obvious its actually silly.
I’m no expert in these things, but I’m fairly certain it is possible to be critical of an Al Jazeera article without hating Qatar.
No, Qatar funds Al-Jazeera and Qatar HATES the US with a passion.
I’m pretty sure that’s not true either considering there’s a massive air base with joint US/UK/Qatari forces stationed there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base
Look it up if you think I’m lying. Or don’t, your choice.
Ok. I’ll look it up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar–United_States_relations
Seems weird for a country that hates America to be a major non-NATO ally.
Another thing that seems weird for a country that hates America from that same page:
And then there’s all the money Qatar gives to the U.S. in exchange for arms…
And then there were the times they gave America money and didn’t expect anything in return.
So… I looked it up like you told me to and it looks kind of like it’s exactly the opposite of your claim.
You didn’t look up anything. This is a bunch of propaganda nonsense. Qatar funds Al-Jazeera as a “state” media that is both anti-US and anti-semitic. It favors the Muslim Brotherhood and every other FTO you care to mention.
What do you mean I didn’t look up anything? I literally read the Wikipedia article on American-Qatari relations. If that wasn’t what you wanted me to look up, you should have been more specific. You could still be more specific.
“Do your own research sheep, don’t let people tell you how to think.”
“Okay”
“You did the research wrong, I’m just going to tell you what you should think.”
You okay over there bud?