I will be following
the Instagram page called "fabulous conservative". This page portrays
conservative Christians who most likely fall under the broad category of
Christian, non-Catholic. The Instagram page tries to argue that Christianity
and Conservatism merge by pointing out inconsistencies in non- Christian
Conservative logic. This account uses memes pointing at the Christian faith
dealing with recent political events and issues brought on by the election. The
account focuses on issues relating to how Christians feel about recent
political events. I want to study how Conservative Christians deal with
political pressure as well as the social pressure to create a better face for
their religion. I want to study how Christians are trying to assert themselves
in their political beliefs by using memes.
For example, one
meme shows Donald Trump taking a picture with a woman wearing a hijab and her
child. The meme points out that CNN would not post the picture because, in
their opinion, the media does not show the full picture of Trump, and by proxy,
does not show the full picture of Christian Conservatives.
A second meme
portrays a similar theme. It quotes Trump talking about vetting Muslims and
deporting illegal immigrants who are also criminals. In this Instagram account
user's opinion, the media does not represent Trump fairly. They are asserting
the media reports that Trump hates Muslims and Mexicans when the opinion of the
user is that he is quoted as saying something completely different.
Both of these memes
are meant to save face of the Conservative Christian in politics by undermining
the medias interpretation of Trump and themselves.
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