From the phrase...."Better dead than Red" was an anti-Communist phrase first used during World War II in its original German form "Lieber tot als rot" and later during the Cold War by the United States. It was coined by Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels in the end phase of the Second World War to motivate the German military and population to fight the Russians to the end.
The English version comes probably from the original German but it could also be a re-invention. The slogan was used in the United States in the 1950s by anti-Communists to express their opposition to a Communist takeover in the USA, or indeed to any potent leftist influence at all. The counter-slogan "Better Red than dead" also developed. (See also McCarthyism)
The phrase continues to find use today in various places. Because of the common use of the primary colors red and blue to represent Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning U.S. states, people in some more politically liberal regions might express their disgust with the power of conservative-leaning areas by using the phrase....Yay for you you learned something.
I can't help but think of the priest from Princess Bride. "Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togeva today." and he'd be all sitting in the Senate with his conservative buddies, "Better dead than wed!", getting weird looks.
Yeah, so I'm weird. I really like this though. Angry gun totin' zombie bride!
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Wonderful!
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"Rude and not ginger." (c) the Tenth Doctor
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Minä tykkään Rackhamin taustatarinoista, koska niissä raiskataan lohikäärmeitä ja saadaan tulokseksi kädellisiä käärmeitä.
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"Climbing ropes that hang is too difficult, The Trooper prefers to climb the ones that are tied horizontally"
Yeah, so I'm weird. I really like this though. Angry gun totin' zombie bride!
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Seven Sirens Studios
i like it very much
(Really cool piece by the way)
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A picture may say a thousand words, but a word can inspire a thousand pictures.
This is Mikael, Still being:
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Before anyone gets the wrong idea about my new avatar, the bird is dancing.
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