Memes are the way for teenagers and young adults share news and talk about what is currently happening in the world today. Though to older generations they could be confusing but they inevitably make sense. With all the news of a possible war with Iran, started by President Donald Trump. The most common meme I’ve seen is shocked faces of old tv characters saying that it’s only the 3rd day of 2020 and a war is starting, or the cat sitting over a salad while in another frame there is an angry blonde being held back by a friend, with the text above saying something about Trump getting impeached so he is starting a war.
Looking into what these memes are actually saying behind their joking façade is that 18+ people, men and women, are scared of being drafted into the military. Online there is a lot of joking of women who wanted equal rights now refusing them because they don’t want to be drafted, which for many is a valid fear because many are scared of going to war for someone who would so easily throw the words or war around to incite problems to distract from his impeachment.
This whole scare of World War 3 or war with Iran was because Trump wanted to make the American people and the world’s community forget about his impeachment trial. But the trial won’t be forgotten because this is what so many have waited for, Trump out of office, but what was wrong with this plan is we get Mike Pence as a possible President and his views on LGBTQ+ and minorities is more conservative than Trump. For the conservative Americans that is something they want. Most of the progress that was made under Obama to be taken back, to go back to the world were LGBTQ citizens felt less safe In their communities. Granted even now with the progress that has been made not all are safe but it’s mostly better than it was 12 years ago.
Liberal Americans, young adults, and teenagers are worried that war is imminent, that because of Trump trying to distract the people, Iran will cause harm to our nation, which in a sense will cause more problems that we have seen in history to start again. My generation the 18, 19, and 20 something year old’s will be forced into a war many of us don’t want, and watch loved ones be shipped out to what could ultimately cause substantial harm to their minds and bodies. For history repeating itself the current generation to be drafted, there will most likely be the coming of another generation of baby boomers….our favorite thing to make memes about because jokes are how we cope with the fact that boomers are a major problem for young people because they destroy the world and don’t really give a single shit about it cause hey they won’t be around to deal with it.
Memes are how we express our feelings about current events without fully displaying the emotion we feel about it, while many get a vailed sense at the terror the current generation feels about war it is often played of as a joke to older generations who most of the time don’t understand meme formatting and how they spread news quickly through the people. Many fear a war with Iran that is fully being used to distract the American people of our presidents impeachment, mostly because in times of war a U.S. President stays in office, like FDR and Harry Truman in World War 2. War time Presidents are more likely to stay in office because the people fear changing the power dynamic in war.
