The Treachery of Images/Quotes

"Winston: Does Big Brother exist? O'Brian: Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party. Winston: Does he exist in the same way as I exist? O'Brian: You do not exist."

- Nineteen Eighty-Four

""The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth--it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.""

- Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation

""Do you hear what I'm saying? If so, you'd better have your ears checked, because nobody said anything at all.""

- Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics.

""It takes a lot of intentional stupidity to be offended by an image rather than the behavior the image is portraying""

- Cynic_Ulex, Voat TL;DR of "Twitter Declare War on Magazine Cover Addressing Islamic Rape Crisis"