I do not normally watch Larry King, but often czech to see who his guests are, because they provide weird cultural hints. But it's Bono today, so I watch a bit more and discover some AIDS support thing he is involved with is utilizing a "red" theme.
Guess this may explain the red-centric ads that were plastered all over the last New Yorker issue I was reading this morning at the bus stop.
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Most of us here, I suspect, hear "red" and see red, because the red/blue state division has informed our understanding of contemporary politics.
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So I started thinking about the use of red in political dialogue.
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nancy reagan's favorite color
laura bush's "campaign" about women and heart disease
pink, as a shade of red suggestion rebellion and femininity
red=communism
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I vaguely recall some study that concluded most people's favorite color turns out to be blue.
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But weirdly, it is red that sends messages.