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Collected Item: “Conspiracy Folk Art”

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Conspiracy Folk Art

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Photographs from www.reddit.com/r/infowarriorrides

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These photos have been selected from material uploaded to the subreddit /r/InfowarriorRides and depict various bumper stickers, graffiti and 'folk art' applied to vehicles and captured in snapshots by various users of the subreddits. These are highly ephemeral sources that capture a fascinating and important aspect of the public response to COVID-19, demonstrating a wide breadth of artistic expression ranging from urging people to take common sense precautions to expositions of elaborate conspiracy theories.

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Reddit, Conspiracy, Crazy, Political, Art, Cars, Weird

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www.reddit.com/r/infowarriorrides

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Various users

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2020-08-22
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