what does meme mean. I have seen it used and it is not in my dictionary, so it must be a made up word like homophobe..
A meme is a small phrase repeated over and over to get into the brain....”A little dab ell do ya” Drop drop, fizz fizz.
It’s used a lot in marketing. (Axelrod’s expertise and earlier work)
Politically it’s Cain’s 999; Obama’s Change and Hope
A meme can be good. PUtting John 3 : 16 has gotten a lot of hits on google.
Or it can be used for evil. Think how many people were addicted because of tobacco or alcohol memes before advertising was cut.
Better understanding now? Once you recognize what is being done you are no longer “under the power of the meme”
Here are examples of memes.
“Newt Gingrich asked his wife for a divorce in the hospital when she was dying of cancer.”
“I can see Russia from my front porch.” This was attributed to Sarah Palin though she never spoke those words.
“Ronald Reagan is stupid.”
“The TEA Party is racist.”
“Nazis are right wing.”
These are phrases or ideas that repeated often enough become defacto truths.