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Is There Satanic Symbolism in the GOP’s Logo?

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Something's wrong with the Republican logo. The stars are upside down. Five-sided stars that point upwards—like those on the Democratic donkey and the American flag—traditionally symbolize the forces of good. An overturned pentagram, however, represents the goat's head of Satan and the forces of evil—and there are three on the Republican's elephant.

The GOP's stars weren't always upside down; some say the change occurred around 2000. When I called up the RNC to ask about the logo's history, staffers invariably said, "we'll have to get back to you on that" and never did. "Huh, that's interesting," said one, who clearly hadn't noticed Satan hiding in plain view.

"I have a feeling some neo-pagan democratic designed this logo," wrote a commenter on the conservative web site Free Republic. Besides like-minded rants that the design is a huge slap in the Grand Old Party's face, some online chat-room goers speculated that the inverted stars are linked to secret society symbolism.

In any case, the stars have not only turned for the Republicans: A Hillary Clinton website featured a photo of an American flag with upside down pentagrams at the time of the New Hampshire primary.

—Caroline E. Winter





Comments

Slow news decade?

Posted by: Say It Ain't So on 03/12/08 at 3:10 PM  Respond

I second Say It Ain't So. I want the last 45 seconds of my life back.

Posted by: Mjameson on 03/14/08 at 11:26 AM  Respond


dude - this is stupid. if Mother Jones wants to try and distinguish itself with journalistic integrity and a supposedly non-partisan bias, this is just plain stupid. I am as disappointed with the republicans as any thinking human, but don't make lame posts like this it just adds salt to the divide.

Posted by: Fitcvhman on 03/14/08 at 12:12 PM  Respond

How can a star be upside down. How ridiculous is this!!!

Posted by: Newsy11 on 03/15/08 at 7:06 AM  Respond

Pastor Wright says. “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians." No more aid to Israel.

Posted by: Jorge on 03/15/08 at 8:07 AM  Respond

I think it is ironic and funny. Judging by the comments, it seems to have touched a few nerves.

Posted by: diamondjoe on 03/15/08 at 9:01 AM  Respond

I was wondering if anyone would notice.But it isn't just Republicans, I remember Kerry's bumper sticker also had upside down stars.

Posted by: greenman on 03/15/08 at 3:57 PM  Respond

Honestly. You really need to see pentagrams to figure out these people have no souls? You can't look at our poverty-ridden, poor health-ridden, financially raped, infra structurally-devastated, corporate-driven plutocracy to discover that Hell's fingers twine through the hearts and minds of politics? I could use some peace and quiet - exactly what ignominious spot did you find to keep your head in the sand while they gleefully disemboweled the wealth of this country for the last century? Must be nice.

Posted by: Justin on 03/16/08 at 7:03 AM  Respond

Folks, it was tongue-in-cheek. Try to loosen up.

Posted by: Jonathan Stein on 03/16/08 at 6:07 PM  Respond

Then WHY did they change it? Billery has an American (so called) flag with 2 points up. Do your homework before you ridicule this blog.

Posted by: Terry on 03/17/08 at 10:15 AM  Respond

"'Huh, that's interesting,' said one, who clearly hadn't noticed Satan hiding in plain view."

Smart, fearless journalism.

Posted by: Zack on 03/17/08 at 11:37 AM  Respond

Wait? I think it's a fair question. Why the change? I've been a Republican for 20 years and am more than a little curious as to why the stars changed. Even if it doesn't specifically indicate a "satanic" reference, the fact that it is commonly thought of that way makes me wonder why they would change it.

Posted by: Pat Blackburn on 06/10/08 at 10:24 AM  Respond

There was a time, back in the 60's and 70's when there were very few guys unconventional enough to pierce their ears.

Some of us did anyway, and which ear you chose to pierce bore no symbolism to anyone, or any group.

Then, sometime in the '80s when it started to become commoneplace, someone decided there was a 'secret code' involved, and a right ear piercing indicated a gay orientation.

Consequently, many straight guys who had pierced the right ear when it bore no significance stopped wearing a ring in that ear to avoid being wrongly identified under a "well established" code.

Could it be that the star orientation held no widely recognized significance when the logo first started being used? And then a bunch of after-the-fact-know-it-alls decided it signified something that was never meant?

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Posted by: Satan on 09/04/08 at 2:49 AM  Respond

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