What does HRC's logo intend to signify?

[2banon]

I keep wondering who created/brainstormed HRC's campaign logo, what the arrow pointing rightward is intended to convey, and what are Hillary supporters impression(s) of it.? What does it mean?

Just curious..

[DanTex]

1. Rightward is intended to convey progress, moving forward. Obviously.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. Tell that to a NASCAR driver

Or a jockey, or a baseball player.

They make progress by making left turns. Just like society as a whole.

[2banon]

22. Does Rightward signify "progress" or moving forward in your view?

That's the part that's a bit confusing. Because as you say, "obviously", then I should understand that my first impressions were correct. The concept is intended to convey moving "Rightward" is synonymous with "forward". Thank you.

[DanTex]

32. Yes. It's derives from the fact that written English flows left to right (along with most other

languages in common usage in the US). This is why, for example, when you see a chart of some value over time, points further to the right represent later times.

Psychologically, people raised in this culture and with this language associate a rightward arrow with forward. If you grew up somewhere else, with a different language, this would explain why you don't have the same association.

[2banon]

36. I grew up in the U.S. In the South, in the West and Hawaii.

I'm a former "military brat". Dad was in the Marines, I was born in Atlanta, partly raised in N.C. (Camp Lejeune), Orange County (Ca.) and Oahu.

I've never associated right ward arrows as synonymous with Progress or moving Forward. Wonder how I missed that? Rightward arrows always conveyed "move to the Right only" as in street signs.

[DanTex]

38. That's odd. Do time-charts in the South run from right to left? I didn't know that.

[2banon]

39. No. It seems to me the South's time charts run Right to further Right.

Hell, some of my kin are still fighting the Civil War.

[Ichigo Kurosaki]

41. Well,

The symbol < means less than and > means greater than.
Or maybe they want it to mean she is headed in the right direction of her followers.

[DianeK]

47. I too am confused by what it signifies

so you are not the only one...it looks very militaristic to me..so maybe she meant for us to see a kind of marching forward type of thing..but it is confusing

[reformist2]

58. The obvious rightward direction of the arrow should have gotten that logo nixed!

It's a terrible logo for a Democrat. A pretty good one for a Republican, though.

[randys1]

2. Jesus christ, I am watching HOUSE MEMBERS discussing their DESIRE to KILL Women

who will need healthcare including reproductive healthcare by denying them needed medical service

And the Democratic party is worried about fucking logos?

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. +1

[randys1]

4. ARe you noticing the HATE in the voices of the MEN who badly want to KILL Women?

I have to get away for a few minutes, I am going to have another fucking heart attack

Some folks just dont GET IT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. The Congressional PP hearings are a preview of HRC's Benghazi testimony.

"Lots of sound and fury" from the Republicans "signifying nothing."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I'm glad I'm not watching.

Even so, there's nothing wrong with asking the question in the OP, although the issue was kind of done to death months ago.

[mcar]

16. Thank you, thank you, thank you

How many DU threads will there be about HRC's freaking logo?

The republicans want to kill women, further restrict voting rights, make the poor suffer more.

But Hillary's logo is confusing so we need to discuss it over and over again because Hillary's bad and anything she does or touches is also bad.

[randys1]

24. Yep...I had to get away a few minutes ago and take a drive

I dont know how much more the good people of this country will put up with

[stevenleser]

18. Yes, but manufacturing another reason to be angry at Hillary is more important than that.

Come on, Randy, get with the program!

[2banon]

23. There's no anger in my question, or tone.

just seeking impressions/perceptions from supporters in regards to the actual message the campaign is intending to convey to the general electorate.

[Smarmie Doofus]

56. I do believe this is known as "hijacking" a thread.

In other words... changing the subject.

But it's ok because you're for killing women, etc, etc. etc.

Ay-yay-yay-yay-yay.

[randys1]

25. These horrible excuses for men want to imprison or kill Women and doctors

who dare defy them and their idiotic religious beliefs.

[stevenleser]

34. 200 years from now the US period of 1980-202? will be studied as another dark ages

Caused by Republican anachronistic beliefs.

[leftofcool]

43. +1

[pinebox]

44. Try re-reading the OP

and if you do, notice please she simply asked a question. She's not worried, she was inquiring and there is nothing wrong with asking a question when you don't know.
Context matters.

[randys1]

45. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I think it was intended to signify forward movement.

But I don't think it's a very good design for several reasons - the most obvious is that the arrow also could easily be interpreted as indicating rightward movement. There was a lot of discussion about this when the logo first appeared. The whole design strikes me as clumsy and unimaginative, regardless of how you interpret the arrow. My opinion of the logo has nothing to do with my opinion of the candidate - I'm looking at it only from the perspective of design. Just saying, I'd have wanted something a little more fluid and less susceptible to conflicting interpretations.

[2banon]

31. Thank you.. your explanation helps. n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

6. We had this discussion when it first came out

Side A: HRC is moving forward.

Side B: HRC is moving Right.

Some argument ensued.

[Hortensis]

11. Oh, and I missed it. Darn!

[Kelvin Mace]

15. Hang around this thread,

and DU. Shows daily, with matinees on weekends.

[Hortensis]

17. Yes, but unrelenting repetition creates a...special synergy, a complete experience.

So far I've never even gotten close to having my head explode.

[Kelvin Mace]

21. You, my friend,

are a very tough person then.

[Hortensis]

29. Just a thrill seeker who's gotten too old for volcano boarding. :)

[cyberswede]

9. Here...

Go watch this and think about important things:

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-planned-parenthood-president-testifies-at-house-hearing-322519619939

[randys1]

26. Thank you and not only that the logo issue is silly in comparison, but ANY even slight

hint at NOT supporting the people who will fight these assholes GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[nichomachus]

51. Some of us can think of more than one thing at a time n/t

[cyberswede]

55. My point was that it's a very minor thing to waste brain cells on

The logo is the logo. It isn't going to change. It's not a code revealing that she's a closet Republican. It has 0% to do with the actual primary. There are plenty of valid reasons not to support her as the nominee; the logo isn't one of them.

[magical thyme]

10. time to move on?

[MindfulOne]

12. Or, "She Went Thattaway"

[2banon]

28. Sure. I just felt the need for clarity as to how supporters interpret the logo....

because there seems to be some confusion as to which direction Liberals ought to be moving in this election, in my view.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

13. H=To Hell in a Handbasket. It is what will happen if one votes for HRC!

Just truth in advertising!

[JoePhilly]

19. "The minutia some folks confuse with real issues?"

That's correct!!!!

[randome]

20. It's coded language for the 150 million people who might vote for her.

And you should get a close look at what's on the back of a dollar bill!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[underpants]

27. It's like a hospital direction sign for the Republican waaaahmbulance

[randys1]

30. Thom Hartmann two minutes ago: ANy Democrat is ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TIMES BETTER

than any republican.

Hmm, I wonder if he included Hillary in that


No, dont need to wonder, he did, he said so

[GeorgeGist]

33. From 'H's point of view the arrow points left.

[zappaman]

35. LOL!!!!

[Zorra]

37. This ain't rocket science. It's no secret that Hillary is a Third Way/DLC corporatist candidate.

A "Centrist".

The DLC and Third Way were created to move the Democratic party farther to the right. Naturally, a Third Way candidate would be more interested in promoting a bipartisan agenda, promoting liberal social policies while promoting economic policies that are favorable to wealthy private interests. The traditional Democratic Party has generally always been more populist. The traditional Republican party has for at least over a century been known as the party of the wealthy and of corporate interests.

Hillary's logo symbolizes Democrats moving to the right.

Why are Republicans red and Democrats blue?
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/6/3609534/republicans-red-democrats-blue-why-election

DLC's PNAC Document - Hillary Clinton On America's Strategy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251495072

[left-of-center2012]

40. Rightward pointed arrow?

Hillary will drag America to the right,
kicking and screaming?

[cpompilo]

42. In my universe up is up; down is down; right is right; and left is left In Hillary's

universe, right is progress.

[brooklynite]

46. How many times has this burning question been posted?

[oasis]

52. It's the next best thing since e-mails have lost their allure.

Gotta find something else to cling to.

[olddots]

48. a lack of art & design education

A bad logo for a mediocre product .

[oasis]

53. Love your avatar, it rocks.

[AtomicKitten]

49. reminds me of ...

[NuclearDem]

50. It clearly shows Hillary will usher in an era of rightwing doom and gloom.

Acting as an empty shell of a PNAC tool, she will carry out the Illuminati plot to destroy anything and everything that America stands for.

I know because the fucking logo reads left-to-right, like every major language in the Western world.

EMAILS!!!!!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

54. The direction for corporations to send donations.

[LiberalArkie]

57. I finally figured it out. The arrow part signifies the motion of the H. Like a rocket propelling

Hillary to the left with great force. She is indicating that she is going to be way to the left of everyone else. The people just don't know it yet. That is the only explanation is that she is moving to the right. It has to me moving otherwise you would not have an arrow. An arrow always denotes motion.

[senz]

59. Big hard impervious block.

"Don't stop here. Get outta my way. What'r you looking at? Keep right. I got the money, I got the power. Move on. Chump."