When discussing the technical aspects of, say, Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, it is impossible to leave our values out of the discussion. However, the

When discussing the technical aspects of, say, Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will, it is impossible to leave our values out of the discussion. However, the topic is html5, in a technical community. Let's talk about the effectiveness of using a bit of animation in what is otherwise a flat picture. The animated, half-mast flag is emphasized, and reawakens our alarm about the violence of guns by associating it with many other national emergencies, including the 9-11 Attacks. Let's talk about the effectiveness of carefully moving our attention to a new topic by employing a fading background connected to the scrolling action. We have little room to pause and think and doubt the material, the next topic is already materializing before us. etc. etc. You may not agree with this message, but it is working. Understanding why your outlook is being countermanded by the techniques employed by the Obama Administration (by way of an html5 developer) may help you see your POV to action far more than your own - text-based - propaganda here.