The graphics used during a crisis to protest can indicate a lot of different things. It’s not necessarily true they’re emotionally charged. Usually, illustrations of political figures which use blood, pain, and gore serves a different purpose. They aren’t meant to make us feel, but to educate us about people’s motives.
In propaganda, a lot is packed into one statement or shot. It’s a reality built by assumptions without time to explain. Those that use them feel they haven’t got time to waste. It makes for a brutish encounter, and for a hostile atmosphere. Our sympathy is supposed to be instant, and without it there’s confrontation.
In other terms, images shared are just cultural. It may be a user feels upset by war, and wants to show it. I’ve seen post’s of imagery that convey emotions, not beliefs. They evoke shared sadnesses over loss of life between two parties. It elicits sentiments of helplessness, and inevitable sense of despair.
