Neonnettle: The creepy image of former US President Barack Obama dressed in Satan's outfit went viral on the internet. The photo was originally uploaded to Instagram by artist Annemarie Hope, a fan of Satanic Church illustrations.
The photo, which was apparently taken by Hope herself, was uploaded to her profile with a caption that included the phrase “class & grace,” a term often used by Obama supporters to describe the ex-president:
"Class & grace, you're my favorite"
The image was deleted shortly after it was uploaded, but not before it was archived.
When Hope removed the image, many of her followers asked why she removed the creepy photo, and she replied “too much hate and not enough support”.
Copies of the photograph have now begun to circulate on the Internet, causing a huge amount of controversy.
Of course, the first “fake” scream is that the image was photoshopped, so let's explore this theory first.
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To check if an image has been digitally altered from another photo, the first thing to do is to do a reverse image search to see if the original image appeared on the internet or when the original image appeared.
After uploading a photo to Google image search and Tinyeye, it shows zero results on any service, that is, if it was changed from another image, then the original image was never uploaded to the Internet, which seems unlikely.
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Second, a typical method for identifying a modified image is to apply various filters to the image. And it was done.
Again, this is not indicative of falsification.
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The fact that Miss Hope did not appear to have received this image from someone, and that she could not have faked the image, suggests that she took the photo herself.
Aside from the striking similarity between the Satanic robe and Obama, the man who stood next to “Obama” appears to be Artur Davis.
Davis is a lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives in the 7th congressional district of Alabama from 2003 to 2011.
He was also the Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama in the 2010 election.
Davis was an early supporter of Barack Obama as president in 2008 and one of the national co-chairs of the Obama campaign in 2008.
The photo went viral after a discussion started on Twitter at Jordan Sather.
The photo sparked outrage, as it clearly depicts the former US president wearing a satanic costume.
The photo seems to have been uploaded with good “innocent” intentions, as the person who uploaded it, Annemarie Hope, is a very ardent supporter of Obama.
So what does an outfit mean?
The satanic costume depicts Baphomet.
The most famous modern image of Baphomet was painted in 1856 by the French occultist Eliphas Levi in his book Transcendental Magic: Its Teaching and Ritual.
If the photograph actually depicts former US President Barack Obama wearing Satanic clothes, what does that mean?
It seems unlikely that he dressed up as a joke or got together for Halloween, due to the obvious underlying meaning. The photo may have been removed from Instagram due to the fact that it was taken at a very private event.
With recent revelations from the Inspector General's report on Hillary Clinton's investigation, it looks like the previous administration withdrew a lot of information from the public.