Opinion of the new Socialist avatars

[afleitch]

It does seem odd to have it. I think it suits European posters who are socialist and support parties with a socialist tradition, but a lot of US posters are wearing it who are about as socialist as I am...

[afleitch]

Re: the color.

The dark red wasn't picked completely at random.  Obviously it needed to be somewhere on the 'red' scale but different enough from Dem red, and I figured pink wouldn't go over too well (unless you're French), so I picked the same shade that Dave uses for >90% on his maps.  Not that that's symbolic in itself, but I wanted to use a color shade that felt somewhat familiar.

You could have picked a uh... Scotland shaped red