I love when even the most complex of issues can be translated into visual simplicity.
For me, the passage of New York’s same-sex marriage bill was a moral no-brainer with little complexity. But the issue’s opponents certainly have provided no shortage of arguments, protests and warnings over the years—turning same-sex marriage into a “complicated issue.”
Therefore, it was so nice to see a number of images and graphics on the bill around the web that defined so simply what was at stake for so many.
I like the two above, but this has to be my favorite…
Apologies for not posting the original source. Linked from here.
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Simplifying ideas — not dumbing them down — exposes their strengths or weaknesses. That's why many people make ideas (business ideas as well as political ideas) complicated: they're afraid their ideas, stated clearly, can't stand on their own.
I love all three images. I'm particularly fond of the heart one, since it plays so easily and well on a long-established image.
Perfectly stated! You're absolutely right that people are so often afraid of the weaknesses of their own ideas.