• TokenBoomer
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    Won’t it be great when the history books recount how America held off fascism because it memed it away.

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      Memes in a way also brought back fascism. Remember when T_D (and some parts of 4chan) started out with Trump for president as a joke?

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      Considering that the right-wing memed Trump into office, I think it is only fitting that memes are what destroy them

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      Yeah I immediately thought of being in school reading about Washington crossing the Delaware and how future generations will read about dark Brandon memes.

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        on the other hand, people probably felt the same about news, leaked correspondence, “yellow journalism” (fake news), crowd baiting speeches, pamphlets, flyers, and marches throughout pre-digital media.

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        The DNC should release Dark Brandon NFTs to raise money. Like Trump did.

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        I haven’t listened to them in a while. Thanks.

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      Counterpoint, if it works that means fascism lost to memes

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          And while fascism does use humor to lure people in, it also cannot deal with being the but of a joke

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            Fascist humor is just the first thing any teenage mind would think of to make their teenage friends giggle. It usually just amounts to calling someone a derogatory name. And, just like a teenager, they get pissed when it’s echoed back at them. They are, literally, mentally retarded.

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            Yeah, I should’ve said memes can be propaganda.

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            But not all propaganda are memes? There’s also movies, music, publications, etc and so on.

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        That’s not a counterpoint, that’s just repeating what they said.

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    Dark Brandon is an effective marketing campaign that pisses MAGA off and is just stupid fun for progressives to promote. It’s sort of accurate, Biden off camera is very assertive and at times mean. I would be too if I was President and trying to get things done.

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      I feel like old men are just kinda like that, at some point you stop caring if people think you’re rude

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      He called that random guy ‘Fats’ on live television during a town hall lol. I would never do that.

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    I try to not wear advertising of any type. It’s a personal thing.

    I still love the idea of people pushing back on the Trump merch with something that tweaks the MAGA hats back.

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    now my president has to be trending? remember when they spell potato with an e and that was a big deal?

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      having that on a shirt might sell pretty well though - might be an untapped market.

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    It is kind of perfect for their goal to make him seem younger and more energetic, and it makes him the impetus of his own actions instead of being “controlled by the far left” as opponents claim.

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      Probably $2 for the mug, $20 toward the campaign.

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      It’s a donation to the Democratic party plus you get a dark Brandon mug