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Reclaim “let’s go Brandon” from what, exactly? Never heard the phrase until now. I googled it and all I got was a shoddily written Fox News article that didn’t

by jquery 5y ago

Reclaim “let’s go Brandon” from what, exactly? Never heard the phrase until now. I googled it and all I got was a shoddily written Fox News article that didn’t link to the alleged source interview, claiming it was a huge internet meme now.

lovich 5y ago
Its a conservative meme stemming from a nascar race where the crowd was chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" and a reporter stated the crowd was chanting "Let's go Brandon". It's now conservative slang for "Fuck Joe Biden"
- sillysaurusx 5y ago
  Thank you for the straightforward explanation.
- deleted 5y ago
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flutas 5y ago
I hadn't actually heard of it either, from one of the first results: > This whole thing got started earlier this month, at the Talladega Superspeedway. Brandon Brown had just won a NASCAR race. And sportscaster Kelli Stavast at one point commented during an interview with Brown afterward how the crowd seemed to be chanting in his honor: ‘Let’s go, Brandon!” >Unfortunately, that’s not actually what they were chanting. Not even close. The crowd was very clearly addressing President Biden, not Brandon. Only, with an f-bomb in front of his name instead of “Let’s go!” Video: https://youtu.be/kQ8asiDn2_A https://youtu.be/kQ8asiDn2_A Source: https://bgr.com/politics/lets-go-brandon-the-backstory-of-this-joe-biden-meme-thats-all-over-the-internet/ https://bgr.com/politics/lets-go-brandon-the-backstory-of-th...
- Commodore63 5y ago
  At 0:13 on your video, the crowd is clearly saying "fuck Joe Biden". So this video is explicitly political, given that its name is a dogwhistle for "fuck Joe Biden".
  - MadeThisToReply 5y ago
    I know it's too late to save the word "dogwhistling" from losing all meaning, but can you at least try to use it correctly? "Dogwhistling" doesn't mean "saying something that means something else", it means using coded or indirect language to communicate something to a specific group of people while hoping that the general audience doesn't pick up on your meaning. Everybody knows what "let's go Brandon" is code for, and the people who say it aren't trying to hide what they really mean.

by jquery 5y ago

lovich 5y ago

Its a conservative meme stemming from a nascar race where the crowd was chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" and a reporter stated the crowd was chanting "Let's go Brandon". It's now conservative slang for "Fuck Joe Biden"

sillysaurusx 5y ago
Thank you for the straightforward explanation.
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flutas 5y ago

I hadn't actually heard of it either, from one of the first results: > This whole thing got started earlier this month, at the Talladega Superspeedway. Brandon Brown had just won a NASCAR race. And sportscaster Kelli Stavast at one point commented during an interview with Brown afterward how the crowd seemed to be chanting in his honor: ‘Let’s go, Brandon!” >Unfortunately, that’s not actually what they were chanting. Not even close. The crowd was very clearly addressing President Biden, not Brandon. Only, with an f-bomb in front of his name instead of “Let’s go!” Video: https://youtu.be/kQ8asiDn2_A https://youtu.be/kQ8asiDn2_A Source: https://bgr.com/politics/lets-go-brandon-the-backstory-of-this-joe-biden-meme-thats-all-over-the-internet/ https://bgr.com/politics/lets-go-brandon-the-backstory-of-th...

Commodore63 5y ago
At 0:13 on your video, the crowd is clearly saying "fuck Joe Biden". So this video is explicitly political, given that its name is a dogwhistle for "fuck Joe Biden".
- MadeThisToReply 5y ago
  I know it's too late to save the word "dogwhistling" from losing all meaning, but can you at least try to use it correctly? "Dogwhistling" doesn't mean "saying something that means something else", it means using coded or indirect language to communicate something to a specific group of people while hoping that the general audience doesn't pick up on your meaning. Everybody knows what "let's go Brandon" is code for, and the people who say it aren't trying to hide what they really mean.