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How is this a self-own?

flangola7 3y ago
Bad faith questions don't get entertained. Shoo.
jen20 3y ago
Because it makes people look like pathetic muppets. If you mean "Fuck Joe Biden", say "Fuck Joe Biden", don't clutch your damn pearls about it.
- crackercrews 3y ago
  Interesting take. I understood conservatives to use it because it is also taking a shot at the so-called MSM, who dubiously created the phrase. I never knew people though conservatives were being muppets by using it.
  - _djo_ 3y ago
    The 'MSM' (what a dated phrase) didn't create it, it was just a single reporter at a NASCAR race who either misheard it or bowdlerised it for the live TV audience.
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- jonhohle 3y ago
  When the majority uses vulgarities, how does not using vulgarity make one a muppet? I’d also consider the Muppets rather avant-garde for their time, so maybe you mean it as a complement as in Gonzo, Fozzy, or Beaker (or any other pathetic Muppet).
  - wilg 3y ago
    nice try
  - jen20 3y ago
    If you think the _words_ are the vulgar part of modern right wing ideology, I don't even know what to tell you. That said, I am perhaps guilty of the same offence there - per the BBC America article "10 British Insults Americans Won't Understand" [1], a muppet is "someone who’s stupid, gullible and incapable of independent thought" - unfortunately the pearl clutching tends to extend to the typical four letter word I would use for such people. [1]: https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-british-insults-americans-wont-understand--1015188 https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-british-insults-american...
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  They did say that, but the media translated it to ‘let’s go Brandon’ as a self own, so it’s many levels deep :)
  - Izkata 3y ago
    Yep, it immediately turned into a meme. Memes aren't always logical, and probably mostly aren't logical.
gloryjulio 3y ago
It's just hilarious from the outsiders' view. It's just a bunch ppl want to insult but don't want to say the exact words.
- nvm0n1 3y ago
  So many levels of meta-irony in this thread. You're laughing at a non-existent strawman you've been fed by the media. The people saying Let's Go Brandon are perfectly happy to say Fuck Joe Biden. That's how the whole thing started. A large crowd at a televised NASCAR race started chanting it in unison whilst the winning driver called Brandon was being interviewed. The words they were saying were perfectly audible, but the interviewer tried to claim the crowd were not saying "Fuck Joe Biden" but rather enthusiastically chanting "Let's Go Brandon". https://youtu.be/u9UjgITXUJ4?t=60 https://youtu.be/u9UjgITXUJ4?t=60 This immediately became a meme because it's such a perfect shorthand for the duplicity and accountability-free manipulation of the US media. That's why it became a conservative meme in the following months. But of course because the media don't tell anyone where it came from or why, the people who get their information from it now believe that it's a "hilarious self-own" and people saying it "want to insult but don't want to say the exact words"!
  - gloryjulio 3y ago
    Keep living in your small political world, you guys are just a joke. You know there are ppl don't care about politicians;)
    - soupbowl 3y ago
      Nvm0n1 gave a good explanations of the meme nature of "let's go Brandon". Not sure why you are being rude. You clearly live in a small political world and don't understand the meta.

Bad faith questions don't get entertained. Shoo.

Because it makes people look like pathetic muppets. If you mean "Fuck Joe Biden", say "Fuck Joe Biden", don't clutch your damn pearls about it.

crackercrews 3y ago
Interesting take. I understood conservatives to use it because it is also taking a shot at the so-called MSM, who dubiously created the phrase. I never knew people though conservatives were being muppets by using it.
- _djo_ 3y ago
  The 'MSM' (what a dated phrase) didn't create it, it was just a single reporter at a NASCAR race who either misheard it or bowdlerised it for the live TV audience.
- deleted 3y ago
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jonhohle 3y ago
When the majority uses vulgarities, how does not using vulgarity make one a muppet? I’d also consider the Muppets rather avant-garde for their time, so maybe you mean it as a complement as in Gonzo, Fozzy, or Beaker (or any other pathetic Muppet).
- wilg 3y ago
  nice try
- jen20 3y ago
  If you think the _words_ are the vulgar part of modern right wing ideology, I don't even know what to tell you. That said, I am perhaps guilty of the same offence there - per the BBC America article "10 British Insults Americans Won't Understand" [1], a muppet is "someone who’s stupid, gullible and incapable of independent thought" - unfortunately the pearl clutching tends to extend to the typical four letter word I would use for such people. [1]: https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-british-insults-americans-wont-understand--1015188 https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-british-insults-american...
mensetmanusman 3y ago
They did say that, but the media translated it to ‘let’s go Brandon’ as a self own, so it’s many levels deep :)
- Izkata 3y ago
  Yep, it immediately turned into a meme. Memes aren't always logical, and probably mostly aren't logical.

gloryjulio 3y ago

It's just hilarious from the outsiders' view. It's just a bunch ppl want to insult but don't want to say the exact words.

nvm0n1 3y ago
So many levels of meta-irony in this thread. You're laughing at a non-existent strawman you've been fed by the media. The people saying Let's Go Brandon are perfectly happy to say Fuck Joe Biden. That's how the whole thing started. A large crowd at a televised NASCAR race started chanting it in unison whilst the winning driver called Brandon was being interviewed. The words they were saying were perfectly audible, but the interviewer tried to claim the crowd were not saying "Fuck Joe Biden" but rather enthusiastically chanting "Let's Go Brandon". https://youtu.be/u9UjgITXUJ4?t=60 https://youtu.be/u9UjgITXUJ4?t=60 This immediately became a meme because it's such a perfect shorthand for the duplicity and accountability-free manipulation of the US media. That's why it became a conservative meme in the following months. But of course because the media don't tell anyone where it came from or why, the people who get their information from it now believe that it's a "hilarious self-own" and people saying it "want to insult but don't want to say the exact words"!
- gloryjulio 3y ago
  Keep living in your small political world, you guys are just a joke. You know there are ppl don't care about politicians;)
  - soupbowl 3y ago
    Nvm0n1 gave a good explanations of the meme nature of "let's go Brandon". Not sure why you are being rude. You clearly live in a small political world and don't understand the meta.