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Leopards are going to be eating a lot of faces.

by fracus 2y ago

OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Not seeing it happening. The base thrives on this. e.g. disabled reporter got mocked, no consequences.
swat535 2y ago
Can you help me understand your comment? What do you mean by this?
- summermusic 2y ago
  This description from Know Your Meme[1] is accurate as far as I’ve seen the phrase used: “Leopards Eating People's Faces Party refers to a parody of regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies (and politicians) and are then surprised when their own lives become worse as a result. It has been commonly used to parody regretful Brexit and Trump voters.” The parody here is essentially saying that if you supported the Republicans (Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party) and then you ended up being harmed (leopards ate your face) as a result of their policies that are explicit in their intent to harm people (we will eat people’s faces) despite thinking that you wouldn’t be harmed (“I never thought the leopards would eat __my__ face”) then you are a fool. [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces-party https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces...
bigolkevin 2y ago
This response is already so tired, like we need more excuses to be incompassionate with one another? It seems like it's just an excuse for mostly fine-under-trump White folks to go "welp, don't blame me, I didn't vote for him" to people who are actually impacted by his policies. And they seem to apply it liberally to people who may have never supported him or who belong to demographic groups that statistically voted for him way less than White folks. And even if they did vote for trump and are now facing the consequences? I still care enough not to laugh at them from the side lines for being the victim of a con man, and so should you.
- krapp 2y ago
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  - bigolkevin 2y ago
    There was outrage for all of those things. Not by most Trumpers, no, and certainly not enough outrage, but there was and is opposition to all of the things you listed. So many Liberals seem to have been emboldened by losing to Trump a second time into embracing bullying and letting go of what empathy and compassion that they had instead of using the moment to question why their party is so disconnected from so much of the country and why so many who are suffering would fall for Trump's lies instead of Democrats and the status quo. It's not just that it's wrong to use your anger over a bully being elected as an excuse to become a bully yourself, importantly it's also a garbage strategy for trying to defeat MAGA down the road. This recent strain of Liberalism and it's compromise is so exhausting. They sell out everything they're supposed to stand for and embrace things like fracking, the lie of migrant crime, they choose to proudly wear the endorsement of people like the Cheneys and expect to win elections by being "diet Republicans"? It seems like they'll do just about anything instead of actually challenging the systems that cause common folks to suffer.
    - krapp 2y ago
      >There was outrage for all of those things. Not by most Trumpers, no, and certainly not enough outrage, but there was and is opposition to all of the things you listed. Where was it? All I saw were people lecturing "the left" and calling Trump critics hypocrites and blaming them for Trumpism just as you are. Faux outrage over Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" comment - which she was 100% correct about. Not so much as an ounce of self-reflection or awareness, only ever deflection and projection, only ever blaming the other side and acting like victims. I agree with you 100% about the failures of Liberalism and the Democrats though, but people are well aware of that. Unfortunately the system only affords us two options, and we're forced to choose the lesser evil. As far as bullying goes, I mean... my side isn't the one sending out ICE agents to kidnap brown people or stripping gay and trans people of their rights or waging war against "equality" and "woke." Maybe you should be asking the people who keep voting for the systems causing common folks to suffer to challenge them. You won't though, that isn't why you're here.

Leopards are going to be eating a lot of faces.

by fracus 2y ago

Leopards are going to be eating a lot of faces.

OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago

Not seeing it happening. The base thrives on this. e.g. disabled reporter got mocked, no consequences.

swat535 2y ago

Can you help me understand your comment? What do you mean by this?

summermusic 2y ago
This description from Know Your Meme[1] is accurate as far as I’ve seen the phrase used: “Leopards Eating People's Faces Party refers to a parody of regretful voters who vote for cruel and unjust policies (and politicians) and are then surprised when their own lives become worse as a result. It has been commonly used to parody regretful Brexit and Trump voters.” The parody here is essentially saying that if you supported the Republicans (Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party) and then you ended up being harmed (leopards ate your face) as a result of their policies that are explicit in their intent to harm people (we will eat people’s faces) despite thinking that you wouldn’t be harmed (“I never thought the leopards would eat __my__ face”) then you are a fool. [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces-party https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces...

bigolkevin 2y ago

This response is already so tired, like we need more excuses to be incompassionate with one another? It seems like it's just an excuse for mostly fine-under-trump White folks to go "welp, don't blame me, I didn't vote for him" to people who are actually impacted by his policies. And they seem to apply it liberally to people who may have never supported him or who belong to demographic groups that statistically voted for him way less than White folks. And even if they did vote for trump and are now facing the consequences? I still care enough not to laugh at them from the side lines for being the victim of a con man, and so should you.

krapp 2y ago
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- bigolkevin 2y ago
  There was outrage for all of those things. Not by most Trumpers, no, and certainly not enough outrage, but there was and is opposition to all of the things you listed. So many Liberals seem to have been emboldened by losing to Trump a second time into embracing bullying and letting go of what empathy and compassion that they had instead of using the moment to question why their party is so disconnected from so much of the country and why so many who are suffering would fall for Trump's lies instead of Democrats and the status quo. It's not just that it's wrong to use your anger over a bully being elected as an excuse to become a bully yourself, importantly it's also a garbage strategy for trying to defeat MAGA down the road. This recent strain of Liberalism and it's compromise is so exhausting. They sell out everything they're supposed to stand for and embrace things like fracking, the lie of migrant crime, they choose to proudly wear the endorsement of people like the Cheneys and expect to win elections by being "diet Republicans"? It seems like they'll do just about anything instead of actually challenging the systems that cause common folks to suffer.
  - krapp 2y ago
    >There was outrage for all of those things. Not by most Trumpers, no, and certainly not enough outrage, but there was and is opposition to all of the things you listed. Where was it? All I saw were people lecturing "the left" and calling Trump critics hypocrites and blaming them for Trumpism just as you are. Faux outrage over Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" comment - which she was 100% correct about. Not so much as an ounce of self-reflection or awareness, only ever deflection and projection, only ever blaming the other side and acting like victims. I agree with you 100% about the failures of Liberalism and the Democrats though, but people are well aware of that. Unfortunately the system only affords us two options, and we're forced to choose the lesser evil. As far as bullying goes, I mean... my side isn't the one sending out ICE agents to kidnap brown people or stripping gay and trans people of their rights or waging war against "equality" and "woke." Maybe you should be asking the people who keep voting for the systems causing common folks to suffer to challenge them. You won't though, that isn't why you're here.