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An alt-right Twitter account just created everyone’s favorite new meme

How the alt-right brought about the left's favorite new meme.

 

David Britton

Internet Culture

Posted on Mar 2, 2017   Updated on May 24, 2021, 9:59 pm CDT

What could be better, what could be sweeter, than an intended insult landing like a compliment?

http://giphy.com/gifs/ellie-kemper-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-uks-CZjUJezwLaplC

Yesterday, an alt-right Twitter user who’s usually responsible for gems like this:

https://twitter.com/polNewsNetwork1/status/836727536134520832

Gave liberals a huge gift when they tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/polNewsNetwork1/status/837001201384374272

That’s right, two people peacefully enjoying public transportation. Two women, one trans, one in a hijab, minding their own business while reducing their carbon footprint. It’s really a liberal wet dream, one that the left was happy to embrace.

But it wasn’t enough to just say “Yeah idiot, we would all like it if people could just get along and not be harassed.” This tweet was way too perfect to not be turned into a meme. In less than 24 hours it exploded, with liberals tweeting increasingly more bizarre and/or adorable pictures of possible futures under their rule.

https://twitter.com/Anthony_Stuart/status/837356724680069120

https://twitter.com/Brock_toon/status/837308267491651584

For his part, the original tweeter was less than thrilled that his tweet has been turned on its head.

https://twitter.com/polNewsNetwork1/status/837316116850618371

Buckle up everybody, the future is gonna be awesome.

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*First Published: Mar 2, 2017, 2:22 pm CST