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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe love DARK Brandon !!!!
Can a meme born in darkness --say, the racist corners of GOP's --ever come to have lighter meanings? The "DARK BRANDON " Democrat's meme popularity among Biden supporters are swift and decisive. It has effectively become a positive affirmation, not only of Biden himself, but of the internets ability to reclaim and salvage what once was lost.
Most recently, visitors to Bidens newly unveiled 2024 campaign website discovered the sites Dark Brandon pointing people towards a special Dark campaign tee emblazoned with the Brandon image.
Not bad work for a meme that originally started out as a right-wing slogan, Lets Go Brandon, that was actually coded to stand in for F Joe Biden.
Dark Brandon typically appears as a laser-eyed Joe Biden, usually presented via ancient lolcats-style image macro, probably with a reference to defeating malarkey somewhere.
The meme first began to catch on in late summer of 2022, trending on Twitter and drawing mockery from right-wing influencers like Ben Shapiro, while other posters complained that the libs ruined their meme. But the origin and potential cringe elements didnt stop many Biden supporters from wholeheartedly embracing and running with the imagery. The meme caught the publics attention at a moment when the real Biden was riding a string of policy wins. Bidens achievements, combined with the publics hunger for a refreshing source of leftist inspiration, made the figurative Dark Brandon an irresistible memetic superhero.
https://www.vox.com/culture/23300286/biden-dark-brandon-meme-maga-why-confusing-explained
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LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)I remember Nasty Woman was embraced.
There must be other examples.
I never quite got why Brandon got hung on Joe. But then Im not sure why Karen was hung on actual nasty white women.
LudwigPastorius
(9,140 posts)The spectators are chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" at 0:58.
The interviewer tries to spin the drunken, cousin-fucking crowds' words as "Let's Go Brandon".
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)GopherGal
(2,008 posts)The song "Yankee Doodle" was obviously meant to demean the colonists. Thus, defiant adoption of a nickname that was intended to be derogatory has a long and storied history in the US.
The idea that "you created this 'Brandon' and now you find you can't withstand the powers of Dark Brandon" is kind of amusing.
usonian
(9,795 posts)GenThePerservering
(1,820 posts)WAAAAAHHHH! THE LIBS STOLE OUR MEME!!!!!!!!!!
The right can't meme, anyway, so no loss.
slightlv
(2,793 posts)we women reclaimed the name "Witch" and proudly wore it as something other than the crook-nosed ugly old hag. We wore it in beauty and power, and to this day, still do!
JuJuChen
(2,215 posts)electric_blue68
(14,891 posts)Whatthe_Firetruck
(557 posts)... https://joebiden.com/404
"You're lost, Jack."
Cha
(297,211 posts)Hekate
(90,683 posts)Trueblue1968
(17,218 posts)Joe Biden, My Favorite Meme | MAKERS
The bromance is real. Vice President Joe Biden on the hilarious memes with President Barack Obama and the real friendship behind them.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)If I'm not too lazy I could do it but . . . . I'm a little lazy right now.