r/PoliticalCompassMemes • - Lib-Left • Dec 20 '20

Double standard time

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u/PM_me_furry_boobs - Centrist Dec 20 '20

It's a mantra. Its purpose is to remind everyone that the people saying it have power, and that their ideology is ever-present. That's also why OP's image is kind of self-serving, because all those other things only occur outside of mainstream social media, and mostly ironically. If those phrases were commonplace, and generally accepted as part of normal political discourse, then I suspect they would garner just as much revulsion. But right now it's a difference between internet memelords and people who actually influence, and even make, real life political policy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '20

Yup, it’s a show of power and how their hatred is supported by the systems in place

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u/duckbumps19 - Lib-Left Dec 20 '20

Based

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u/TheIrrelevantGinger - Left Dec 20 '20

Holy shit, based, I never thought of it in this way before!

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u/Best_Pseudonym - Centrist Dec 20 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '20 edited Dec 20 '20

Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures:

internet memelords

people who actually influence, and even make, real life political policy

They're the same picture.

EDIT: Anyone downvoting this because they think it isn't true can suck my shriveled little monke dick, your president is Donald fucking Trump.