Well conservatives were Chanting “Fuck Joe Biden” and the news presenter said they were saying “let’s go Brandon” which because a big meme for conservatives. Liberals put glowing red eyes on Biden and called him Dark Brandon.
It’s actually a mashup of (at least) two memes. As mentioned, the name “Brandon” comes from a NASCAR event that spawned the phrase “Let’s go Brandon” as a euphemism for “Fuck Joe Biden”, so critics began calling Biden “Brandon” in reference.
The “Dark” part came from a series of conservative/MAGA memes from last year, where commenters began to propose that Trump and his allies had been holding themselves back rather than acting as aggressively as they should’ve, and this vision for the future was called “Dark MAGA”, and used a lot of overdramatic anime imagery of Trump as a violent despot serving up the justice his enemies deserved.
“Dark Brandon” emerged as a parody of it, because the idea of Biden as a powerful and ruthless mastermind is, admittedly hilariously absurd.
I believe this sparked the dark brandon name. Originally made by a propagandist cartoonist to make Biden look evil, the left memed it because he’s an old man so the juxtaposition is funny, then libs just adopted it as a cool way to brand Biden
Well conservatives were Chanting “Fuck Joe Biden” and the news presenter said they were saying “let’s go Brandon” which because a big meme for conservatives. Liberals put glowing red eyes on Biden and called him Dark Brandon.
It’s actually a mashup of (at least) two memes. As mentioned, the name “Brandon” comes from a NASCAR event that spawned the phrase “Let’s go Brandon” as a euphemism for “Fuck Joe Biden”, so critics began calling Biden “Brandon” in reference.
The “Dark” part came from a series of conservative/MAGA memes from last year, where commenters began to propose that Trump and his allies had been holding themselves back rather than acting as aggressively as they should’ve, and this vision for the future was called “Dark MAGA”, and used a lot of overdramatic anime imagery of Trump as a violent despot serving up the justice his enemies deserved.
“Dark Brandon” emerged as a parody of it, because the idea of Biden as a powerful and ruthless mastermind is, admittedly hilariously absurd.
Reference: Know Your Meme
Oh no, it’s way better than that. It started from literal Chinese propaganda art, which was repurposed into the Dark Brandon meme:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dark-brandon
Is this shit for real? I feel like this is from a cartoon or something.
I believe this sparked the dark brandon name. Originally made by a propagandist cartoonist to make Biden look evil, the left memed it because he’s an old man so the juxtaposition is funny, then libs just adopted it as a cool way to brand Biden
That’s… a much more bizarre story than I was expecting. Says a lot about the integrity of the MSM too. Oh well. Thanks for explaining!
Wait… What does that say about MSM?
Because one reporter next to a (notoriously) loud NASCAR race misheard what a crowd was chanting? Because the reporter didn’t say “fucking” on TV?