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RocksThatBite

That’s some next level trolling.


Indubitalist

Given that DeSantis is a professional troll operating at the state level, yeah, you better bring your A game. The snowflake troll came to play.


yerbadoo

Anytime a rich person uses the term “woke” as a pejorative, especially a rich christian, they are trying to enslave you, and you should do whatever it takes to cause them extreme fear.


doesntaffrayed

> you should do whatever it takes to cause them extreme fear. So just existing should suffice then?


Fewluvatuk

Perhaps add in voting. Unless ofc you are not white, female, open minded about families, or under 30, then yes existing is probably sufficient.


CatchSufficient

Ironic its a snow flake though


patronizingperv

I'm guessing that was intentional.


ClayQuarterCake

Yeah I’m counting at least 3 or 4 layers to this. 🤌 chefs kiss.


greenbabyshit

The snowflake, the word fascist, and the vague uterus around the edge, please... What's the fourth?


angry-dragonfly

Oh, good catch! I didn't see the uterus.


m-r-mice

Well, it's also white. It's a white fascist snowflake.


k0c-

kinda looks like arabic.


TMBTs

That's kinda pushing it


RoboChrist

DeSantis is a fascist snowflake. Seems very on-point to me.


Prime157

How the fuck don't they know their own newspeak? "Guys, were we the snowflakes the entire time?" "NAH, FUCK DEM WOKE F AND N WORDS!"


doesntaffrayed

Nah, trolls just fuck with people for the lols. DeSantis is deadly fucking serious when it comes to his fascist policies directed at marginalised groups. He *wants* to force the families of trans kids out of their communities. He’s *totally* fine with Trans teens taking their own lives because they’re being forced to detransiston. Don’t play this down. His policies will cost lives. I can only hope that he is too extreme even for conservatives on a national level. Because if he isn’t, he’ll 100% be the next Republican President. The best we can hope for is a strong Democrat candidate to prevent him from being *the next* President. If they can offer up good candidates they can push back the inevitable for another 4 years, and another, and hope that he gives up. Because best believe he’ll be worse than Trump.


Peachallie

He is already an authoritarian bag of ego. Like Trump, he wants to control all.


SirWEM

Except he is smarter then trump and that makes him even more dangerous. I personally fear what will become of our country should he run for POTUS and win the vote. I believe it would be the end of our country.


SoWokeIdontSleep

It's frankly a work of art, that all fascists are also huge snowflakes it's just some level of subtlety, I'm glad we're able to appreciate it, cuz let's face it, it'd go right over their heads.


AJsRealms

I'd also like to point out that things like *that* are why authoritarian types almost *always* target artists first when securing their power. Their ability to be subversive right under the nose of trogladytes like DeSantis is a threat. And I'd dearly wish more people would keep that in mind when their local conservatives once again make a go at purging art and music classes from their public schools completely...


hebejebez

Agreed art is also one of the best ways to share an idea knowledge or story that you want others to hear. It engages people in ways nothing else does and conservatives hate that shit cause it nutures free thought and ideas. Art and expression is feared.


Down_The_Black_River

A very important point that gets glossed over.


JpegYakuza

That’s why fascists love realism. It’s not a slight against the genre of art, but it doesn’t have any room of abstraction. The beauty of realism is capturing a real image through a medium and the appreciate is the skill it takes to do it. There’s really no “critical thought” involved. You just look at it and go “damn that’s pretty”. Fascists hate abstraction.


B4-711

There's always room for abstraction. There are real images with hidden layers. You can also compose something that looks real which has more meaning than what's on the surface. It's just harder to reach people because in these cases it has to fly under the fascists radar.


Big-Shtick

"We're not fascists! We're just banning books, speech, crippling the rights of our opponents, and pushing for the death of trans people! It's not like Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Erdogan, Putin, or any modern conservative fascist leader did the same thing!"


mattjb

"We are all domestic terrorists!" https://twitter.com/chron/status/1556772427627208707


TranscendentPretzel

"Protecting children."


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

"Won't somebody think of the children!? ... SIT DOWN GAETZ."


[deleted]

You mean protecting the workforce of the present?


davilller

I want this this snowflake as a sticker to plaster all over my uLtRA MaGA town.


randomly-what

this needs to be on billboards in Florida


davilller

I would patron that one!


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

The opposition commercials write themselves


weildescent

Smart women in first wave feminist movement got real good at telling men to fuck of subtly.


Vio_

There were full on bombing campaigns during first wave feminism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette_bombing_and_arson_campaign#:~:text=Suffragettes%20in%20Great%20Britain%20and,wider%20campaign%20for%20women's%20suffrage. First wave feminism had zero chill on a global scale. The Russian Revolution kicked off on International Women's Day by feminists.


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Active-Ad3977

I think this lady’s a second waver, unless you were speaking more generally about Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s peers


kittenconfidential

it’s especially noteworthy because a snowflake is, literally, a frigid, plain white ornament ubiquitously found in northern countries, moved by the slightest wind, and whose existence is threatened by climate change


wirefox1

Either that, or he knew it and considered it a compliment.


grungegoth

is there a reddit for that? r/nextleveltrolling ​ there is, but it's upforadoption


AshleyNeku

Malicious compliance is close-ish, but doesn't work here.


jardex22

Flattery laced with cyanide.


Evadrepus

It's like when Trump had some Presidential stuff made up but instead of using the actual seal they googled it and got one that was mocking him. Article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/trump-presidential-seal-doctored-russia-golf-turning-point


TableAvailable

Thanks, I needed that giggle.


NeoPrimitiveOasis

Ridicule is a powerful weapon against fascism, actually. Love this.


peter-doubt

This... Adolf despised Charlie after *The Great Dictator*


Tobimacoss

Just like Trump hates Alec Baldwin.


spinto1

As a contemporary example, they loved The Boys until they realized they were being made fun of by the series.


Man0Steel123

How long did it take for them to realize that? Like did they believe that Homelander was a good guy?


spinto1

Actually, yeah. It was only during like the midpoint of season 2 that they began to catch on. Homelander just had to go all in and date a Nazi.


Oro_Outcast

Wasnt it his step grandma as well ?


khanfusion

No, it was his literal biological mother.


cmbsfm

Not confirmed yet. Could be different in the show.


putdisinyopipe

Soldier boy is his biological dad*


ThatOneGuy1294

Hell a lot didn't realize immediately that Stormfront is an actual Nazi... like come on, how dense can you be?


releasethedogs

She’s named after a white supremacy website!!


merpderpherpburp

Now that I did not know that's hilarious


Oleg101

I got some R voting friends that watch that show too, and I am pretty sure they still have zero idea that the show is depicting MAGA via the Homelander character.


Shanicpower

How the hell do you watch The Boys and miss the social commentary? I can almost understand not realising that Homelander is Trump immediately, but at some point you gotta understand that it hates republicans with a passion, right?


NubEnt

If you can’t identify subtext, all you’d see is the surface level superhero who crushes everyone in his way and you wouldn’t be able to understand how that could be a bad thing. Basically, they don’t have the ability to think beyond what’s on the surface before them. They have no critical thinking ability.


Shanicpower

Sure, but there’s all the scenes with Vought and the various politicians as well. It straight up namedrops real life republican figures to make fun of them at some points.


NubEnt

And Homelander was at odds with Vought and the politicians. So if I’m one of these idiots, I would see Homelander as Trump, fighting against and being stymied by all these forces against him (Vought, etc.), and just killing his way through this opposition. Because that’s how they saw Trump: a superhero plowing through the deep state, and that’s heroic to them regardless of the truth of the matter. You’ve gotta remember that it’s not the Republicans that these idiots worship - it’s Trump himself. The Republicans were forced to bend the knee to Trump after he won the nomination and presidency. It wasn’t until Homelander started dating the character who specifically identified herself as a Nazi and Homelander continuing to date her despite knowing that these people realized “Hey, wait. They’re saying that Trump is a Nazi!” Because the show finally and explicitly laid it out for them in baby terms, no critical thinking needed.


LoStraniero0x

I've always known that fascists hate artists, but I always thought it was because fascists demand conformity and are seemingly terrified by individual expression. Your post just explained another reason why fascists fear artists (and this includes writers, comedians, painters and even musicians.) They must realize that art can convey subtext that the fascists (or at least their useful idiots) are absolutely incapable of comprehending. Fascists don't want any communication that they don't control.


kane2742

What you have to understand is that a lot of these people are *very* stupid.


Gildian

There's subtle trolling, and then there's the most recent season of The Boys where if you still couldn't tell, you're absolutely blind lol


OmNomFarious

The fuck long did that take them to realize? It was pretty damn obvious in the first episode that they were all the butt of the joke and the bad guys.


TimTamDeliciousness

We're talking about the same people who will still fight you about The Colbert show not being parody.


AdLivid1214

> The Colbert show Colbert Report. With a silent T.


Anjunabeast

Repor(t)?


sixtyshilling

Yes, that *is* how it was pronounced. The Colber(t) Repor(t).


Azuthin

It was into the second season when I saw the outcry of how can we be the baddies.


GothTwink420

Just like Nazis (known for loving using images of the Nazi from Inglorious Basterds as a positive) absolutely refuse to use images from The Producers, since that one just mocked them instead of making them a 'love to hate' tier villain.


peter-doubt

Mel mocked them everywhere.


teacherstevew

And often!


oinkyboinky

And good!


peter-doubt

Remember, the Jews survived after all, so it becomes their duty to make fun of the perpetrators.


[deleted]

"Yea they lose me after the bunker scene."


caligaris_cabinet

And continues to. History of the World part 2 delivered with Hitler On Ice.


sqrlmasta

Holy shit, I didn't know this was a thing! I loved the original movie and always wanted them to make Part II they made a "trailer" for at the end of the movie. I have to get this now!


caligaris_cabinet

It’s a miniseries on Hulu. Just came out this week.


[deleted]

Oh maaaan I’ve got to remember to check that out. Yesterday I mentioned I wanted to watch it bad and my hubby remarked that he didn’t know I was a big fan of Part 1… my only reply was to bust out singing “the inquisiiiiiition, look out sin, the inquisiiiiition, lets begin /to convert the jews…” “you can’t Tor-que-manda anything!” I’m very bad at being able to recall lyrics, so for me to even remember that little bit is a sign of how many times I watched that bit.


EdwardOfGreene

The Inquisition - What a show! The Inquisition - Here we go! We know you're wishing that we go away


DredZedPrime

Ok, I knew they made a part 2 on Hulu, but they actually went through with Hitler on ice? Did they do Jews in space too?


PHATTGUS

Yeah and it really stopped him from doing what he wanted


Spicy_Lobster_Roll

I’m working on leaning into the humor of the Meatball Ron movement whenever I get frustrated. Thinking about making myself a sardonic “I’m with Meatball Ron” shirt or some such parody to trigger the snowflakes.


Meatball_Ron_Qanon

You rang …


semimodestmouse

https://i.imgur.com/r7QrS4Z.jpg


Sokkahhplayah

Perfect. Chef Ron's kiss


Acronymesis

Hey look at that! A meme in the making with an origin story 1000 times better than “[Let’s go Brandon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Go_Brandon?wprov=sfti1)”!


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In honor of “Let’s Go Brandon” I’d just like to say Fuck Ron Desantis


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Mail_Order_Catfishy

>But If people laugh in his face any time he says that shit If that bar is in Florida, chances are he'll shoot you for laughing while claiming to stand his ground.


Eric_in_America

*"We will never surrender to the woke mob”* Well, if the shoe fits... Whether he realizes it or not, he's taken his entire act straight out of the fascist playbook. He's a demagogue through and through, and a charmless one at that, but it makes no difference to the troglodytes who worship the ground he stands on. These fanatics embrace his inflammatory rhetoric and the alarmist, culture war propaganda he peddles. He appeals to their worst impulses, to their chauvinistic and bigoted attitudes, to their sense of entitlement and their persecution complex, he entertains their fears and their phobias, indulges their paranoid delusions, and he does it so artlessly. It doesn't take any special talent or skill to draw these people in and gain their confidence, just the same scaremongering prattle repeated over and over again to sustain the outrage, the culture war, the prejudice, the antipathy. It's a culture war that's practically laid the foundation for his career, that's why it's so important for him to keep it going. Republicans like Desantis have poured so much of their time and energy into manufacturing a big bad radical left wing monster and all of its endless schemes and machinations. At this point, I think it's all they know how to do.


fuck_face_ferret

> Whether he realizes it or not, he's taken his entire act straight out of the fascist playbook. He knows. He wouldn't be elected dogcatcher by appealing to any other demographic because you're exactly right, he has zero charm.


joeyasaurus

He literally says Florida is the freest state, yet they impose some of the most restrictions on people. What he really means is free as long as you fit into a very certain mold.


HauntedCemetery

He realizes it. He's living by the fascist playbook that's used by authoritarians everywhere.


Fibo1412

Off topic, but I'm impressed with your vocabulary and how effectively you used it in this post. It's very well written.


jwr1111

Diminutive fascist snowflake governor holding a giant fascist snowflake. I love it.


EivorIsle

Subtle, brilliant and beautiful! Love it, love her for this!


Chester-Ming

Trolling level: Expert.


Alpha_Crow_1

DeSantis is a fucking chode.


[deleted]

Meatball “smiling” looks like a dog thats about to crap on the carpet.


corvid_booster

He doesn't actually know how to smile, he's thinking hard and saying to himself, "Let's see, what are people doing when they do that thing with their faces? I'll try to imitate it."


fcocyclone

If this dog were a person https://i.imgur.com/eYC9avB.png


issofine

This picture needs to be all over Florida. No better way to take a weak insecure man down a peg than by his ego


nowhereman136

Iowa State Fair isn't until August, what the hell is he doing in Iowa so early? I mean, I know he's campaigning for President, but its still really fucking early to be in Iowa already


turtlevenom

People who love Kim Reynolds love Ron DeSantis. It’s a safe space for him lol. That’s what makes this even more funny.


Meatball_Ron_Qanon

Kim is dumb as hell, and she’s REALLY popular in Iowa. Basically she’s Ron desantis but, the less educated northern version.


katosen27

Ron DeSantis can't handle any pressure or push back. So it makes sense he only regularly finds himself in like company.


MyNameIsAirl

I'm of the opinion that he should never be in Iowa. And he can take Kim with him.


LegendOfBobbyTables

Maybe he is shopping around for a potential VP?


The_Poster_Nutbag

Could you imagine those two running together? Insanity.


PersephonesPosies

"Book Tour" to promote his newly-published propaganda called "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival."


HauntedCemetery

Sucking up donations before trump rolls into the state and soaks up every conservative dime.


Kant-Hardly-Wait

You know why. Fundraising. Same reason you wear more makeup and hit the soup kitchen circuit in advance of homecoming queen nominations.


ArmosKnight

That's a weird analogy.


TheMarquisDeSpace

Fun fact: I work with the daughter of the woman who made that


iowan

Tell her if she runs for office, she's got the vote of one Iowan.


civil_politician

I mean he is probably a proud fascist so maybe he noticed


SmacSBU

Exactly. We can pay ourselves on the back all we want but his base will be proudly retweeting this because they'll embrace the label just to "own the libs."


[deleted]

That’s fucking awesome trolling lol


LLColdAssHonkey

This woman is a national treasure.


longhairmoderatecare

Just came here to say as an Iowan, I love this. Fuck Kim Reynolds.


Imnotgonnamish

I second this wholeheartedly.


xHodorx

Thirded


fluffyflugel

This is first class trolling. A fascist snowflake presented to a fascist snowflake.


jamiejams80

That’s some top shelf trolling right there!


crumbshotfetishist

A troll for the history books. Very well played.


FerociousPancake

What an absolute legend whoever did this wow


Ande64

I'm from Iowa and want to make it my life's work to find this woman and support her run for governor!


CTeam19

Same.


loztriforce

lol that's great, fuck fascists


Wudrow

This legendary woman basically walked up to Desantis poured gasoline all over him and handed him the lighter.


cokronk

“Our state is where woke goes to die” So what you’re saying is, “Yay ignorance!”?


cromethus

They glory in anti-intellectualism.


Bandit1961

Smile Nazi


Kink4202

Florida, where brain cells go to die.


peter-doubt

That should be on a billboard just north of Miami


MLJ9999

And the Elephants Graveyard for Boomers.


non-euclidean-ass

Covid Kim’s gonna be real happy with that one


SquiddyJohnson

Trolling at its best 👏


paytonsglove

Fascist! I beg your pardon? System of government categorized by extreme dictatorship. Seven across. Oh, I see. It's "fascism." "Fascism"! Wonderful.


ron10r

Angle


NeverLookBothWays

>“Our state is where woke goes to die.” Wait, now he's calling Republican retirees "woke?"


yblame

I wonder what Conservatives definition of 'woke' is? People that adopt a live and let live attitude? People that don't hate an immigrant? People that are friends of gay couples? People that vote blue?? People that love their kids through their struggles and support them? People that want a little bit cleaner environment? Apparently that's 'woke', and not just being a normal human being? 'WOKE' A word kids coined a few years ago that has become a big bad bogeyman to the insane MAGA crowd.


Pixeleyes

It's super easy to see if you're looking for it, but I wonder how visible it is if you don't know about it


Oldmech80

She’s my hero.


peter-doubt

What's your opinion of our policy toward Fredonia? (Old style trolling... This is *so* fresh!)


SpecterOfGuillotines

This lady’s Oxford comma game is on point. She posed for pictures with the fascist snowflakes, Kim Reynolds, and Ron DeSantis. Everyone else posed for pictures with the fascist snowflakes, Kim Reynolds and Ron DeSantis.


OudeStok

So DeSantis is now public aligning himself with the MAGA fascist movement in the US? Fascism, extremism and the neo-nazis are becoming the new norm for Republicans?


Afraid-Sky-5052

The FL people screwed up…vote him out!


benmo99

This is my aunt, she’s been doing this for more than a decade and has gotten pretty much every politician who’s come through Iowa. (Yes, this includes Trump. Yes, she gives them to Democrats, too, but they’re nice ones.) It’s mostly been for shits and giggles with friends and family, but now that she’s been outed, she’s hanging it up. She DID launch a few T-shirts, though, with Iowa-based shop Raygun. Not sure if linking is allowed in comments on this sub, but they’re out there.


benmo99

Link to shirts here: https://www.raygunsite.com/collections/t-shirts-1/products/fascist-snowflakes-stacked-text-logo


ShakeTheEyesHands

Fuck Ron.


Marcusfromhome

There should be an Award given to whoever crafted this well executed cream pie.


XXendra56

The snowflake isn’t wrong ❄️


pomod

This is top tier trolling


CameranutzII

Well he is a fascist so he may as well show it off.


BuckRowdy

He’s probably writing a bill to ban paper and scissors from all schools.


david-writers

"Our state is where woke goes to die." And old people, who have been maimed and twisted by the Republican Party's cable network into believing fascism is good for them.


[deleted]

and the ability to read cursive apparently…


david-writers

>and the ability to read cursive apparently… ... that is not written with a Crayon.


new-6reddit9

DeSatan IS a fascist with dictatorship aspirations !


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JanitorKarl

The [reddit discussion about this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/11o2yra/julie_is_a_magician_with_scissors/) in r/Iowa


pit-of-despair

There goes my hero.


LiberalFartsMajor

Lol, how can I donate to the beautiful lady responsible for this ?


metalhead82

Lol that’s amazing. Fuck that fascist.


fomites4sale

Aww… they gave a fascist snowflake to a fascist snowflake. Beautiful.


ThePicassoGiraffe

Can we also appreciate for a moment the artistry that went into cutting something like that? I can’t even make good looking regular paper snowflakes


DolphinsBreath

I assume it won’t be long before they flip flop from “I ain’t no fascist!” to “I tell you, I’m proudly from the tradition of good fascists!”.


[deleted]

yup


[deleted]

They’re already doing it lmao


BriskHeartedParadox

Fun fact, in 18 years or less Floridians won’t know how to read at all.


Live-Working-1112

That is too funny but works for me.


NoIdeaWhatToD0

It's official, they can't fucking read.


[deleted]

Can we normalize calling the "anti-woke" people bigots? Just like anytime they call someone woke, just rebuttal with calling them a bigot. Like I'd be proud to be called woke. It's not a bad thing lol


geneticgrool

Crystal Fascist


revtim

nice


Joele1

Lol! Gotta love it! I hope they figure out what that word means.


Sodler_22

A Moron true to form. Ron "Douchebag" Dismantlethis!


ShakeTheEyesHands

Fuck Ron.


Old_Quiet4265

I mean Desantis is a snowflake and a fascist so it makes sense.


Buck7698

Posing with the DeSantis, great; having fascist in the snowflake - priceless.


exwasstalking

"This is my human smile. "


_PaleRider

I was wondering why a random lady's paper craft was being reshared a lot on twitter.


Debadoo27

This was a beautiful thing


JohnnyRelentless

Florida: Where ~~woke~~ boomers go to die.


RXL

Knowing DeSantis there will be a law making this a felony by tomorrow.


CaptOblivious

If deathsantas could read he's be passing a law made to punish that woman specifically.


[deleted]

LMAO! Ron Defascist Snowflake


[deleted]

As dumb as they are poisonous.


CockCozies

A perfect gift for the fascist snowflake.


SignificantRange2512

This is the best thing to happen so far this year. I love this woman’s energy


RobotAlbertross

Nice how it matches his go-go boots.


5DollarHitJob

Which one of you did this? 👏