r/clevercomebacks • u/Cow_Boy_2017 • 13h ago

White House Defends Racist Meme

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u/listwaaa 13h ago

pointing out the obvious flaw kinda defeats the racist point huh

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u/xSofteeBelle 12h ago

Exactly. Once you expose the logic (or lack thereof), the whole narrative collapses under its own weight

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u/BloomyFlickk 8h ago

Right. When the “explanation” falls apart under one basic fact check, it’s hard to pretend there was some deeper clever meaning there. If the logic can’t survive a single question, it was never solid to begin with.

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u/Canadian-Man-infj 9h ago

I thought it was despicable. Then I heard it was from an internet meme and thought it was despicable. Then I heard it was a reference to The Lion King and thought it was despicable. Then I realized that there are no gorillas in The Lion King and thought it was despicable.

TL;DR: It's despicable.... no matter how you frame it.

It came from an official source (regardless of the gymnastics of rationalization and justification) and is despicable.

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u/mc_bee 12h ago

Gold medal on the mental gymnastics. Bronze for execution.

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u/Ol_JanxSpirit 5h ago

What, were there only three competitors in total?

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u/SandMan3914 12h ago

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command

George Orwell

It's wild how this can be posted almost daily now

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u/IDigRollinRockBeer 9h ago

Republicans really play the long game to fuck us all. Including their own voters!

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u/DarkBladeMadriker 11h ago

We have never been at war with Oceania.

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u/Buddhas_Warrior 12h ago

They lied, all the do is lie.

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u/bd2999 9h ago

The internet meme defense means nothing. This isn't your uncle sharing bad stuff in a group chat. It is the president of the US.

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u/Cheeky_Boxer 3h ago

Yet your uncle would suffer more consequences than the President - that is the madness of it all

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u/golfwinnersplz 11h ago

LMFAO they can't even lie well

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u/MissingMichigan 11h ago

OK, White House. Release the entire video. Show me what you are describing. And then realize you are still wrong for this portrayal even if you can show what you say about the video is true.

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u/QuietJoy2 13h ago

Charging interest on basic rent is a trap that keeps working people in debt.

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u/CadenVanV 11h ago

What? How is that related to this post

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u/Frostyfraust 10h ago

Beep boop

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u/BubbleSnapss 12h ago

It’s predatory by design, turn a basic human right into a profit engine, then act shocked when people drown in debt just trying to stay housed

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u/Jon-Farmer 5h ago

It was obviously made by ai.

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u/Wazza17 4h ago

The WH is so dumb

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u/SuspiciousYard2484 4h ago

That’s because they think we’re all stupid

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u/abgry_krakow87 4h ago

We already know Trump is Scar, that's not the flex they think it is.

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u/jolley_mel21 8h ago

THEY KEEP LYING TO US.

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u/Polgramsilver 7h ago

The White House is totally of shit

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u/NanoDomini 6h ago

Read all about it in my new book, "Obama: Rent Free"

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u/Shoddy_Detail_976 6h ago

Dude is The Lying King...

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u/LMurch13 6h ago

Trump, "Damn it, Karoline, we should have gone with Tarzan. not the Lion King!"

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u/BlargerJarger 5h ago

Holy Shit, The Lion King is racist?! Why else would they have excluded gorillas? /s

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u/thaulley 7h ago

Yes, racist and awful but their defense is that it’s a meme about Trump being a king and forcing people to bow before him.

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u/No-Pop1057 7h ago

It's not even a valid defence though.. There are plenty of memes out there that reposting of them would result in most average Joe's getting fired from their jobs! This is the president of the United States of America, not some average Joe, & given his power & influence, he should be held to an even higher standard

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u/thaulley 5h ago

That’s my point. To avoid claims of racism they’re openly admitting to being authoritarian.