• QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I’m ootl with the Dale Earnhardt lefty and anti-capitalist memes… can someone explain? Maybe I’m just not wording it right but googling hasn’t really brought up an answer

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      It comes from a Facebook meme page called “The Ghost of Ol Dale Earnhardt”. The creator said he was frustrated with alt-right people posting fake quotes on pictures of Southerners that made them seem like facists, so he decided to post fake quotes on a Southerner that make him seem like a communist.

      I find it weird, but Americans love claiming that dead people support their cause. Like how Martin Luther King is both a progressive and conservative icon depending on who you ask. Same with the founding fathers.

      • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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        11 months ago

        I personally love it, as a southern-born, formerly right-wing American. Makes me smile every time. It’s just the right amount of stupid.