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AP News: "Let's go, Brandon" is really code for "**** Joe Biden"

theprestige said:
Investigative journalism coming through for you:

https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-...ns-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160
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It started at an Oct. 2 NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Brandon Brown, a 28-year-old driver, had won his first Xfinity Series and was being interviewed by an NBC Sports reporter. The crowd behind him was chanting something at first difficult to make out. The reporter suggested they were chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” to cheer the driver. But it became increasingly clear they were saying: “F—- Joe Biden.”
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To be clear: are you trying to imply here that the above-related incident mentioned in that article, which was broadcast on national television, actually did not happen at all; or are you claiming that people using that phrase as a meme are intending something different by it? If so, what do you think they are trying to express instead?
 
Checkmite said:
To be clear: are you trying to imply here that the above-related incident mentioned in that article, which was broadcast on national television, actually did not happen at all; or are you claiming that people using that phrase as a meme are intending something different by it? If so, what do you think they are trying to express instead?
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Well your first two guesses are way off. Would you like a third?
 
I find it moderately humorous. The initial event was pretty darn hilarious.
 
theprestige said:
Fair enough. I just think it's funny that the AP decided to run a whole-ass article explaining this. Also the speed with which the catchphrase caught on, and the degree to which it spread, has been interesting to watch in action.
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In other words, the AP is going for the "No **** sherlock" award for investigative journalism
 
Huh. I see these signs all the time in the redneck area of NoCal where I live.

Now I know what stupid ass thing it is this month. Gosh darn, these fellas are clever.
 
gregthehammer said:
In other words, the AP is going for the "No **** sherlock" award for investigative journalism
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If you use or like the meme, it is of course obvious to you where it came from and what it means.

The rest of the world that doesn't watch NASCAR or obsessively follow right-wing media (i.e., most of the world) will not necessarily intuit how one is supposed to get "f-word Joe Biden" out of "let's go Brandon"; so the article does a service by providing that context.

Ordinarily the alt-right meme-of-the-month doesn't merit an AP article; but since high-ranking national Republican leaders have begun using this one, it is causing some confusion among people who aren't aware of its origin.
 
TheGoldcountry said:
Huh. I see these signs all the time in the redneck area of NoCal where I live.

Now I know what stupid ass thing it is this month. Gosh darn, these fellas are clever.
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You should read the article. The catchphrase was actually a quick-thinking ad lib by a TV reporter doing a live interview, with a crowd in the background shouting "**** Joe Biden!" Luckily, her interview subject was named Brandon, and she was able to come up with this alternative on the spot. I want to say that within a couple days of the interview airing, the catchphrase had taken root.
 
Hadn't heard the phrase, nor watch NASCAR. Does seem a little gossipy for the AP to cover right wing trolling, tho.

What's with the Biden F-off, anyway? He doesn't seem nearly so divisive as a lot of figures on the public stage. Kind of dull, if anything. Is it more a reflexive thing against a Democrat or do they have an actual specific beef?
 
Checkmite said:
If you use or like the meme, it is of course obvious to you where it came from and what it means.

The rest of the world that doesn't watch NASCAR or obsessively follow right-wing media (i.e., most of the world) will not necessarily intuit how one is supposed to get "f-word Joe Biden" out of "let's go Brandon"; so the article does a service by providing that context.

Ordinarily the alt-right meme-of-the-month doesn't merit an AP article; but since high-ranking national Republican leaders have begun using this one, it is causing some confusion among people who aren't aware of its origin.
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Indeed. Tickles me funny bone, tho. Playground smarts, pinnacle of GOP cleverness, and dumb enough to feel pride and boast about it. Next thing you know, "Got me a load in me knickers!" or "Lonely times without Mommy" will be megahits.
 
Thermal said:
Is it more a reflexive thing against a Democrat or do they have an actual specific beef?
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Just a Democrat. Perhaps a little more emotive for some of them because he's specifically the Democrat who beat Trump; but otherwise, they would be devising similar taunts for any Democrat in any other context.
 
Conservatives do know they can just say "**** Joe Biden", right? Nobody is going to stop them from saying naughty words.
 
I for one like to know how a current meme started. Except maybe for that "Velma Trending on Halloween" one yesterday on Twitter. That one was... eye-opening, among other things.
 
Checkmite said:
Just a Democrat. Perhaps a little more emotive for some of them because he's specifically the Democrat who beat stole the presidency from Trump; but otherwise, they would be devising similar taunts for any Democrat in any other context.
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FTFY



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