So I took a look at the Donald Trump Pepe blog today, for the first time in a long time, and the memes on display there seem to be getting darker and cruder and more violent as election day draws closer.
It’s not as if the blog — a storehouse of sorts for, well, Donald Trump Pepe memes — had been lacking in crudeness before. Donald Trump meme-makers, after all, are the sort of people who think that it’s just plain hilarious to joke about throwing enemies out of helicopters and gassing the 7-year-old daughter of a writer they don’t like in a Nazi death camp.
But the newest memes are, if anything, worse — more graphic, more personal, more threatening than even the Holocaust memes that have been a staple of Trump’s volunteer mememakers for the last year. The newer memes, which seem more openly sadistic than those from months past, show Hillary being raped, being led to the guillotine, killing herself with a gunshot to the head.
There’s blood. And diarrhea. Lots of diarrhea.
Here’s a sampling from the memes posted recently on the Pepe Trump blog; I’ve censored the most graphic parts, but, seriously, if your day is going well and you want to keep it that way, you may want to stop reading here.
If not, let’s start with the murder-themed memes.
While their fellow Trump fans chant “lock her up” at Trump’s rallies, the mememakers fantasize about Hillary’s execution at the hands of a triumphant Trump.
Others fantasize about alternate ways she could be killed.
There are memes in which Pepe goads Hillary into killing herself.
And others (too violent to post here) imagining the same fate for Hillary’s “shills.”
There are numerous animated gifs depicting The Donald violently raping Hillary. Here’s a censored, non-animated version of one of them.
And then there are the scatological memes. This is the most presentable one of the bunch.
I guess the, er, joke here is that evil SJW Hillary fans are always complaining about racism. How a frog pooping on a poster for Hillary is supposed to relate to this I have no idea.
Another even more crudely scatological meme depicts a nude Hillary lying on the floor shitting herself while watching Trump’s victory on TV. I’m not going to post that one here, but if you have the stomach for it, take a look at it on the Trump Pepe blog.
And there’s a weirdly elaborate meme depicting Clinton diving into a big pit of money a la Scrooge McDuck, only to find that most of the money has been replaced with shit by a sneaky Trump fan.
After all these, it’s almost a relief to find a meme featuring a Pepe who’s merely peeing.
I mean, sure, “globalism” is a dogwhistle for “the Jews,” but at least there’s no blood or poo.
Katz is still tweeting. I think she’s just busy writing her novel. Hopefully she’ll pop by at some point.
@TreePerson
Try last night.
Speaking of why I have less than zero empathy for these fuckers.
@PI,
not sure what got into me, but I googled cactus popsicles and they look pretty good.
@Axecalibur: Middle Name Danger
Feeling like you can’t get your minority friends to read the Angry White Asshole: Deflection Collection? Well no problem, with the Angry White Asshole: Uncle Tom Tomes. Need your friends to be self loathing about their ethnicity? Tired of them speaking out about discrimination in other societies that aren’t your place of residence? Sick of them talking about being happy of their cultures and traditions? Now with the Angry White Asshole: Uncle Tom Tomes, you can. Watch as they turn away from their own cultures and subcultures with shame. See them speak out against their ethnicity for approval of other white assholes. Gaze as they transform before your very eyes into a person with the same bigoted views you hold towards them. Angry White Asshole: Uncle Tom Tomes., why change you when you can change them?
@WWTH
Which reminds me of this brilliant piece. Ironically, the same WaPo as the ’emapathy’ article. I just think that’s funny
@Oogly & Axe
Plus, all of these works can be used as FLAT SURFACES! Need to write down a racist screed for some reason? Tables are for chumps!
…Or you could use them as kindling for a good bonfire. Which would be a better way to use such a hypothetical product. Too bad it’s a bit more difficult to do with people invoking their hypothetical contents.
Dammit. I made myself want s’mores.
Ah crap, so Hillbullies huh?
Now I want s’mores, too.
@kupo
Ever had a s’more with peanut butter instead of chocolate?
@Oogly
OK, you win ?
@Troubelle
Multipurpose, so economical! That said, for the bonfire, you’d need enough copies to stick together into a cross shape… More money for us! For just a dozen easy payments of $18.65, the South can rise again!
@gijoel
Ninjad
@Troubelle
No, but now I’m imagining all kinds of possibilities. S’mores with Reese’s peanut butter cups. S’mores with pumpkin butter. Peanut butter swirl s’mores brownies.
Maybe I’m just hungry.
@Axe
You went there when I was like ehhhh o-o;. I think you’d need more than a dozen for a vertical cross, which….may or may not be a point?
These guys, tho…they don’t deserve s’mores.
@kupo
I’ve tried one with a Cup! A bit unwieldy due to thickness, but as tasty as you’d think!
Also, survey time! How do y’all like your marshmallows? Barely tanned? Thoroughly browned? Charred?
@Troubelle
When I was a kid they had to catch on fire to get the right char for me. Now I prefer golden brown.
Speaking of which, scientists have found that one of the strongest predictors of Trump Support is “Hostility towards women”
http://www.vox.com/2016/11/1/13480416/trump-supporters-sexism
I imagine these scientists next study will be to determine if fire is hot.
When it comes to empathy with angry Trump voters, well it depends who we’re talking about. I’ve got little sympathy for anyone making the vile shit posted above but I just have an automatic kneejerk opposition to writing off 133 560 000 people as just garbage people who don’t deserve empathy. I dunno how to say this, I guess I see Trump voters the way I see muslims who support Islamism. We must condemn them but it’s important not demonize and to understand what causes people to be vulnerable to distorted and dangerous ways of thinking.
@kupo
I never really liked my s’mores charred. It takes time to get them golden brown, but it’s worth it.
I like my marshmallows just raw. I like my toast just barely toasted, pretty much only enough to melt the butter and instead of grilled cheese, I just throw a cheese sandwich in the microwave. I guess I’m weird.
Why? What makes them deserving of empathy?
@Axe
Nah you came up with it first, I just wanted to add my 2 cents. ?
EDIT: Marshmallows
I prefer them gooey with some caramel, I like chocolate but not without another topping.
@OoglyBoggles
Caramel, huh? I’m more used to dipping slices of Granny Smith apple in caramel dip and peanut butter, but that sounds sweet, too!
@skybison
And my side eye is tingling
@Troubelle
We were all thinkin it…
Don’t like smores. I like my marshmallows in my teeth or in hot chocolate
@Axecalibur
Reasonable methods of marshmallow consumption. I’m saving hot cocoa for when it’s not 80 degrees F in fucking November, though.
@Oogly
Oh, I love the chocolate coated marshmallows with the caramel stuffed inside. So good.
@Everyone who likes marshmallows
Homemade marshmallows are delicious. I haven’t made them in a couple of years but I remember them being not too difficult to make. Here’s the recipe I use:
http://altonbrown.com/homemade-marshmallow-recipe/
@Troubelle: I remember 80 °F (27 °C) temperatures in November from when I used to live in Texas. It was great, because it frequently exceeded 100 °F (38 °C) in the summer. And it was 80 at night. Do you actually live in Texas, or in some other hot place?
@kupo
alton browwwwwwwn
@Laughter at Bigots
….Kentucky. I live in the middle of Kentucky.
@Troubelle
Where, if you don’t mind sharing? I am in Louisville.