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      They’re trying to make it uncool to remember Harambe.

      And I bet from now on people will call it a right-wing dogwhistle any time you mention his name…

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        It already was a right-wing dog whistle, it was popular among all groups but it was spread by white supremacist trolls.

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          Since when? Lot’s of people talked about Harambe. What is this nonsense about it being a right-wing dogwhistle?

          Once people decide something is a dogwhistle, then they start calling anyone who says it names like white supremacist or whatever. You’re pulling weight for the fascists by insinuating that anyone who talks about Harambe is a white supremacist. That’s clearly what their intention is, don’t enable their conquest of language and culture by giving credence to that.

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            It’s not a dog whistle so much as it was especially popular among racist 4chan type posters, that was the primary demographic who originally spread it and who the post is shouting out to. It became popular among all sorts of groups, I’m not saying anyone who references it was a nazi or something, a lot of memes used by the right are similar in this way. They will be something innocuous or co-opted from the left or other cultures like the swastika being an Eastern religious symbol. They use art and culture as a tool for their ends like this.

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    Being a Veteran Of The Internet, I know to take screengrabs with a pinch of salt. I’ll do my due diligence, thank you!

    And, well, I wish I hadn’t. Because now I know this is real and oh my fucking god

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        Jesus christ … whichever 4chan incels were hired to run the U.S. web pages didn’t even blink twice at turning a meme into a governmental announcement.

        This is what it’s about - completely outrageous displays of circusry to distract from it becoming an absolutely, pants-shittingly embarrassing mockery of its former glory.

        The U.S is getting robbed blind and made to look like a buffoon simultaneously.

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          FYI, this is far from the first time they’ve done this since January 2025. This has been the new reality for like a year and a half now

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            I’m never on xitter but i checked the official White House page i believe three or four times last year: it was a wild experience each time.

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    So tired of having a White House that shit posts like a boomer trying to sound cool to 14 year olds

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    WTF even is this timeline?

    This post makes sense, though. None of these clowns would be on the White House if Harambe were still alive. Basic gratitude post.

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        I feel like there would be a strong correlation between 4Chan from 10 Years ago and the trump administration today.

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          Exactly, the entire White House and DHS social media posts are now just cleaned up 4chan posts essentially. It’s kind of surreal to think about how they are all being printed and stored in government archives, which is required by law of all official communication of the president. It will be such a trove for future historians if there are any.

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      No. Harambe was killed because a child fell into his enclosure. That child was black. Racists cake out in droves practically arguing that the ape’s life was worth more than the child’s.

      The tweet is acknowledgment of that. The ‘patriotic’ moniker only makes sense for someone who believes black people are the enemy.

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    Of course they’re honoring him, his death sealed the current future where Trump get elected twice.

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      With this character’s death, the thread of prophecy has been severed. Reload to restore the weave of fate, or persist in this doomed world you have created.

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    I prefer a meme-free white house, is that communism?

    We’re killing people overseas RIGHT NOW. We’re arming other countries doing the same thing RIGHT NOW. These aren’t joking matters. I won’t even get into the various financial problems we’re facing, whilst building a goddamn Octagon on WH the front lawn. If you don’t have something important to say, shut the fuck up white house.

    revolting brevity, Harambe would instinctively attack and dismember any of these clowns on sight.

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      "Hello, Harambe, I’m President Donald J Trump, but you can call me Donald.

      You know, a lot of people say you and I are alike. A lot of people, very smart people, some may even be smarter than me. They say we’re alike because we’re both big, strong, have great hair and huge hands.

      But here you are eating ban-nan-nas. I don’t eat ban-nan-nas. Actually I don’t eat any type of fruit. Fruit is for pussies.

      So, I’m gonna order in some hamberders. Have you ever had McDonalds, Harambe? Oh, it’s fabulous! You’ll love it, I promise you, Harambe."

      Harambe kills himself.

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        But here you are eating ban-nan-nas. I don’t eat ban-nan-nas. Actually I don’t eat any type of fruit.

        Damn I felt like I heard him saying this in me head!

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    For a fraction of a second my brain went to some other less awful universe and I read this sentence as a totally normal thing of like “oh yeah of course, harambe must’ve been an important person and it’s totally normal for rational governments to honour important people”.

    I want to stay there.