Cmon who is saying that?

Plenty of people believe in limits to free speech but very very few would draw the line there.

If the definition of free speech doesnt feel over inclusive then its not free speech.

Wait, do you think there are people who think “Let’s Go Brandon” is anything but a hilarious conservative self-own?

Yeah. Literally everyone who says it unironically. So the original usage.

I thought of this immediately but was too lazy to edit so this is what I deserve

How is this a self-own?

Because it makes people look like pathetic muppets. If you mean "Fuck Joe Biden", say "Fuck Joe Biden", don't clutch your damn pearls about it.

Interesting take. I understood conservatives to use it because it is also taking a shot at the so-called MSM, who dubiously created the phrase. I never knew people though conservatives were being muppets by using it.

The 'MSM' (what a dated phrase) didn't create it, it was just a single reporter at a NASCAR race who either misheard it or bowdlerised it for the live TV audience.

When the majority uses vulgarities, how does not using vulgarity make one a muppet? I’d also consider the Muppets rather avant-garde for their time, so maybe you mean it as a complement as in Gonzo, Fozzy, or Beaker (or any other pathetic Muppet).

nice try

If you think the _words_ are the vulgar part of modern right wing ideology, I don't even know what to tell you.

That said, I am perhaps guilty of the same offence there - per the BBC America article "10 British Insults Americans Won't Understand" [1], a muppet is "someone who’s stupid, gullible and incapable of independent thought" - unfortunately the pearl clutching tends to extend to the typical four letter word I would use for such people.

[1]: https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/10-british-insults-american...

They did say that, but the media translated it to ‘let’s go Brandon’ as a self own, so it’s many levels deep :)

Yep, it immediately turned into a meme. Memes aren't always logical, and probably mostly aren't logical.

It's just hilarious from the outsiders' view. It's just a bunch ppl want to insult but don't want to say the exact words.

So many levels of meta-irony in this thread. You're laughing at a non-existent strawman you've been fed by the media.

The people saying Let's Go Brandon are perfectly happy to say Fuck Joe Biden. That's how the whole thing started. A large crowd at a televised NASCAR race started chanting it in unison whilst the winning driver called Brandon was being interviewed. The words they were saying were perfectly audible, but the interviewer tried to claim the crowd were not saying "Fuck Joe Biden" but rather enthusiastically chanting "Let's Go Brandon".

https://youtu.be/u9UjgITXUJ4?t=60

This immediately became a meme because it's such a perfect shorthand for the duplicity and accountability-free manipulation of the US media.

That's why it became a conservative meme in the following months. But of course because the media don't tell anyone where it came from or why, the people who get their information from it now believe that it's a "hilarious self-own" and people saying it "want to insult but don't want to say the exact words"!

Keep living in your small political world, you guys are just a joke. You know there are ppl don't care about politicians;)

Nvm0n1 gave a good explanations of the meme nature of "let's go Brandon". Not sure why you are being rude. You clearly live in a small political world and don't understand the meta.

Can you point to a comment that said that, or are you simply projecting?