• greenfire@lemmings.world
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    2 days ago

    “Weed the people” is the current cruel federal program to bleach USA of those considered to have too much melanin in their skintone

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        If you’re a WWE fan, you’d understand how funny that is.

        Several years back, a wrestler named Jack Swagger was running an anti-immigrant gimmick (How fitting…) as a bad guy. He was basically wrestling’s MAGA before MAGA was a thing. His taunt would be that he would forcefully slap his hand to his heart like someone pledging allegiance to the flag while screaming “WE THE PEOPLE”.

        Then he was busted with marijuana in the real world. Suddenly, fans started taunting him with chants of “WEED THE PEOPLE.” at arenas and online. It was hilarious. It basically killed the gimmick because nobody took him seriously after that.

        (Granted, not many people were taking the gimmick seriously anyway because Swagger wasn’t very good and the gimmick was a bad idea from day one. But the taunts put the final nail in the coffin.)