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Mike DiCenzo @mikedicenzo 000 "How the Avengers would respond to the Capitol riot" (a thread)
000 PBJ| Yuki @PBJYuki How white people feel after comparing Georgia to Wakanda and calling it a day KING OF THE BLACK PEOPLE
Nikki The Freckled Valkyrie 000 @PenalvaCubana Using Wakanda backgrounds on every Zoom call today. #georgia GIF 10:45 AM · Jan 6, 2021 · Twitter for Android
Hanif Abdurraqib I was absolutely joking when I said that someone was gonna compare the black capitol cop to the black panther (I even deleted the tweet because I didn't want to put that energy out into the universe!) but I should have @NifMuhammad · Jan 11 000 known 5 27 11 468 Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad 00 Replying to @NifMuhammad that one aside -- between the "Georgia is Wakanda" take last week plus the Ruthkanda thing from a few months ago, it is gonna be a wild four years for the very specific demographic of folks who love political theater AND loved black panther BUT don't know any actual black people 11:44 PM · Jan 11, 2021 · Twitter Web App
Alexandra Lee-Capps @alexandrawlee Just told my 10yo daughter about #RBG. She had tears in her eyes. And then she did the Wakanda pose and said "#Ruthkanda forever" -- which is the sort of pop culture cross-over that | can celebrate. 7:01 PM · 9/18/20 · Twitter Web App 1,240 Retweets 6,188 Quote Tweets 4,109 Likes
this heaven gives me migraine @disco_socialist 000 Replying to @disco_socialist [Black ppl]: "the gratitude is nice, but can we address our material condition-" [white liberals] "bing bong Wakanda! Yaas Kween! Holla! Beyoncé girlboss Not giving a way MY shot." 5:48 PM · Jan 8, 2021 · Twitter for Android
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About

Liberal Avengersposting refers to the tendency among some liberal political commentators online to compare prominent Democratic Party figures to superheroes in Marvel's The Avengers. The comparisons often mocked as cringeworthy and childish by onlookers, drawing comparisons to liberals making analogies between politics and Harry Potter (which inspired the Read Another Book meme).

Origin

Comparisons between The Avengers and politics began appearing with regularity on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2020 United States Presidential Election. Mel Magazine[1] cites a @YupScruffy tweet[2] posted November 5th, 2020 as the moment people realized that The Avengers would become a popular point of comparison in political discourse in the wake of Harry Potter.

000 Scruffy @YupScruffy I've just had a horrifying revelaton that the Avengers is going to be the new Harry Potter for annoying liberals. Jimmy Kimmel O @jimmykimmel - 1d .** I guess we're waiting to find out if this is the end of Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame. ... O 971 2710.8K 70.8K Tommy Lewis @TommyLewis2... - 19h 2016 was Infinity War... We're in the Endgame now. Just when we feel all hope is lost Wisconsin picks up Arizona's hammer. Then we hear a distant whisper from Michigan "On your left". ... ACK America! ...ASSEMBLE!!! O 20 9:25 AM · Nov 5, 2020 · Twitter for Android MATTE MATTER

Precursor

Prior to The Avengers becoming a common point of political comparison, some liberals commonly used comparisons to Harry Potter. This led to the rise of the Read Another Book meme. "Read Another Book" is an expression used to criticize the overreliance on comparisons to Harry Potter in mainstream politics, particularly by Resistance Twitter users. It can also be used similarly as a catchphrase intended to criticize people who use the Harry Potter series to compare real-world events to that of the books, frequently appearing as a hashtag in such posts across a number of social media platforms online, often by members of the Anti-Harry Potter crowd.

Spread

On November 6th, as Biden appeared poised to win the election, Twitter user @JohnHPiette posted a video that compared multiple prominent Democratic politicians to superheroes at the end of Avengers: Endgame, gaining over 34 million views, 27,000 retweets, and 103,000 likes (shown below).

While many praised the video, many others found it cringeworthy[3][4] (examples shown below). In MEL Magazine, Miles Klee wrote, "Truly, the Avengers comparisons should have ended there, because nobody will top this viral video in its maniacal effort to find every politician a suitable place in the comic book pantheon. The clip transcended its corniness, becoming beautiful -- if unintentional -- comedy."

horrowfide 000 @horrowfide just broke all the bones in my face cringing at that biden avengers video. 5:04 PM · Nov 6, 2020 · Twitter for Android
alex 000 @alex_abads when i'm senile and losing my mind like the lady in the notebook, just show me the cursed biden avengers video and i'll come back to you 5:12 PM · Nov 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Avengers comparisons continued over the following few months, particularly in the runup to Georgia's Senatorial run-off elections. For example, Twitter user @MikeMcHargue posted a tweet in which he tearfully compared Georgia to Wakanda. The tweet was deleted, but a repost by @TheEpicDept[5] gained over 4,000 retweets and 55,000 likes (shown below, left). Liberals also commonly used Avengers comparisons to describe Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, whose Get Out The Vote effort helped Democrats win both races and take control of the Senate. This was parodied in a tweet by @civicflora,[6] who posted pictures of the parents from Get Out saying "Stacey Abrams needs her own Marvel movie" (shown below, right).


Mike McHargue @mikemchargue Georgia is Wakanda showing up at the end of Endgame and whipping Thanos's ass. Not to save the world, but to save Wakanda. The world was just lucky Wakanda was part of it. 23:43 · 1/5/21 · Twitter for iPhone 46 Retweets 55 Quote Tweets 526 Likes Mike McHargue O @mikemcha... · 2h •*. Replying to @mikemchargue Damn right I am crying. ♡ 119
n-word elric 000 @civicflora "Stacey Abrams needs her own Marvel movie." 3:44 AM · Jan 6, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Various Examples

Steve Hofstetter O 000 @SteveHofstetter BREAKING: NYT reports Mitch McConnell said Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses. This is like watching Red Skull fight with Thanos. 4:51 PM - Jan 12, 2021 · TweetDeck
this heaven gives me migraine @disco_socialist 000 Replying to @disco_socialist [Black ppl]: "the gratitude is nice, but can we address our material condition-" [white liberals] "bing bong Wakanda! Yaas Kween! Holla! Beyoncé girlboss Not giving a way MY shot." 5:48 PM · Jan 8, 2021 · Twitter for Android
Alexandra Lee-Capps @alexandrawlee Just told my 10yo daughter about #RBG. She had tears in her eyes. And then she did the Wakanda pose and said "#Ruthkanda forever" -- which is the sort of pop culture cross-over that | can celebrate. 7:01 PM · 9/18/20 · Twitter Web App 1,240 Retweets 6,188 Quote Tweets 4,109 Likes
Hanif Abdurraqib I was absolutely joking when I said that someone was gonna compare the black capitol cop to the black panther (I even deleted the tweet because I didn't want to put that energy out into the universe!) but I should have @NifMuhammad · Jan 11 000 known 5 27 11 468 Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad 00 Replying to @NifMuhammad that one aside -- between the "Georgia is Wakanda" take last week plus the Ruthkanda thing from a few months ago, it is gonna be a wild four years for the very specific demographic of folks who love political theater AND loved black panther BUT don't know any actual black people 11:44 PM · Jan 11, 2021 · Twitter Web App
Nikki The Freckled Valkyrie 000 @PenalvaCubana Using Wakanda backgrounds on every Zoom call today. #georgia GIF 10:45 AM · Jan 6, 2021 · Twitter for Android
000 PBJ| Yuki @PBJYuki How white people feel after comparing Georgia to Wakanda and calling it a day KING OF THE BLACK PEOPLE

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Mel Magazine – ‘AVENGERS’ IS THE NEW ‘HARRY POTTER’ FOR LIBERAL CRINGELORDS

[2] Twitter – @YupScruffy

[3] Twitter – horrowfide

[4] Twitter – alex_abads

[5] Twitter – TheEpicDept

[6] Twitter – civicflora

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About

Liberal Avengersposting refers to the tendency among some liberal political commentators online to compare prominent Democratic Party figures to superheroes in Marvel's The Avengers. The comparisons often mocked as cringeworthy and childish by onlookers, drawing comparisons to liberals making analogies between politics and Harry Potter (which inspired the Read Another Book meme).

Origin

Comparisons between The Avengers and politics began appearing with regularity on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2020 United States Presidential Election. Mel Magazine[1] cites a @YupScruffy tweet[2] posted November 5th, 2020 as the moment people realized that The Avengers would become a popular point of comparison in political discourse in the wake of Harry Potter.


000 Scruffy @YupScruffy I've just had a horrifying revelaton that the Avengers is going to be the new Harry Potter for annoying liberals. Jimmy Kimmel O @jimmykimmel - 1d .** I guess we're waiting to find out if this is the end of Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame. ... O 971 2710.8K 70.8K Tommy Lewis @TommyLewis2... - 19h 2016 was Infinity War... We're in the Endgame now. Just when we feel all hope is lost Wisconsin picks up Arizona's hammer. Then we hear a distant whisper from Michigan "On your left". ... ACK America! ...ASSEMBLE!!! O 20 9:25 AM · Nov 5, 2020 · Twitter for Android MATTE MATTER

Precursor

Prior to The Avengers becoming a common point of political comparison, some liberals commonly used comparisons to Harry Potter. This led to the rise of the Read Another Book meme. "Read Another Book" is an expression used to criticize the overreliance on comparisons to Harry Potter in mainstream politics, particularly by Resistance Twitter users. It can also be used similarly as a catchphrase intended to criticize people who use the Harry Potter series to compare real-world events to that of the books, frequently appearing as a hashtag in such posts across a number of social media platforms online, often by members of the Anti-Harry Potter crowd.

Spread

On November 6th, as Biden appeared poised to win the election, Twitter user @JohnHPiette posted a video that compared multiple prominent Democratic politicians to superheroes at the end of Avengers: Endgame, gaining over 34 million views, 27,000 retweets, and 103,000 likes (shown below).



While many praised the video, many others found it cringeworthy[3][4] (examples shown below). In MEL Magazine, Miles Klee wrote, "Truly, the Avengers comparisons should have ended there, because nobody will top this viral video in its maniacal effort to find every politician a suitable place in the comic book pantheon. The clip transcended its corniness, becoming beautiful -- if unintentional -- comedy."


horrowfide 000 @horrowfide just broke all the bones in my face cringing at that biden avengers video. 5:04 PM · Nov 6, 2020 · Twitter for Android alex 000 @alex_abads when i'm senile and losing my mind like the lady in the notebook, just show me the cursed biden avengers video and i'll come back to you 5:12 PM · Nov 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Avengers comparisons continued over the following few months, particularly in the runup to Georgia's Senatorial run-off elections. For example, Twitter user @MikeMcHargue posted a tweet in which he tearfully compared Georgia to Wakanda. The tweet was deleted, but a repost by @TheEpicDept[5] gained over 4,000 retweets and 55,000 likes (shown below, left). Liberals also commonly used Avengers comparisons to describe Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, whose Get Out The Vote effort helped Democrats win both races and take control of the Senate. This was parodied in a tweet by @civicflora,[6] who posted pictures of the parents from Get Out saying "Stacey Abrams needs her own Marvel movie" (shown below, right).


Mike McHargue @mikemchargue Georgia is Wakanda showing up at the end of Endgame and whipping Thanos's ass. Not to save the world, but to save Wakanda. The world was just lucky Wakanda was part of it. 23:43 · 1/5/21 · Twitter for iPhone 46 Retweets 55 Quote Tweets 526 Likes Mike McHargue O @mikemcha... · 2h •*. Replying to @mikemchargue Damn right I am crying. ♡ 119 n-word elric 000 @civicflora "Stacey Abrams needs her own Marvel movie." 3:44 AM · Jan 6, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Various Examples


Steve Hofstetter O 000 @SteveHofstetter BREAKING: NYT reports Mitch McConnell said Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses. This is like watching Red Skull fight with Thanos. 4:51 PM - Jan 12, 2021 · TweetDeck this heaven gives me migraine @disco_socialist 000 Replying to @disco_socialist [Black ppl]: "the gratitude is nice, but can we address our material condition-" [white liberals] "bing bong Wakanda! Yaas Kween! Holla! Beyoncé girlboss Not giving a way MY shot." 5:48 PM · Jan 8, 2021 · Twitter for Android Alexandra Lee-Capps @alexandrawlee Just told my 10yo daughter about #RBG. She had tears in her eyes. And then she did the Wakanda pose and said "#Ruthkanda forever" -- which is the sort of pop culture cross-over that | can celebrate. 7:01 PM · 9/18/20 · Twitter Web App 1,240 Retweets 6,188 Quote Tweets 4,109 Likes Hanif Abdurraqib I was absolutely joking when I said that someone was gonna compare the black capitol cop to the black panther (I even deleted the tweet because I didn't want to put that energy out into the universe!) but I should have @NifMuhammad · Jan 11 000 known 5 27 11 468 Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad 00 Replying to @NifMuhammad that one aside -- between the "Georgia is Wakanda" take last week plus the Ruthkanda thing from a few months ago, it is gonna be a wild four years for the very specific demographic of folks who love political theater AND loved black panther BUT don't know any actual black people 11:44 PM · Jan 11, 2021 · Twitter Web App Nikki The Freckled Valkyrie 000 @PenalvaCubana Using Wakanda backgrounds on every Zoom call today. #georgia GIF 10:45 AM · Jan 6, 2021 · Twitter for Android 000 PBJ| Yuki @PBJYuki How white people feel after comparing Georgia to Wakanda and calling it a day KING OF THE BLACK PEOPLE

Search Interest

Unavailable

External References

[1] Mel Magazine – ‘AVENGERS’ IS THE NEW ‘HARRY POTTER’ FOR LIBERAL CRINGELORDS

[2] Twitter – @YupScruffy

[3] Twitter – horrowfide

[4] Twitter – alex_abads

[5] Twitter – TheEpicDept

[6] Twitter – civicflora

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>tendency among some liberal political commentators
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You and I Know both know it's almost a fucking pandemic with liberals making tone-deaf 1×1 comparisons to Harry Potter and The MCU on every platform they can.

Thanks for giving it an entry though.

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