Let's Go Brandon
"Let's Go Brandon!" is a political slogan and Internet meme which has been used as a minced oath for "Fuck Joe Biden!", in reference to Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. Chants of "Fuck Joe Biden" started being repeated at sporting events beginning in early September 2021. The slogan arose from mainstream media censorship of opposition to Biden after NBC reporter Kelli Stavast attempted to mask vocal anti-Biden sentiment during an interview of NASCAR driver, Brandon Brown.[1] Exemplifying the Streisand Effect, the phrase was quickly adopted as a shorthand for claimed anomalities in mainstream media reporting.[2] The BBC termed it an "anti-Biden conservative heckle".[3]
Origins
In 2021, as increasing allegations of election fraud emerged regarding the 2020 United States presidential election and dissatisfaction increased regarding mandates imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sports fans adopted the tactic of repeatedly chanting "Fuck Joe Biden!". On 2 October 2021, Kelli Stavast, interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown, attempted to censor the sentiment by suggesting that the chant was actually "Let's Go Brandon".[4][5]
Censorship
A video of the post game interview was initially posted on NASCAR's Twitter account, but it was subsequently deleted without explanation.
Streisand Effect
Kelli Stavast's failed attempt to recharacterize the crowd's chant quickly went viral, illustrating the Streisand Effect, as the phrase "Let's Go Brandon" was widely and creatively ridiculed.[3][11]. It became a focal point for further oppostion.[12][13] It was chanted for example by those opposing mandatory injection of staff with COVID-19 vaccines.[14]
Rap video
African-American rapper Bryson Gray released a video about the event which became #1 on iTunes.[15][16] Later it was censored by YouTube, violating its policies of "medical misinformation".[17]
References
- ↑ https://wikispooks.com/wiki/File:Lets_go_Brandon.mp4
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/newman-deep-state-cannot-stop-unprecedented-awakening
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58878473
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-phrase-lets-go-brandon-has-become-an-internet-sensation-fueled-by-trump-supporters-heres-why
- ↑ https://www.rt.com/usa/536449-nascar-go-brandon-biden-chants/
- ↑ Zero Hedge (20 December 2021)|https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-pelosi-startled-abruptly-leaves-podium-press-event-after-lets-go-brandon-chant
- ↑ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/memo-banning-anti-joe-biden-euphemism-lets-go-brandon-is-fake-shared-services-canada-says
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210927222553/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/psychological-warfare-influence-campaign-canadian-armed-forces-1.6079084
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211006045944/https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/10/04/unpunished-psyops-scheme-a-blow-to-caf-credibility/321328
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211011130846/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-militarys-bungled-propaganda-campaigns-should-be-a-lesson-across-nato
- ↑ https://saidit.net/s/LetsGoBrandon/commentswas/8hll/lets_go_brandon_goes_from_social_media_meme_to/?ref=search_posts
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/10/17/watch-lets-go-brandon-soars-to-1-on-itunes/
- ↑ https://saidit.net/s/LetsGoBrandon
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/southwest-caves-ditches-plan-put-unvaccinated-staff-unpaid-leave-dec
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211026082830/https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/resistance-is-building-lets-go-brandon/
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/10/17/watch-lets-go-brandon-soars-to-1-on-itunes/
- ↑ https://thepostmillennial.com/youtube-bans-lets-go-brandon-song-claims-rap-is-medical-misinformation?utm_campaign=64470
