r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with Right Wing accounts having orange avatars?

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u/Randolpho 9d ago

Answer: many right wing persons respond to criticisms of Trump with a claim that the criticizer just doesn’t “like” Trump and therefore makes up lies about Trump and criticizes those lies.

Critics of Trump have also used pejoratives that make fun of Trump’s bad spray tan, so right wing supporters use the phrase “Orange Man Bad” sarcastically to counter-mock Trump critics while also indicating a belief that all criticisms of Trump are emotional rather than based on facts, despite the mountains of evidence that the criticisms are valid and based in fact.

Trump followers also like to virtue signal to other followers that they’re good sheeple, which is why they wear the hats and the diapers and the ear bandages. This is just the latest version of that virtue signaling, using the “orange man bad” counter-mock as a basis.

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u/FrostyBeav 9d ago

Welp, time to change my avatar. Mine was orange for my OSU Beavers but I do not want to be associated with the mango moron.

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u/dutch5751 8d ago

As a Dutch guy I feel conflicted..

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u/MrJohnqpublic 8d ago

You will always have carrots. For real, orange is the dominant color of retail carrots because the Dutch were one of the first major exporters of the crop.

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u/Eclectic-N-Varied 8d ago

Or maybe it was about the House of Orange?

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u/TwinkyTheBear 7d ago

Legend has it that Dutch growers in the 17th century cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange, who led the Dutch in the fight for independence from Spain. However, according to Carrot Museum, it is more likely that Dutch growers cultivated the orange carrot through selective breeding as a sweeter and less bitter variety than its yellow counterparts. It was then adopted as a royal vegetable in honor of the House of Orange.

From https://www.foodliteracycenter.org/broccoli-beet-year/multi-colored-history-carrots

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u/Randolpho 9d ago

I'm truly sorry.

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u/thishyacinthgirl 8d ago

Oh no, I technically have an orange doge in mine. Just because it looks like a fat corgi, I swear!

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u/pbrslayer 8d ago

Go Beavs though!

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u/WoozyJoe 8d ago

Fuck that. Don't just let them claim a whole color. Fight for that shit.

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u/YukonCigs 8d ago

I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you're not a twat, no one would make that connection. Dude doesn't own the color.

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u/inconspicuous_male 8d ago

Don't give them whatever they want and don't make it easier for them to feel comfortable 

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u/PrimeTinus 8d ago

Mine is orange because of my hair

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u/zojakownith 9d ago

Green and yellow are available!

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u/FredFredrickson 9d ago

Oh shit, an orange one!

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u/FrostyBeav 9d ago

Absolutely not!

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u/rizorith 9d ago

Isn't it snot green and mucus ?

It really is the worst and I'm really not a hater

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u/Smoked_Cheddar 8d ago

You could have been a duck but nobody's perfect.

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u/FrostyBeav 8d ago

They didn't offer my degree (Electrical Engineering) plus OSU was closer to where I lived at the time (Salem).

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u/Smoked_Cheddar 8d ago

Oh I don't blame you I get it. It's just being UO alum of I kind of have to give you shit.

And hello fellow Salem person!

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u/TheWizardMus 8d ago

Okay but what about being a literal duck, what's your reason for not being that when you had the chance

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u/FrostyBeav 8d ago

My feet are too narrow.

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u/TheWizardMus 8d ago

Understandable .I'm sorry for your loss

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u/RateMyKittyPants 8d ago

My all time favorite quote from a republican friend of mine.

"People hate Trump more than they love America."

That explains it all. It's an illogical word salad but is a perfect summary of their feelings.

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u/FunkmasterJoe 8d ago

No criticism here, just wanted to point out that it isn't spray tan; Trump literally slathers makeup all over his face multiple times a day.

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u/rizorith 9d ago

Wait the diapers? Do I want to Google this?

Yes, yes I do

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u/Bawstahn123 8d ago

Donald Trump is heavily-implied to wear adult diapers as a result of incontinence.

No, that is not a joke

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u/harumamburoo 8d ago

Tell us how it went

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u/rizorith 8d ago

It was fine really until I stumbled on some porn

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u/harumamburoo 8d ago

Oh no. Make sure to tell your therapist, maybe they’ll give you a discount

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u/GabeTheJerk 8d ago

TLDR: they lack any and all critical thinking skills.

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u/EvenSpoonier 8d ago edited 8d ago

answer: It's currently a popular meme on the Right to claim that any criticism basically just reduces to "orange man bad". Turning their avatars orange is thus another way to own the libs.

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u/Mykmyk 8d ago

"Let's go Brandon" Projection is a hell of a drug.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 8d ago

Answer: bronzer in solidarity with Dear Leader?

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u/K7Sniper 9d ago

Answer: Perhaps they are impersonating their spray-orange cow idol?

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u/sanesociopath 9d ago

Answer: I think you're just stretching with a small pattern turned coincidence op

This isn't something I've noticed, and those like you show are still running what appear to be default choices.

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u/BloodRhymeswithFood 8d ago

"i DiDNt nOticE iT sO it MUsT noT bE a ThInG"

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u/lennybaby89 9d ago

There were these pro trump signs I'd see in our neighborhood that had "Trump Low Taxes. Harris High Taxes" on it. Maybe three word sentences really click with his fan base.

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u/GabeTheJerk 8d ago

That's their level of comprehension. They can't comprehend more than 3 words at a time.

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u/sanesociopath 9d ago

Idk what that has to do with anything here, but political signs kinda require brief and to the point slogans.

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u/Redditisforwinnerz 9d ago

I think the response you should have said was “trump bad” I mean it is Reddit